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COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

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04/21/2020

COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long ... homes have been profound,” says David Okorn, Executive Director , Long Island Community Foundation . “Beyond...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers

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12/07/2017

Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% ... Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study supported by the Commonwealth Fund . ... to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Why Cultural Policy is Critical for New York City

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06/12/2015

by Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust In April, the New York ... was hearing our panelists affirm New...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

... in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The ... weight have less than a 50% chance of having obesity as adults. The findings were based...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... and remember normally, but show an inability to learn new information that contradicts what they initially learned, a new study shows . FXS is the most common genetic cause of ... Fenton, a professor in the...

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16 May 2018

Funding a Racially Just Food System - Funders Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... of color tend to suffer from diet-related illnesses such as diabetes and obesity, and to live in “food apartheid” ... communities of color Presenters Amani Olugbala , Assistant Director of Programs, Soul Fire...

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Citi Foundation's Youth Workforce Fund to Prepare Youth Workforces for Employment Needs in their Local Communities

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10/30/2018

Citi Foundation's Youth Workforce Fund to Prepare Youth Workforces for Employment Needs in ... that 15 community organizations have been selected as recipients of Youth Workforce Fund . The $...

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United Hospital Fund Report Says You Get What You Pay For in Children’s Health Care

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06/16/2016

United Hospital Fund Report Says You Get What You Pay For in Children’s Health Care NEW YORK, June 16, 2016—A new United Hospital Fund report focuses on the quality measures to...

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06 Apr 2016

New Pathways for Building Immigrant Women’s Leadership

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... change movements. Among the various leadership programs in New York City for social change practitioners, very few ... to achieve their social change goals. Join Philanthropy New York’s Funders of Women and...

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Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

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11/21/2017

... donor to the CUNY J-School. Emily Tow Jackson, executive director and president of The Tow Foundation said, “We are ...

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards The last ... develop $4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards ...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... associate professor of architectural engineering, and director of the architectural and environmental engineering ...

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19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Robert Hughes, the President of New Visions for Public Schools since 2000, and long-time ... will be joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the new K - 12 Strategy Director...

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26 Mar 2020

Advancing Natural Climate Solutions in New York - A Webinar

Thursday, March 26, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... We’ll discuss the ways this is taking shape across New York. Explore • Related provisions of the Climate ... these efforts are activating additional benefits, such as improving ecosystem resilience and...

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Teagle Foundation Announces Judith Shapiro as New President

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04/02/2013

... Foundation has voted unanimously to name Judith Shapiro as President of the Foundation to succeed Richard Morrill beginning July 2013. The Teagle Foundation is a New York-based foundation whose grantmaking is...

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Meet EMpower's New President and CEO, Cynthia Steele

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06/26/2019

Meet EMpower's New President and CEO, Cynthia Steele Cynthia leads ... with a focus on global women’s health, a logical path as , since school days, she loved foreign languages and ... ultimately leading...

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20 Jun 2012

Learning a New Language: Digital Media for Advocacy

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... in the 21st century calls for the adoption of new media. Assorted resources including blogs, webcasts, ... voice to some, others are silenced on the sidelines. As they are unfamiliar with the rules of these...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse A new global report shows that money doesn't buy everything ... in terms of life expectancy, according to the...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

Release Date:

08/31/2016

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, ... for all adults. Despite that higher spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds that those...

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