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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

Following a national search, the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) announces that Karla Fortunato will be its new president, effective May 1.

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

The Affordable Care Act has led to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen greater improvements than those that did not, according to a national ranking released Thursday.

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NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

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03/28/2017

The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship.

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

At present, there will be no large public funds directed exclusively towards the program—the “public-private” set-up refers to the fact that the foundation money will be administered by the state’s Office for New Americans.

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NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

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04/07/2017

These reports summarizes survey results on how people view, seek, understand, value, and respond to health care price information, both nationally and state-specific, including New York State.

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JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

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04/19/2017

Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Spreading OpenNotes in New York State

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04/24/2017

This RFP is open to any hospital in New York State interested in implementing OpenNotes, with awards of up to $100,000 to be granted to up to 10 hospitals. Proposals will be due on June 8, 2017.

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Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

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04/27/2017

Having Medicaid is not only substantially better than being uninsured, but it provides enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report.

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

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05/05/2017

Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in their lives are more likely to express anxiety about several aspects of retirement, to have experienced unemployment in the recent past, and to have fewer...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

Looking to improve healthcare quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers, patients and employers, the center reports there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare.

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William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World

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05/17/2017

Researchers who want their work to matter in policy and practice should begin by identifying the questions of greatest relevance and then bring the highest standards of theoretical and methodological rigor to those questions, William T. Grant...

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... will help many countries make progress toward the United Nations ’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ...

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

The Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has made road safety a top priority .

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Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment

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05/25/2017

New York City nonprofits providing services on behalf of local government are fed up with late payments and underpayments, and they aren't going to take it anymore.

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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

... Impact Investing Highlighted In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track ...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

Once there were fish, but then the coal mining began. The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. Rancher L.J. Turner of Wright, Wyo., says, “It used to be, there was fish in there.” Now it’s one of 20 nearby springs that have...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

While Trump pursues his dystopian vision for America, some progressives want to abandon so-called “identity politics.” But that would only further marginalize women at greatest risk in the current political environment and who have long been the...

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New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time

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06/21/2017

The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today announced $750,000 in grant awards to 18 middle school out-of-school time (OST) programs serving disadvantaged youth in communities across the nation.

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation announced the seventh class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well as pursue a mentored educational innovation project at their home institution.

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies "Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be...

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