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New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

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09/28/2013

... included a call to action by the Nike Foundation, in partnership with the NoVo and United Nations foundations, ... framework. Today, President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary...

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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

... Opportunity Index , the nation’s only composite measure of economic opportunity at the state and county level. In addition to traditional economic measures like ...

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Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care

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05/05/2014

... program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health care. It is well documented that health care in the United States is not just expensive; it’s ... real breakthrough.... Searching for the Next...

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before ... Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis, by Jonathan Gruber of the Massachusetts Institute...

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

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06/13/2014

Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash Dr. Richard Rockefeller, son of philanthropist David Rockefeller, was killed Friday ... after takeoff. Dr. Rockefeller, an advisory trustee of the...

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Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

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12/16/2014

... to Address Worldwide Women's Issues Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City ... Bloomberg teamed up to highlight the power of information in...

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All Investing is Impact Investing

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01/12/2015

All Investing is Impact Investing In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to ... funds and elsewhere. Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate entities and received their tax...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest ... health needs of young, out- of -school women in...

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Hess Named to 2015 Best Corporate Citizens List

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04/22/2015

... on Corporate Responsibility magazine’s prestigious list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2015. The list recognizes ... the United States that demonstrated strong performance in such areas as environment,...

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William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying

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05/01/2015

... T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying New research suggests that the ... by peers may have a greater impact on mental health in adulthood than originally thought...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards

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05/20/2015

... United States. As the country's only independent watchdog of foundations, NCRP inaugurated the awards in 2013 to honor foundations that embody the ideals of high-impact philanthropy...

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... bargain" reunion during the three-day visit, a gathering of top leaders in national and local philanthropy who collaborated to create ... 20-year commitment from foundations, private companies and...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Report Calls for Reform in Light of Abuse of Girls in Juvenile System

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07/10/2015

Ms. Foundation for Women Report Calls for Reform in Light of Abuse of Girls in Juvenile System As many as 80 percent of the ...

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

... Healthcare Disparities Geography is a clear determinant of health disparities for patients, as chronic conditions ... Garth Graham, MaryLynn Ostrowski and Alyse Sabina write in a Health Affairs blog post...

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World GivePower Foundation—a ... expanding. Through a $500,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, GivePower...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice described his ... was automatically suspended. I couldn...

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

... Equality Day, the national holiday commemorating passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Ms. ... for women released the results of a new poll on the state of...

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Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle

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12/02/2015

... on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle The danger signs are all around us: record ... droughts, and wildfires that demonstrate the perils of a destabilized climate. Severe habitat...

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