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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen ... and generally lead healthier lives than citizens of many other states, but patients here...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project . NTP promotes...

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Arts

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in ... new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Such a...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

... Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film The new film on the coal industry that Bloomberg Philanthropies ... the Ashes, highlights the challenges facing out- of -work miners, and it features groups that are...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise Southern pine beetles are among the most ... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows...

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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

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09/15/2017

... and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and ... the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop ... classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills or considering ... But a...

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Education

Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... lapsed donor files — are among the most valuable sources of names for their campaigns. Karen Gleason, senior director ... question: Could the way the names were picked be failing? As a test, the ADA ran a cold...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease ... would reduce the need for repeated, continuous use of other malaria control measures,...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami With the Bass Museum of Art reopening this month and the Institute of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... landscape. The newer work is a closer examination of “why startups in the field are struggling...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... station WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of how new American policies are creating uncertainty for a married Congolese refugee couple separated by thousands of miles. This story...

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless experience high levels of trauma, assault, early death. These...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data When news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, 87 million Facebook ... been used...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

... through the entire health care system. But the importance of reform is growing, and it is essential that policymakers ... changes must be made to Medicare’s current system. In a new report, Center for American...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

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10/05/2018

... the digital library for research and teaching that is part of the non-profit ITHAKA, are launching, with the support of ... Plants Initiative, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR propose a new model...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

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11/06/2018

... Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative ... just announced by the National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of its Audacious...

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Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... to Improve Schools Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of the San Francisco cloud computing company, is doling out ... grant to an education nonprofit, giving $2 million to New Leaders to help train...

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