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28 Feb 2014

The Impact Assessment - Moving Towards Greater Impact

Friday, February 28, 2014 -

7:00am to 10:30am

US Trust

... framework for discussing impact, help them identify areas of strength and opportunities for increasing their impact, ... New York Collaborative Program with the Association of Small Foundations . Presenters...

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Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase ... nearly $80 million into research and advocacy in support of marijuana legalization and other rollbacks of drug...

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The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

NoVo Executive Director Finds Correlation Between Domestic Violence and Other Violent Crimes in NYTimes Editorial

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02/04/2015

... their girlfriends and wives. In many cases, the charges of domestic violence were not taken seriously or were dismissed. Before Tamerlan Tsarnaev was suspected of carrying out the bombing of...

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

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04/24/2015

How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art It all started with Gerald Rosen, the judge who was ... the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of foundation presidents—the newly...

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Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults

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09/15/2015

Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults The Affordable Care ... accessible and affordable to all individuals, regardless of age, gender, or health status. Under the ACA, people age...

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The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

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09/25/2015

... Damon Silvers will be joining The Century Foundation board of trustees. Together they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and ... Company Accounting Oversight Board’s...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... supported research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows ... by three months more than children in a reading control...

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and ... browsers on their laptops. The air in the cavernous lobby of the Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew in Chiang Mai, Thailand, .....

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Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship

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02/17/2016

... fellowship to support arts and culture writing in regions of the country that are often underrepresented in the media. The goal of the fellowship program is to foster new discourse about ... often not...

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Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind

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03/03/2016

... Bank -- a vast North Atlantic fishery off the coast of Cape Cod -- teems with billions of herring that take over the region to spawn. The seasonal arrival of the herring also attracts...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity ... knowledge about one's gender is considered a critical part of early childhood development. In...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to ... A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the...

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum Bloomberg today announced a selection of featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring...

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When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

... a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis In a year of big stories, the opioid crisis has become one of the biggest, though it’s been a problem since the early ... users—some of whom...

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

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09/29/2017

... but resulted in a deadlocked decision following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Unions fear the high court, now ... to fees he’s obligated to pay to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal...

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

... the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment , saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of ... of...

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David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy

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11/08/2017

... workroom with the bare fluorescent lights and tall shelves of a big discount warehouse, auction-house employees are ... tureens, duck decoys, prized paintings and hundreds of other items. A photo studio has...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

... co-chair the selection committee, which is comprised of distinguished policy experts, artists, academics, business ... the winning cities. "We're glad to have such a dynamic set of experts from...

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New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act

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03/29/2018

... proposed regulations encouraging the sale of health insurance plans that do not comply with Affordable ... the ACA marketplaces, leaving them with a smaller, sicker group of enrollees. The...

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New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country

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04/02/2018

... insurance market, which is where 56 percent of New Yorkers get their coverage. Among its key points: The ... plans increased at more than double the rate of the median household income. New York’s deductibles...

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