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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... are some fascinating exceptions to this general rule, as The Commonwealth Fund ’s 2012 Scorecard on Local Health System Performance ...

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

Pfizer Foundation Provides $2 million in grants for 'Last Mile' vaccine coverage for underserved populations.

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... away one of America’s historic fortunes. One problem: “ As rich as Rockefeller” doesn’t mean quite what it once did. The ...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... funneled billions of his fortune, built through his hedge fund and famous deals like when he shorted the British pound ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

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05/15/2015

Omega Service Week is an annual community building event in the Mid-Hudson Valley.

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Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America's rising .....

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

... Colombia, SAJIDA Foundation in Bangladesh and Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP) in Vietnam. OPTIX will ...

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

Rockefeller Foundation is praised for its Climate Works initiative.

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... 1:1 match program seeks to increase the number of funders, as well as the amount of grant dollars, supporting organizations and ... of $3.6 million, providing an additional $5.7 million. As a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Collaborates to Launch Data Portal to Share and Expand Philanthropic Resources

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09/17/2015

... impact, and what needs are currently underserved. As a result, philanthropists, NGOs, and others will be able ...

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MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

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09/18/2015

... to help struggling men and women pursue their goals, such as finding a better job, building credit and sticking to a ... Foundation’s April Hawkins, and LISC’s Sueng Kim as they sit down with Jennifer Castañón...

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

... and vulnerable people around the world. Established as a limited-life foundation, Atlantic will complete its ...

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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

... the National Conference of State Legislatures and AARP, as well as other studies, confirm, time and again, that the vast ... majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

Glioblastoma multiforme is a particularly deadly brain cancer. Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment.

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation, Veolia, and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions launched an infrastructure recovery initiative designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters.

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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

... Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff's 10th Alive Day . As we reflect on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took ... impacts. We have invested $30 million to find, fund and shape programs to meet the...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a one-peso-per-liter excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in January 2014.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

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04/14/2016

Upstart is funded by Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Surdna Foundation with in-kind support from the F.B. Heron Foundation. Upstart is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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