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Surdna Foundation

27 Nov 2018

From Anecdotes to Facts: Let’s Talk Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... for philanthropy. The panelists and invited guests can also field questions and provide clarifications needed ... am not in health philanthropy. Is there a role for our foundation ?” What has been done to...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... social justice, environment, health, science and business. It aims to prepare them for jobs as technicians, analysts, ... issues involving food in their communities. At a time when the Bronx, the city’s...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change

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04/21/2016

... for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change When I think back to the social movements I learned about as ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... has not yet promised to pick up the tab for the schools when their $6 million expires at the end of June — even ... Monday that the city could use a pool of state funds to do so. That has frustrated advocates...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... students face—especially young people of color— when schools enforce punitive disciplinary systems. Along ... and arrests so widely used? • What should we do to change these patterns in schools? Inequality in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

... Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue When images of white supremacists taking the streets in ... in our own backyard and we must take steps to upend it . For years, activist groups around New...

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Gender Justice

After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

... School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors? When word came that two students had been stabbed inside a ... Blasio. “At the end of the day, de Blasio, you need to do something about those metal...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum? When the Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social .....

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... Academy of Sciences secretary Goran Hansson said. Although it may seem like an obvious feat, the truth is economists ... not the most advantageous in the long term. “In order to do good economics, you have to...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... of the EPIP family, I've seen firsthand how powerful EPIP can be for its members and for the field. I look forward to ... Tamir is no stranger to the EPIP community, having been an active member since...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

... available for states to address social drivers of health. It is widely recognized that social factors, such as unstable ... by managed care, this raises the question of how states can establish managed care...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards University of Glasgow Over $1.1M to Tackle Crohn's Disease in Children and Adults With a Novel Diet

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07/30/2019

... to improve clinical outcomes in adults and children with active Crohn’s disease. The grant was awarded to further ... debilitating condition of the gastrointestinal tract which can lead to diarrhoea, blood in...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans

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07/31/2014

... of the Philanthropy for Green Ideas competition, a program it co-sponsors to encourage business ideas that will ... the Forum for Civic Initiatives in Kosovo, the Fund for Active Citizenship in Montenegro,...

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

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09/17/2015

... Resources Bloomberg Philanthropies, King Baudouin Foundation , and Foundation Center have announced the launch of Equal Footing, ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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10 Oct 2013

Creative Strategies for Family and Board Education

Thursday, October 10, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... in part by the family members’ commitment to the foundation ’s work, the satisfaction they take in doing that work together, and the foundation ’s ability to evolve and remain vital from one ... , Trustee and...

05 Nov 2020

On Balancing Purpose and Payout - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP and Forefront

Thursday, November 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only. Tony Macklin, author of ... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees. Speakers...

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Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

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01/23/2020

... is named the Open Society University Network (OSUN) . It will integrate teaching and research across higher ... reach institutions in need of international partners, as well as neglected populations, such as...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

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07/18/2014

... the controversy that engulfed the group 2 1/2 years ago when it stopped funding Planned Parenthood is well behind it . In an interview with Associated Press, ...

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Susan G. Komen Greater New York City

Gender Justice

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Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More

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01/25/2016

... to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should be receiving, according to his ... who has asked to take additional steps and outline how and when schools will be fully...

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