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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the ... and George Washington...

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

... than ever are flocking to metro areas: more than 75% of the globe’s population is expected to be urban by 2050. ... Figure out how to help the underprivileged in just one of those zones, the theory goes , and...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ... recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care. The national study, led...

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

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03/21/2017

... Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms...

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller With the deepest sadness, the Trustees ... at 101 years of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’s generous inspiration, mentor and...

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Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA

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04/10/2017

... If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA In the wake of House Republicans’ failed attempt to repeal and ... consumer protections that had been established in Title I of the ACA. Given this new...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts recently awarded $100,000 to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding

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04/26/2017

... & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding Ocean conservation philanthropy ... regulatory. It’s about blue whales and microbes. It’s as expansive and varied...

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Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

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04/27/2017

... enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report. Medicaid is currently the...

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

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05/01/2017

Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford Foundation and the...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

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05/31/2017

... Trump administration has made work requirements a hallmark of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the ... of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget proposal, and as part...

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

... a Budapest university which Soros founded after the fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the Hungarian-American ... among Orban’s critics, who see the prime minister as leading an increasingly...

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Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’

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06/13/2017

... Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’ In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the “coffee ring effect,” the ring-shaped stain of particles left after drops of coffee evaporate...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... Rita Allen Foundation Does It Few foundations provide most of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects ... organizations, are...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... Funders Some who worry about the rising influence of billionaire philanthropists, myself included, tend to be of two minds: We like the idea that the wealthy are ... social good and we're excited by the...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... The billionaire on Monday donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as four other family charities, Reuters reports. This .....

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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

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07/11/2017

... Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper Flavor Paper (flavorpaper.com) also produces ... prints and film stills for inspiration. Some papers, such as Flowers, Elvi and the...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia Children's Hospital suggests. The researchers say .....

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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

... bans to no smoking areas. About 4.7 billion people – 63% of the world’s population – are covered by at least one ... quadrupled since 2007 when only 1 billion people, and 15% of the world’s population, were...

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