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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the neighborhoods where Americans live, work and play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in grants to 25 community-...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

The Equal Justice Initiative will open the nation’s first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery.

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World?

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

For more than two decades, experts have warned that Medicare relies far too heavily on recommendations submitted by the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when setting payment amounts for different physicians...

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Funded by The Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York Library Lends Out Ties, Briefcases, Handbags for Job Interviews

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09/24/2018

Starting last month, a New York library branch began experimenting with new offerings: neckties, bow ties, handbags and briefcases intended for people with limited resources who are heading for job interviews, auditions or any other event for which...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning

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09/28/2018

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation support a study that shows that facilitated classroom visits to an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of student learning.

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

Researchers have discovered that the bacteria in the water in a large exhibit at Georgia Aquarium are similar to those that exist naturally in the ocean.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arcus Foundation Funded Report Finds Infrastructure Development Likely To Be “Devastating” for Wildlife, Ecological Integrity

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02/26/2019

Arcus Foundation and Cambridge University Press published a report that examines the interaction between conservation of apes and their habitats with infrastructure development, including ways to minimize and mitigate the impact of infrastructure...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

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03/18/2019

Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...

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Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination

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05/23/2019

About half of Americans think there's age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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United Hospital Fund Names Two New Vice Presidents, New Controller, Other Staff Changes

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04/06/2021

United Hospital Fund Names Two New Vice Presidents, New Controller, Other ... Changes NEW YORK, NY—April 6, 2021—United Hospital Fund announced today that Quincy McLain, CPA, its current ... She joined UHF in...

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Beyond Divestment: Decarbonizing Our Investment Portfolio - New Report from The Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/02/2023

... Portfolio - New Report from The Rockefeller Brothers Fund INTRODUCTION The environment has been one of the most enduring commitments of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF). For more than 80 years, our...

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‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black and Latino Developers Face Barriers to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment

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03/03/2023

... goes to white men.” When Mr. Peebles set out to start a fund for women and minority developers in 2020 and 2021, he ... developers.” Ultimately, Mr. Peebles gave up on the fund ... ‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black...

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Housing and Homelessness

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13 Jun 2023

Three Years Later, Funding Social Movements Matters More Than Ever (Two-Part Series: May 9 and June 13)

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Jennifer Ching, Executive Director, North Star Fund (May 9 session) Molly Schultz Hafid , Executive Director, Butler Family Fund (June 13 session) Frances Kunreuther , Co-Executive ...

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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

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07/09/2010

... , which supports community organizing. We typically fund organizations for their work on campaigns, and expect ... for direct services, most notably through the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation. Among the...

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07 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone: Unexpected Gains Through Creative Funding Practices

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8:45am to 11:00am

In a recent Forbes article, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, chair of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and president of her family’s foundation, underscored the importance of philanthropic innovations. “We need to become much more...

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United Hospital Fund Issues New Report on Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes In New York

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10/19/2017

United Hospital Fund Issues New Report on Implementing Patient-Centered ... the model, according to a new report by United Hospital Fund . The report is an update on the progress made in ... be downloaded from UHF’...

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Provided Critical Funding to Voting Block, a New Jersey Collaborative Reporting Effort

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02/08/2018

At a time when news organizations are losing staff at alarming rates and perceived negatively by 43 percent of Americans, collaborative reporting models rooted in engagement, like Voting Block, are a way for newsrooms to help expand their reporting...

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund And Partners Release Small Primary Care Practices In NYC Report

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06/14/2018

Health Department, United Hospital Fund And Partners Release Small Primary Care Practices In NYC Report The Health Department, United Hospital Fund (UHF) and their partners in the Population Health ... this report...

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CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely

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08/15/2018

CollegePoint , An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely Some high school students think of applying to colleges as a full-time job. There are essays and tests, loads of...

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