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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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The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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

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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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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, was elected unanimously as the new ...

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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed ... to be done. The report's conclusions are summarized in the title: " America Needs More Teachers of Color and a ... admissions...

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Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

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10/04/2017

... leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Jen Mishory will serve as a ... to help improve the lives of young people across America. In this extraordinary...

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The Tinker Foundation Announces Next President, Caroline Boyd Kronley

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10/12/2017

... as its next President. Renate is retiring after 45 years in a variety of roles at the Foundation. Caroline, who is ... to make Tinker’s work even more impactful and innovative in a rapidly changing Latin...

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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

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11/01/2017

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to ... maximum-security inmates who beat a Harvard College team in a debate two years ago put a national spotlight on the ... Initiative. Now Bard...

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Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region

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11/02/2017

Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region When Funders for LGBTQ Issues released its first Out in the South report in 2014, it found that per capita, LGBTQ .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award

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11/06/2017

... Service Announces Engaged Cities Award On a sunny Sunday in February, dozens of citizens in the greater Phoenix area descend on Hu-O-Te Park, a shabby community space in downtown that has...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

... on Earth Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a ... been crucial for the assembly of three key ingredients in early life forms — short strands of...

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Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

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11/14/2017

... million collective commitment over five years to invest in innovative programs and strategies in communities across the country that are creating pathways ... president and CEO of The New York Women’s...

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

... a new permanent but rotating exhibition of NYPL treasures in the library’s Gottesman Hall... While Announcing Main ...

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

... the philanthropic and for-profit sectors. She joined Heron in 2006 and has been responsible for deal-sourcing, ... Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith. Bezerra has been active in the leadership of several national...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... will affect curatorial and programmatic decision-making in the museums, as well as managerial choices, and lead to long-term benefits for the participating museums and ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

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11/30/2017

... impacted by environmental issues, but also to follow their lead . The Goldman Prizes come to mind, as does sustainable ... which grants $100,000 across two years to grad students in the Pacific Northwest...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

... Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35 If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new ... Chan School’s Center for...

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