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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

... the United States toward to the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries. ...

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... to obtain needed care, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey. At the close of ACA's first open enrollment period, an estimated 9.5 million fewer U.S. adults were uninsured. The national .....

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Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

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10/20/2014

... The website of the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund (No. 120), for example, now produces grant-making forms ... aid. So far this year, donors have used iPhones to make 1 ,800 grants to charities totaling $4...

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... many teeth, according to statistics from the Commonwealth Fund . And a study published last week in the journal Health Affairs showed 45 million American face dental care shortages, especially in ...

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De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)

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12/08/2015

... agenda. Venture capitalist Fred Wilson has offered $5 million to get computer science in every city school, while ... is pushing for more broadband Internet in the Bronx. Hedge- fund operators Paul Tudor Jones...

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Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council

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03/21/2016

... 600 leaders in attendance, the luncheon raised nearly $ 1 million in support of the United Way of New York City’s ... M. Tisch, president of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund ; Monique L...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... and Ithaka S+R. Bloomberg Philanthropies is providing $ 1 .7 million over two years to start the project, money that ... directly to colleges and universities but will be used to fund research...

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NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

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03/13/2017

... local nonprofits, recently announced plans to allocate $ 1 million to 21 groups . “The goal is to provide rapid ...

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

... 2017 Andrew Carnegie fellowships, with awards totaling $7 million . Each fellow will receive up to $200,000 toward the ...

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... to similarly audacious successes. They don’t want to fund homeless shelters and food pantries; they want to end ...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

... Tale of Donor Influence Just like that, Pier 55, a $250 million floating park (cultural island? entertainment center? ...

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Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

... to the toilet can be dangerous. In a country where 626 million people practice open defecation, even a single ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York of New York Helps Support Fellowship Program Providing Post-Harvey Legal Aid

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11/20/2018

... Program Providing Post-Harvey Legal Aid A new $4 million program is funding 20 Houston-based legal fellows to ...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... John Jay College of Criminal Justice/David Rockefeller Fund Fellow Steven attended the February 28 program “ ... Housing, foundations focused on this matter need to " fund data work" around...

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2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

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02/06/2020

... , a finance professional, will co-create private equity fund prototypes to narrow compensation ratios between fund managers, corporate executives, and workers and ...

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PNY Core: Legal Series: On-Demand Learning Opportunities on Key Topics

... boundaries in a number of key legal topics. The series launches with this high-level overview of the legal ... both within and beyond grantmaking that could help your foundation advance its mission. Many...

Lawyers Alliance for New York Announces 2017 Cornerstone Awards for Lawyers Providing Superior Pro Bono Service to Nonprofit Organizations

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11/09/2017

... include 14 outstanding individuals selected from more than 1 ,800 business and transactional lawyers who volunteered ... provided free legal services valued at approximately $135 million last year. The firm has...

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