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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

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12/03/2015

... 20. “States have more power than the Department of Justice ” (DOJ) in stopping mergers or getting concessions from merging ... consolidation of Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross in...

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Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy If the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday ... the court would...

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... Mark Paley Mark Paley joined the Hyams Foundation in 2001. Before coming to Hyams, he was the CFO at YouthBuild ... working with out of school youth. His first position in Boston was with Boston Neighborhood...

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, was elected unanimously as the new ... "Reverend Wilson's leadership and commitment to social justice will enhance...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

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11/15/2017

... Move to End Violence Today, the NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, has named 21 phenomenal leaders to participate in the 4 th cohort cycle of Move to End Violence, a 10-year .....

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Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry

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12/18/2017

... of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry Women will lead the news ... the citizens of the Midwest and Deep South are included in the news narratives of the day on politics,...

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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

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02/08/2018

... Senate and first transgender elected official to serve in the state Legislature. She is running to represent Senate ... , East Elmhurst and Woodside . Marra has lived in Jackson Heights since 2009 and has...

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Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders

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05/07/2018

... increased their grantmaking by 25 percent or more in 2016, earning them a place on Funders for LGBTQ ... Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice , already top funders in...

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Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker to Receive 2018 Director’s Award

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07/30/2018

... director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, has announced the selection of Darren Walker, ... and educators, the Director’s Award is chosen by Baumann in recognition of outstanding...

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Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director

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08/27/2014

... The Initiative is advancing transformative strategies that use technology and globalization to help all Americans flourish in the economy of a networked world. Zelikow, the White ... reforms that have changed...

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Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

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09/27/2017

... evidence has been pointing to even faster loss of ice in the future, NASA says. . . Iceberg That Broke Off ...

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Pfizer Foundation Continues Support of Local Organizations through 2018 Global Health Innovation Grants

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04/12/2018

... has once again awarded GHIG grants to 20 organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This support will enable ... target underserved populations. Seventeen organizations in this year’s cohort received...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

... Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to local food banks and their hunger-relief ... and families across the nation. “For over 40 years, we have focused our community efforts on...

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Children, Youth and Families

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School President Obama’s November report on Women and ... obstacles that until recently have drawn little attention. We need to understand these obstacles more...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program

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03/16/2015

... nine U.S. nonprofit organizations a total of $1,653,698 in grants as a result of the Building Bridges Program’s ... the world’s humanity— more than1.6 billion Muslims— we need imaginative ways to open new...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... remarkable performing artists will each receive $275,000 in flexible, multi-year funding as an investment in and ... the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, said, " We are...

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

... Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day In 1993, a small article announcing Take Our Daughters to Work Day in New York City appeared in Parade Magazine. We created...

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OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

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06/09/2015

... Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs Advocacy groups in the country feel that the administration will win at the ... proceedings. “There is a sense of being undeterred, that we are going to continue planning...

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