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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

Release Date:

06/13/2017

... workers in their 50s and 60s want, or need, to keep working past the traditional retirement age of 65 — either ... director of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Working Longer program. . . Sloan Foundation...

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Aging

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

Release Date:

11/17/2017

What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...

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American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'

Release Date:

12/04/2015

American Express has made a grant of $300,000 to restore and repoint the deteriorating steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial, located on Wall Street.

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UJA-Federation of New York Works with Partners to Deliver Kosher Passover Food to Ukraine

Release Date:

03/29/2022

... CEO of UJA-Federation of New York.   UJA is working with the Orthodox Union, World of Giving/Olam Chesed, ... .   About UJA-Federation of New York Working with a network of hundreds of nonprofits, UJA extends...

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Jewish Interests

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

08/05/2015

Over 100 cities applied to the initiative, which will help city halls use data and evidence to deliver better results for residents.

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

Release Date:

09/28/2017

The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix.

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Community Development

Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

01/12/2018

Kentucky anticipates the most drastic drop in Medicaid enrollment out of the 10 states with pending work requirement waivers, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund.

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Health

Ford Foundation Contributes to Preservation of Hemingway's Works with New Restoration Center in Cuba

Release Date:

03/31/2019

Ford Foundation Contributes to Preservation of Hemingway's Works with New Restoration Center in Cuba A restoration center to preserve the work of Ernest Hemingway opened in Cuba on Saturday, highlighting an area of cooperation with...

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Arts

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

Release Date:

04/24/2015

Marie Wilson discusses how the program allowed men to be seen of as a public parental figure.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Cuban-American Artist Garcia Ferraz Exhibits Latest Works Supported by Ford Foundation Grant in Media Arts

Release Date:

04/14/2016

A notable voice in Cuban-American art, Garcia Ferraz has received many of this country’s prestigious art awards. They include a Ford Foundation grant in media arts, a MacArthur Foundation media grant, and a Richard Diebenkorn teaching fellowship.

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

Release Date:

01/06/2017

Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco ... to nearly $1 billion... Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco...

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

Release Date:

05/05/2017

Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in their lives are more likely to express anxiety about several aspects of retirement, to have experienced unemployment in the recent past, and to have fewer...

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Economic Security

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Century Foundation Report Finds Out Why High-Risk Insurance Pools Still Won't Work

Release Date:

03/01/2017

Recently, leaked documents from House Republicans show plans to create high-risk pools as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) guaranteed access to health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.

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Health

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The Century Foundation

Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

Release Date:

08/02/2019

New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

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Health

Science

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The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico The ... the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico ...

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Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 3 of a Three-Part Series

** This is Part 3 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Change starts from within. But where do you begin? This final session will equip philanthropy professionals with practical tools to...

Mapping: Data visualization tools to convey knowledge and bring your foundation’s work to life

Publication date:

09/2012

Part of the " Moving Strategically Along the Information Highway Series". Jake Garcia of the Foundation Center discussed helping fundations locate and manage data strategically as well as provided tips for managing the flow of information.