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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... in 1982. Atlantic affiliates have long backed left-leaning policy initiatives, from opposing the death penalty to advocating for President Barack Obama’s health -care law, but they’ve rarely supported or...

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Civic Engagement

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Covered California Consumers Saving and Paying Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage

Release Date:

01/11/2017

... Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage This analysis of health plan premium growth in California’s insurance ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

Release Date:

06/23/2017

... is being matched with increased physical threats; hostile policy changes; and a renewed assault on LGBT people’s dignity, health and right to pursue lives free from discrimination ...

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Gender Justice

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

Release Date:

01/05/2018

... first step toward enacting much-needed immigration policy reform. Johnson & Johnson must continue to mobilize a ... That’s how we’ll continue to change the trajectory of health for humanity. … Johnson...

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Immigration

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Johnson & Johnson

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth is criticized. The ... money helped to establish New America as an elite voice in policy debates on the American...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy , he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every influential watchdog group — the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the ... Food...

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Food Systems

Humanizing Immigration: A Three Part Conversation Recap

... virtual program was a digital exploration of migration and policy . Through presentations, performances, and panels, we ... and dignity. Muzaffar Chishti (Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and...

26 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Public Service Excellence and Diversity: A Leadership Opportunity

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and ethnic disparities and inequities in unemployment, health and education. Public service leadership at the top ... ability and appeal to people of color in solving social policy dilemmas. The participation...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases Report on Importance of Local Climate Actions in U.S.

Release Date:

03/08/2016

... see climate change as an immediate economic and public health issue. They are the officials most directly ...

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Environment and Climate Change

08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to engage their respective communities to advance communal health , support community members to become leaders and ... Just Food Nick Freudenberg , Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute Ben Thomases ,...

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Food Systems

27 Sep 2017

Foundation Administrators Network : New York State Paid Family Leave: What You Should Know And How to Prepare

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... policies in the nation. Paid Family Leave will provide working New Yorkers with job-protected, paid leave, to: bond with a new child, care for a loved one with a serious health condition, or to help relieve...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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Governance

HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

09 Jun 2020

Secure Vote By Mail for Democracy's Sake

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Whether you care about the environment, the economy, health care, racial justice, criminal justice, or foreign policy , the 2020 election is considered the most critical in ...

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

Release Date:

06/15/2021

... surveillance, in both Dutch and broader European law and policy contexts. Before her appointment as executive ... director in March 2020. Founded in 1994 by a small group of human rights grantmakers, the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

... as well as from a solutions perspective (risk management, policy , and technical). Climate risk will disrupt a ... to improved analytical tools necessary for making sound policy and business decisions...

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

On Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn: Start With Existing Community Assets

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... Assets By Bronwyn Starr, program officer at New York State Health Foundation At a well-publicized event last Friday in ... the healthcare system by increasing access and quality of health care services and...

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Insights

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... experts and advocates that shaped White House education policy ... Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say ...

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Education

Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

Release Date:

01/20/2023

... Before March 2020, many organizations had no policies for working remotely. During the pandemic, companies started to ... doubt creeps in about how productive someone can be when working remotely. And yet,...

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Insights

The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner

Release Date:

10/08/2019

... incarceration in New York City and supports organizations working to create new paths for socioeconomic stability and ... empowering people most affected by incarceration to drive policy reform, with a focus...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

Release Date:

03/09/2016

... the country, innovators are developing new models of health care delivery that lower costs and improve care for ... challenges of navigating the complexity of the American health care system,” said Brenner,...

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Health

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

Release Date:

05/15/2015

by James R. Knickman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation It’s just six subway stops between ... and the East Harlem neighborhood. But when it comes to our health , the two communities are worlds...