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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... The three have a close association. Mr. Buffett pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third for giving more than 10 percent of...

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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

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09/22/2017

... launched in 2014, with a US$50 millioneffort that helped more than 100,000 young people across ten cities become ... training. Through Citi and the Citi Foundation's partners, more than 7,000 Canadian...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

... to 2026. It indicated that Alaska would receive 3 percent more money under the bill than under current law, while Maine would get 43 percent more . . . Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to ...

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... Without a Woman and the Women's March. In record numbers, more and more of us are becoming engaged in the political process, .....

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Gender Justice

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

... Chan worked piece-rate in the city's textile factories for more than a decade to support her three children after she ... of a cohort of New York home care workers that has filed more than a dozen class-...

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Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... haunts the vast majority of Americans over age 50. More than three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in ... all these people think the current situation is just fine. More than four in five future...

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Economic Security

Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... any sign of approval or support. Instead, we saw something more powerful. Three of the restaurant’s busboys paused ... Their fists were raised in silence. Their dignity was more powerful than any lever a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 people each year, mostly children ages five ... new strategies involve making Anopheles mosquitoes more resistant to malaria parasites,...

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Despite Washington Drama, Pace of Health System Change Accelerates

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10/06/2017

... people healthy. And how do you keep people healthy? To use more jargon, you address the “social determinants of ... and health insurance than you may think—and a lot more to do with addressing barriers that...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

... crossing the river by car here can take up to 10 minutes more . Local officials had the federal and state money in ... fate. In November, voters statewide will face a more expansive question — whether to amend...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... in CSR and the firm performs poorly, they are much more likely to be dismissed," Hubbard says. "On the other ... they'll buffer you from dismissal, do poorly and you're more likely lose...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... of families who want spots in its community garden, but more of those aspiring harvesters might be tending fresh ... after the storm, access to fresh, healthy foods only got more limited when some retailers...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... $32 million in seed funding from JDRF, the fund manages more than $60 million and has invested more than $10 million to date in seven companies focused on ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... access to their clinicians’ visit notes. Currently, more than 20 million patients across the country have ... only by medical professionals — may help patients feel more involved with their own care and...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

... recent changes to the U.S. corporate tax system and a more constructive regulatory and business environment. ... inclusive economic growth and help create opportunity for more Americans. The $20 billion...

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Economic Security

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... tumors. Together, these findings could lead to new ways to more effectively screen for and ultimately prevent colon cancer, a disease that kills more than 50,000 people each year in the U.S. and is on the ...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

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03/09/2018

... is leading Silicon Valley’s charge toward more integrated models of corporate philanthropy. This ... relationship management products to make employee giving more personalized, networked, and generally...

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Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

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03/12/2018

... Foundation The Better Bike Share Partnership has awarded more than $410,000 in grants to help increase access to bike ... practices and support to make bicycling and bike share more accessible and available to...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need

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03/30/2018

... Family Fund remains as relevant now as ever, maybe even more so. The National Grid Foundation has been a steadfast ... need. Last year alone, United Way’s Family Fund helped more than 30,100 households...

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