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New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York

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06/08/2017

... The American Health Care Act (AHCA), approved by the U. S . House of Representatives and currently under consideration by the U. S . Senate, would undermine the dramatic insurance coverage ... how AHCA...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... of lots of new money flowing into the social sector. What' s a cause for concern, though, is that a tiny sliver of the population—which is already hugely powerful in U. S . society—is set to exercise even...

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

... sixth—of all the charitable giving that happens in the U. S . But some would argue that their biggest impact comes not ... foundations receive is for the grants they make. U. S . law requires most foundations to...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... rose continuously over the past three decades. Yet the U. S . population has poorer health than other countries. Life ... as the baby boom population ages, more people in the U. S .—and all over the world—are...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... has gone beyond Silicon Valley and Google’ s gender problem. The current impersonator-in-chief would rather divide than unite us , and the lack of moral and spiritual leadership in ... against white nationalism...

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy For those of us who experienced Superstorm Sandy, watching Texas suffer ... at risk. Recovery efforts are slowly underway and there’ s no mistaking that it will take years...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

Growing Number of Companies Opt for Locally Driven Hurricane Relief Efforts, Reports GlobalGiving

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09/08/2017

... driven relief and recovery efforts. GlobalGiving, a U. S . nonprofit, thoroughly vets local charities around the ... are directing their funds to local organizations, many U. S . corporations that have responded...

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Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’ s future, which includes the use of science and technology ... for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’ s influence to create new public-private...

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

... Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers? In New York City’ s breakneck effort to offer free preschool to all 4-year ... their impact on student achievement. “The question for us is, ‘How do we make pre-K better, as...

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Education

These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?

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09/19/2017

... When President Donald Trump committed to yanking the U. S . out anyway, PayPal and Western Union countered “We are ... 27 business powerhouses also support a GOP group that’ s fought to undo a key Obama-era...

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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

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09/22/2017

... of CA$700,000. This contribution is part of the Foundation' s investment of US $100 million to connect 500,000 young people around the ... Pathways to Progress originally launched in 2014, with a ...

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... participating in Day Without a Woman and the Women' s March. In record numbers, more and more of us are becoming engaged in the political process, advocating ... Funding Network conference in San...

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Gender Justice

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

... And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy There’ s been no shortage of news stories over the last several ... a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US South,” the headline read. It featured a...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... I was recently among those gathered inside Sacramento’ s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in solidarity with ... of inspiration from our faith leaders, several hundred of us walked from the cathedral to the...

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates Each person’ s death gives us a moment to pause and ask what lessons their lives offer for us . Here is a lesson from the life of Peter G. (Pete) ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Gives Stem Programs Over $5 Million

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09/13/2018

... "This is going to have a tremendous impact by allowing us to evolve our program called Teen STEM Initiative," said ... in the STEM professions." "This grant will provide us opportunities to...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

... Opioid Epidemic Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’ s charity has announced a $50 million donation to help fight the nation’ s opioid epidemic. Bloomberg Philanthropies said over the ... Johns Hopkins...

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation' s Board of Trustees The Ford Foundation has elected Henry ... to the family," Ford said in an interview. "He’ s given us updates and kept...

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