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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... President Nina Stack talks about the role funders can play in providing long-term relief after Hurricane Sandy ...

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Disaster Relief

Start a Giving Circle This Summer

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06/15/2011

... and social occasions you’re involved in this summer can provide a great philanthropic opportunity—the creation ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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MSBPhilanthropy Advisors, LLC

Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care

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08/08/2012

... Care Act, share his thoughts on how philanthropy can help people understand the ACA and become personally ...

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United Hospital Fund

Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide

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11/2011

... Effective Organizations and Monitor Institute explore what it takes for grantmakers to cultivate a network mindset, and offer recommendations for how funders can effectively build the capacity of networks and share what ...

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

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06/02/2014

... the performance and evaluate the impact of programs, how can funders and nonprofits be confident that they are making ... and practitioners to undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Nonprofits Battle to Get Charitable Deduction Extended to All Taxpayers

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10/12/2017

... who itemize, has a champion on Capitol Hill, but whether it can gain serious traction with lawmakers remains unclear as ...

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Bloomberg Writes Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With or Without Trump

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03/31/2017

... a depressing and widespread belief that the United States can no longer meet its commitment under the Paris climate change agreement. But here’s the good news: It ’s wrong. No matter what roadblocks the White...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg LP

Facebook Will Match Harvey Relief Donations Up To $1 Million, Sending to Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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08/31/2017

... donate to relief efforts. Facebook announced Tuesday that it would match the Harvey disaster relief funds raised by its ... to Harvey recovery efforts on the platform, Facebook users can follow the message on...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Honors COVID-19 Responders Among 38 Distinguished Immigrants

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07/01/2020

... actions. Each Fourth of July since 2006, the philanthropic foundation has invited Americans to celebrate these exemplary ... helping the recovery by serving as nurses and doctors, as well as scientists who are...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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

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07/05/2014

... Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States ... 11 countries. In contrast, the U.S. fares much better when it comes to...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

... forms of compensation. If that paycheck seems handsome, it wasn’t. At least, not when you compare it to Hemsley’s total pay five years earlier, when it...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

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03/23/2016

... to control his diabetes with his primary care doctor, but when scheduling his next appointment, he is told his doctor doesn’t accept Medicaid. When the summer rolls around, he picks up more hours, and ...

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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

... and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers when it comes to reading and math. The gap is largest in Albany, ... gap is nothing new. Nationwide, numerous studies show that when...

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Education

Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... jobs. Apolinar Islas, 34, who came to New York from Mexico when he was 15, said he walks around in “zombie mode” and ... They have felt a whiplash of emotions since Sept. 5, when , after months of uncertainty,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims

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10/03/2017

... female doctoral student and disparaging her to colleagues when she rebuffed him. According to a lawsuit filed Monday in ... the woman while serving as her mentor at the university. When the woman, identified...

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Gender Justice

ASPCA Assists Nearly 600 Animals Displaced by Hurricane Michael

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10/30/2018

... care for nearly 600 animals displaced by the storm. “ When disasters as destructive as Hurricane Michael occur, it ’s essential that animal welfare agencies collaborate to ... and reunite lost pets with their...

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