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16 Apr 2019

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Richard Rothstein

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... greatest thinkers to inform and equip you in leading your foundation ’s work. Discover academic, artistic and ... to our country’s current racial inequities and how we can move forward to overcome and eradicate...

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Issue-Based

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Livestream

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Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... advocacy, and resource deployment as we identify how we can work together as an emerging funder collective to support ... strengthen our support of small business recovery - How can collaboration and...

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Issue-Based

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Breakout Discussion

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Corporate Funders

Funding Area

Community Development

Economic Security

Workforce Development

Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

Release Date:

08/12/2014

... at Green Mountain College and held dean positions at both Keuka and Knox Colleges. Kopp also has served as both vice president of the New York and Vermont chapters of ...

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Appointments & Transitions

Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... dramatic change in a nation’s history, fear and anxiety can become pervasive and overwhelming. Troubling visions of ... civil war disturb our waking thoughts and nightly dreams. It can be...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

UJA-Federation Awards Over $1 Million in Scholarships

Release Date:

08/27/2014

... Jewish students in financial need. Recipients are both undergraduates and graduate students in attendance at ...

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Member News

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UJA-Federation of New York

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

12/02/2014

... Fund and the city’s Health and Hospital Corporation. It is a startlingly simple idea to deal with a complex ... deserts,” where eating at places like McDonald’s is both cheaper and easier than purchasing fresh...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Food Systems

Health

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year

Release Date:

12/08/2014

... the state Department of Health reiterated Friday that it anticipates finishing up the report -- which has been in ... in New York -- by month's end. Still, advocates on both sides of the contentious issue...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... elastography (MRE) and a novel 3D version. They found that both MRE technologies were highly accurate for diagnosing ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership

Release Date:

05/17/2016

... Director of Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc. Both women have worked across boundaries of difference ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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Time Warner

Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications Opens

Release Date:

07/05/2016

... with colleagues from different disciplines and programs, both online and in person, including webinars, workshops and ...

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RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Science

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The Simons Foundation

Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues

Release Date:

09/14/2016

... Tuesday, showed the biggest improvement in decades on both fronts. Healthy job growth, coupled with moderate wage ... to $56,500 last year, up 5.2%, or $2,800, from 2014. It was the sharpest annual increase on...

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

Release Date:

10/04/2016

... partnerships present “huge economic opportunities” for both the public and private sectors, according to a CDP report released today. The report, It takes a city: The case for collaborative climate action, ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... to the 2014 American Community Survey. That includes both foreign-born and native-born residents. The non-profit ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Milbank Memorial Fund President Writes Op-Ed on Why Republican Health Reform Ideas Are Likely To Fail

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... Trump administration and congressional Republicans: Both the president-elect and Republican congressional leaders ...

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Member News

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Milbank Memorial Fund Writes Letter to the New Administration

Release Date:

12/15/2016

... only bipartisan group of health policy leaders from both the executive and legislative branches of state ...

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Member News

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Arcus Supports First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs

Release Date:

08/24/2017

... their isolation. Historically, these are people who are both under-integrated and greatly underserved... Arcus ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

LGBTQ

Immigration Arms Race Begins on Capitol Hill

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... is sparking a legislative arms race on Capitol Hill. Both supporters and opponents of DACA are maneuvering for ...

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Sector News

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Immigration

Republicans Outline Biggest Tax Code Overhaul In A Generation

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... in more than three decades. They're proposing deep cuts in both individual and corporate tax rates, saying that will .....

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Sector News

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Economic Security

Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

Release Date:

06/22/2018

... opioids also fill prescriptions for benzodiazepines. Both drugs have sedative effects. "Patients who must be prescribed both an opioid and a benzodiazepine should be closely ... instead of simply reducing...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

18 Apr 2023

Funder Call: Mobilizing Youth Homelessness Funders for Prevention - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... to end homelessness, in addition to sharing what your foundation is prioritizing. What will you learn? How to ... prevention and how Funders Together is pursuing it Ways to share what your foundation...