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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.

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Health

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.

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New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

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07/15/2014

A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014

Release Date:

08/08/2014

... animal welfare professionals can visit www.aspcapro. org /Grants . About the ASPCA® Founded in 1866, the ... services. For more information, please visit www.ASPCA. org , and be sure to follow the ASPCA on...

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Animal Welfare

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MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

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10/27/2014

... sanitation challenges facing low income groups,” Water. org CEO Gary White told participants in the forum. The ...

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Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

Release Date:

01/23/2014

New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Steven Choi provides his takeaways from our PNY event on the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on young immigrants and their families.

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Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings

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01/06/2015

... and Review Findings The popular preprint server arXiv. org , where physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists ...

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

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05/28/2013

by Vincent Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders On May 13, at the offices of Philanthropy New York and via livestream, I moderated a discussion on the power of ideas and how TED is using media to tell stories, ignite...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... business health and growth. The platform – us.accion. org – helps entrepreneurs start and grow a small business ...

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24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Caleb Beaudoin with any registration questions: caleb@gcir. org . In Collaboration with Grantmakers Concerned with ...

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Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

... of their abuse, as well as the website BeyondtheBruises. org , a resource center that houses information on the often ...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

Release Date:

06/01/2015

... Lung Foundation today released The GATS Atlas(gatsatlas. org ), which presents tobacco use statistics drawn from the ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

San Diego Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Beeta Jahedi will join the SDG team as Senior Director of Learning and Programs effective July 24, 2015.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

Release Date:

07/06/2015

Each grant ranged between $10,000 and $160,000 and will be used toward operating support over the next two years.

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... as they explore these questions: artsinachangingamerica. org /livestream and follow the conversation on Twitter using ...

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New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... findings of the survey can be read in full at www.usmayors. org - http://www.usmayors. org /meninosurvey/2015/2015survey-finalreport.pdf New Menino ...

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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

... Steakhouse. The event was organized by NewMexicoWomen. Org , a program of the New Mexico Community Foundation ...

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Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs

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02/09/2016

As New York City faces increasing pressure to promote school diversity, a new report from the Century Foundation shows that more districts nationwide are using socioeconomic status to shape admissions processes.

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