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SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP-USA) has launched Disaster Services Corporation, SVdP-USA to better respond to disasters such as those seen in recent weeks in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The corporation, which...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... The authors develop the first poverty measure in the US that takes into account the need for health care and find ...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines

Release Date:

10/19/2017

... according to library officials. “They shouldn’t block us from reading because of money.” On Thursday, the ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... realized climate progress, and many solutions available to us now remain underutilized—especially in the land sector, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... organizational and field types. We hope you’ll join us . Explore Nuts and bolts of capacity building - what it ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

Bard College plans to launch a “microcollege” at the Brooklyn Public Library and will be free for students, aiming to attract talented low-income applicants who haven’t sought degrees due to the pricetag or personal hardships

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

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11/06/2017

The nonprofit GroundTruth Project is devoted to narrative storytelling around the world. Its new offshoot, Report for America, is designed to reignite local journalism in

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Leading Philanthropists to Announce Co-Impact, A Global Collaborative for Systems Change

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11/16/2017

... and social change at scale. Co-Impact will invest US $500 million in three critical areas—health, education, ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

15 Mar 2018

Imagining the Future: Pursuing Excellence in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... personally in our collective efforts and community? Join us for this special interactive webinar as we continue to ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

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Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology

Release Date:

12/04/2017

... occurs with maps of the camera system. “This will allow us to fill in those blind spots that exist currently,” he ...

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers

Release Date:

12/07/2017

In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 percent of health care revenues reported by the five largest U.S. commercial health insurance companies (UnitedHealthCare, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study...

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The Commonwealth Fund

John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America

Release Date:

12/15/2017

Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly.