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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group , Opera Philadelphia is proud to announce that Rene Orth ... its individualized plan of study with a living stipend and health benefits... With Support from...

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Arts

Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... economy would be much stronger if barriers in education, health and housing that adversely affect black residents are ...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Public Policy

Social Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... other countries and are more likely to go without needed health care because of costs. Why should this be? For one ... Americans are more likely to enter the 65-and-up age group with chronic diseases — heart...

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Aging

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... access to fresh and healthy food options leads to health -related problems, and up to 50 percent of Native AIAN ... they turn 10, the highest prevalence of any racial/ethnic group ... Newman's Own...

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Food Systems

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

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03/21/2022

... social work. Tillett’s early career focused on sexual health , drawing upon her international experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer working in HIV prevention. Her early professional work taught ...

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Long Island Community Foundation Welcomes Mary Beth Guyther as New Program Officer

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09/03/2012

... April 2012. She manages the Foundation’s grantmaking in Health , Hunger, Arts and Technical Assistance. In her role as ... Universalist Fund. Guyther has an extensive background working for nonprofits,...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working -age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up ... were uninsured. The national uninsured rate among working age-adults dropped from 20...

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Health

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public- health work to the heart-wrenching and perilous business of ...

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JPMorgan Chase and NY Community Trust Partner to Bring Middle-Skills Jobs Training

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05/10/2017

... Bronx to New York City employers in three key sectors — health care, information technology, and transportation, ... focus on support for intermediaries in growing industries working to boost employer...

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The New York Community Trust

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

William Randolph Hearst Foundations Provides Hefty Grant to SOPAC to Partner with School District

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04/26/2018

... . The organizations focus on the culture, education, health and social services fields. With the grant, SOPAC will ...

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William Randolph Hearst Foundation

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Arts

Education

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Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows

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07/24/2018

... advocates, lawyers, artists, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics and ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Announces the Election of Ana Marie Argilagos and Anand Babu to Its Board of Directors

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01/29/2019

... (HIP), a network of foundations and philanthropists working to increase the power and influence of Latino ... multiple companies, including Coord Mobility, Cityblock Health , and Replica. Prior to that, she was...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout

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05/09/2018

... the federal government from getting an accurate count. Group Effort Anticipating these difficulties, Bauman joined ... of New York, to draw up a census game plan. The group , called the Democracy Funders...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Climate and Resilience Initiative

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07/08/2019

... with this global Network of cities, CROs, and a small group of former 100RC senior staff to plan these efforts, and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jayson Jarushewsky Returns to Stonewall Community Foundation Board

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07/02/2012

... risks in the Americas. Jarushewsky began his legal career working as an associate with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy's Financial Restructuring Group , focusing on cross border, partnership and products...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... than they would have prior to their involvement in the group . UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding ... University of California, Riverside. Each has committed to working with the others on four...

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Education

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the National Dance Project- backed by Mellon & Doris Duke Foundations -and new research about current needs of the dance field.

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Arts

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

... was set to be forgiven this coming fall. Last year a small group of borrowers learned that their eligibility for the ... had revoked. These include four people, all attorneys, working for the American Bar...

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Education

Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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