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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... to their visit notes. Neither a software program nor a new technology, experts say this basic change in practice ... engaging them in their own care. For example, more than two -thirds of patients who took...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The selected Scholars ... Advisory Committee of leading scientists and clinicians. Two of the Scholars were selected...

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SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

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10/05/2017

... its south-central region encompassing Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, working in earnest ... The advantages of structuring a separate corporation are two -fold, D-Shearer said. For one,...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... of government in providing health care to its citizens. Two new studies supported by the Russell Sage Foundation’s ...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the ... or LVN, accomplishes this feat by moving muscles in a two -step, kneejerk response...

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

Release Date:

02/23/2018

... to four grantees over the next three years. Members of the new collaborative include: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, ... wage and working 40 hours per week afford to rent a basic two -bedroom apartment, even in...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... to make myself feel better,” he says. “I swiped the new fall colors off the Clinique counter at Macy’s . . . it ... of beauty weaves its way throughout Tony Kushner’s two -part play, from the devastating but...

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Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

Release Date:

06/18/2018

... constantly changing influence of the indoor environment. A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of ... “The house is exceptionally flexible but it still took two months to adjust... Funded By...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

Release Date:

06/22/2018

... opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of ... to assess how the duration of simultaneous exposure to the two types of drugs impacts the...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

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08/22/2018

... schools in the community and roll out existing services to new schools. Over 1,095 school staff and other youth serving ... Jr. Foundation has supported Playworks for the past two years with a $1.14 million...

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Rockefeller Foundation Designates Atlanta As Newest City in Opportunity Zones Initiative

Release Date:

07/31/2019

... authority. Funding will also support the placement of two AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) ... to ultimately lift up these communities by enabling new pathways to economic mobility.....

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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... percent of married women are abused. A study conducted in New Delhi found that 92 percent of women reported having ... both locally and internationally. These foundations see philanthropy as a catalyst to...

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07 May 2020

COVID-19, Democracy and the Importance of Local Journalism - A Webinar

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... in support for local news and public service journalism New funder initiatives and funding models that support local ...

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Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System

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01/08/2021

... Mental Illness in the American Justice System Princeton, NEW JERSEY (JANUARY 8, 2021) – The Sozosei Foundation, a ... activities focused on disaster relief and local philanthropy , centered on equity and...

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25 Oct 2022

The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... to racial justice, PRE’s 2021 report, Mismatched: Philanthropy ’s Response to the Call for Racial Justice ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

United Hospital Fund Releases Guide to Help Primary Care Practices Integrate Behavioral Health Services

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... Care Practices Integrate Behavioral Health Services NEW YORK , NEW YORK June 7, 2016 — A new guide will help primary care ...

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Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

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07/01/2013

... to the President of Hunter College, City University of New York , where she has worked since 2007. “Her firsthand ... was General Counsel at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New ...

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Janet Mock Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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06/03/2013

... for trans youth at the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York City. Her memoir about living visibly will be published ... at Manoa and earned her Master's degree in Journalism from New...

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Rauch Foundation Appoints Jennifer Marino Rojas as Vice President of Grants and Operations

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... Long Island Coordinator, for the Children's Defense Fund - New York . There, she worked with the Executive Director to ... From 1998 to 2007, she served in the City of New York...

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02 Mar 2016

Playing Catch Up: Are You Up to Date on Changing NYC Employment Laws?

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... keeping abreast of the rapidly changing employment laws in New York City? Join us for a presentation from Daniel Murphy ... issues. He will discuss the major recent changes in New ...