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Case Study: Designing More Affordable and Effective Health Care (Commonwealth Fund)

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02/09/2016

... and other vulnerable populations. The first publication in the series profiled the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. Spiraling health care costs in the U.S. place untenable burdens on an...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... and analyzing input from nearly 1,000 participants in our 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created ... new vision, mission, and strategy that resonates not only in our neighborhoods but around...

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Community Development

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Coalition of Women’s Foundations Release Statement Supporting Key Elements of Obama Budget

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02/11/2016

... announced today its support of the investments outlined in President Obama’s Budget to expand opportunity, promote ... build economic stability for women and working families in America. These efforts include...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and ... stimulant--fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less...

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes They are four relatively obscure humanitarians: an orphanage founder in Burundi who challenged a bloodthirsty mob and other dangers; the only...

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Flying the Colors: Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center

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03/17/2016

... Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center In celebration of ten years of advancing healthcare through ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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28 Apr 2016

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Thursday, April 28, 2016 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This April, we will ... field of philanthropy from...

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11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Private and family foundation staff and trustees: In order to access all of the ways you can utilize PNY's ... with us , please click the Register Now link above. In partnership with Family Philanthropy...

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Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations

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03/07/2017

... gig as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March, taking the reins from Judith Rodin. She has led ... 2005. The announcement last month that Shah, 43, will lead the foundation, is the latest sign of...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

Release Date:

03/08/2017

... she has also served as inaugural director of the program in African American history at the Library Company of ... and the Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave in February 2017. It is an account of a...

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Arts

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... may be the earliest identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, and acquiring knowledge ... considered a critical part of early childhood development. In one of the first...

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NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

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05/11/2017

... Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform With the welcome news that the jail ... about the people who end up there. The number of women in the American justice system...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Justice Reform

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds exceptional ... to conduct innovative research on the role of microbes in intestinal health, the prevention...

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NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality

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07/19/2017

... mission is to build more healthy partnerships in the world, what better place to start than with their own internal partnerships? In fact, for Peter and Jennifer Buffett of the NoVo ... tendency, the Buffetts...

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NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars

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08/14/2017

NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars Following last month’s contentious ... repealing the Affordable Care Act, the next major battle in the health care wars may already be...

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New York Health Foundation

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The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... for bold peer organizing This community foundation based in Baton Rouge is being honored for using its influence and expertise to address critical issues in the state, particularly its efforts around criminal...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... strategies that help students improve their proficiency in math, a linchpin academic subject. Teacher Advisor With ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence Increases in reports of domestic violence have gotten the attention New ... more; while new legislation is expected to soon pass in the City Council. On Monday, the...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues

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09/21/2017

... estimates, it is likely that the bill, if enacted, would lead to a loss of health insurance for at least 32 million ... subsidies and federal funding for the Medicaid expansion in 2020. Creates temporary block...

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