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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System Those of us working to improve the health system sometimes joke that at ... Thanksgiving approaching, I am also thinking about what's working...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... October 2012. “There were the low-lying neighbourhoods of Staten Island exposed to sea rise, flooding and storm ... lives destroyed.” Rodin, who became president of US philanthropic organisation the...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... Foundation (DDCF) today announced the 2015 class of Doris Duke Artists. Twenty remarkable performing artists ... multi-year funding as an investment in and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the...

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

... Veterans and Their Families Given the stressful nature of the military and the traumatizing experiences of war, many veterans experience psychological distress that is complicated by substance use. Many...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

... that LGBT Americans will one day be able to enjoy all of the possibilities that are truly equal to those of our fellow citizens, and that our neighbors will know, see ... us to this pivotal moment. We look...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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LGBTQ

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... electricity systems and get on the right side of the politics of development -- philanthropy just hasn't realized it yet. ... the board. Our investment is woeful -- only 2 percent of all...

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Environment and Climate Change

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... rate in June, but it also holds the dubious distinction of having the most working -age adults who have lost six or more teeth at 23%. ... teeth and dentures with the elderly, nearly one in five working...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation The Dyson Foundation has promoted Cecilia Stancell of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new Director of...

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Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)

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01/06/2016

Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust) While Mayor Bill de Blasio works on the details of a 15-year, $2.6 billion supportive housing program to ... is rising among families,...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... in January 2014. That tax, supporters claim, is working . A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico's soda .....

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

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08/22/2016

... Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families It has been said that history ... itself. For New Yorkers who have seen record levels of homelessness on the streets, in the...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

... Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than ... about their retirement and even loneliness. On behalf of The Rockefeller...

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

... influences people's giving. Read through the letters of the Giving Pledge members, for example, and you'll see ... struck by how closely the apple falls to the tree in terms of social values. Again...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem

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02/28/2017

... Agency, and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, has announced the launch of a global initiative aimed at saving coral reefs threatened ... pollution, and overfishing. With a phase-one...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

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03/16/2017

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, ... (LISC) today announced a $3.8 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support programs focused ... residents to new...

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller With the deepest sadness, the Trustees and staff of the David Rockefeller Fund note the passing of our co-founder, David Rockefeller, on March 20,...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts recently awarded $100,000 to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

... initial $100 million, five-year investment two years ahead of schedule. The firm has been able to accelerate its ... leaders will see Detroit’s comeback as a shining example of how to put aside differences and...

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). At the foundation, we’ve long supported the innovative work of BPI, which gives incarcerated men and women an...

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