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Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September

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09/18/2017

... Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly ... effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress’s nonpartisan...

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Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

... Permit Denial Federal regulators have overruled New York state 's denial of a key permit for a pipeline expansion fueling a $900 ... needed to expand the Millennium natural gas pipeline in...

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... Invokes Law Shielding Police Records The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has steadily expanded the city’s interpretation of a state law that bars public disclosure of...

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Justice Reform

Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

... Warn The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on ... on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State...

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets and help dress ... Wednesday ...

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Community Development

City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug The city and state announced Monday that they entered into an exclusive one-year deal with the makers of an anti-overdose drug to quicken the time it takes to get...

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

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11/09/2017

Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field Roger Walker, doctoral candidate ... in mathematics, science and engineering. In 2013, Penn State was one...

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Science

The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

... this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social ... sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage...

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Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults

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03/23/2018

... Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults In the study, which was published in Science ... researchers pooled and analyzed 6 epidemiological studies of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

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07/2005

... and for good reason - yet advocacy can play a crucial role in advancing a foundation's mission. In this guide, contributors explain that advocacy includes a lot of opportunities to improve public policy through work that is well within the limits of the law. Whether your purpose is to advance an idea, argue .....

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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

... Social Work Excellence. Thanks to $1.35 million in recently awarded funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to meeting the health...

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Philanthropy as Field Builder

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04/25/2013

The second in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... reflections on the unique strengths and enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy. Last week...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series

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05/03/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series In the first episode, we join a conversation between ... our work with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign is working...

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VOICES FROM THE FIELD

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04/16/2018

... Haas, Jr. Fund partners with a diverse and powerful mix of organizations and leaders working for equality and fairness for all people. In these videos, some of the Fund’s...

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Dr. David Blumenthal Looks Back as The Commonwealth Fund Celebrates 100 Years

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05/07/2018

... Fund has been committed to improving the health of the American people as well as working on international issues and to improving the care, ... work and that’s becoming more interesting now to people ...

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Aetna Foundation's Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships.

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04/16/2014

... He was recognized for his continuing leadership in advancing community and national health initiatives that ... Aetna Foundation/NMF Healthcare Leadership Program. This event brings together distinguished...

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New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens

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06/19/2014

... Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens The newly formed New York Botanical Garden's ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, holds its first public event on Friday--a symposium that...

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The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014

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12/23/2014

The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014 2014 was not just any old year in health care. The problem isn’t finding historic events ... than 2014. For health care reformers, the old adage of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners

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06/29/2015

... which is planning art installations on public spaces in five targeted neighborhoods with the aim of building on an annual event that promotes crime prevention efforts, ...

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