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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) ripped Schumer’s move. “ We should not jeopardize vulnerable children’s health ... like bailing out insurance companies,” Hatch said in a statement... Children’s Health Care Bill...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... populations that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education. The grant will build on the successful programs developed in a prior Mellon Foundation grant, which established the Wabash Liberal...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

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Jonas Philanthropies Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director

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08/23/2018

... Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director We are delighted to announce that Jonas Nursing & Veterans ... as Associate Director at the Weitzman Institute of CHCI in Connecticut where she provided...

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional...

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Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

Release Date:

08/27/2019

... Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award We ’re proud to announce the five winners of the Macquarie ... these five winners will each receive $A10 million in funding to deliver their projects...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Amy F. Dinofrio as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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04/11/2022

... named vice president and chief human resources officer. In this role, Dinofrio will be a key member of RWJF’s ... on issues impacting today’s evolving workplaces. “ We are excited to welcome Amy Dinofrio...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways

Release Date:

06/18/2018

... made up of 1,500 mirrored stainless steel spheres placed in the imposing confines of Fort Tilden, a former Army base on the beach in Queens. The spheres — about a foot in diameter — will...

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Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint

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06/22/2018

... close professional and personal ties to him. Completed in April, the review concluded no wrongdoing occurred, ... was conducted by New York law firm Patterson Belknap. In an interview with the Chronicle on...

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Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers

Release Date:

04/17/2019

... Growth Fastest Among Boomers (BPT) - Student loan debt in the U.S. has been skyrocketing for years, recently topping ... debt. Over the last five years, the largest increase in student loan debt in...

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Meeting Strategic Objectives through Persuasive Writing: The Grant Write-Up

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8:30am to 11:00am

... an assessment of a proposed project and its merits in relation to the institution’s grantmaking strategy. ... grant project proposals, practice outlining key arguments in grant write-ups and explore different...

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Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'

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06/19/2014

... to complex problems, according to a report funded in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Rockefeller ... to a bid to boost the number of college graduates living in cities, solutions to public problems...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Honored for Urban Development Work

Release Date:

10/16/2014

... Land Institute (ULI) J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, which is the institute's highest honor. ... celebratory luncheon October 23 during ULI's Fall Meeting in New York City...

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Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant ... a major Iowa utility, has committed to phase out coal use at six of its...

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

... growing over the past five years, and one recent technique in particular shows promise. It’s called Pay for Success, ... as the nonprofit Social Finance US—which in turn contracts with the nonprofit groups...

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The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative

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01/05/2016

The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The ... has some interesting control and tax implications, but in the end the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative is less about ... have ever lived,...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People

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03/18/2016

... reductions, available to low-to-moderate-income people in silver-tier marketplace plans, substantially lower ... Gunja, and Sophie Beutel, looked at health plans available in the largest markets in...

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Health

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Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, and her organization are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at ... pay — with tons of flexibility of how they...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in nineteen states and two U.S. territories. Awarded through ... range from $100,000 to $500,000, will support efforts to use the arts and culture to...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Arts

Community Development

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