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Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

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03/31/2015

... and farmers’ markets. Twenty gardens may seem too small a number of gardens to consider. However they are a ... the value of parks and community gardens as public resources and not merely as vacant land when...

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Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

By James R. Knickman President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation During the recent Philanthropy New York conference on resources for returning veterans , it struck me that very few ... needs cut across a...

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Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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08/22/2013

... about the keys to achieving a high-value, high-performing health system,” said Board Chairman James R. Tallon, Jr., ... Fund’s work as the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act are implemented and as the...

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Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

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09/26/2019

... a community-based organization working to improve maternal health and supported by Merck for Mothers, Melissa was able ... crisis, Merck for Mothers – our company’s $500M global health initiative to create a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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26 Feb 2020

New York Aging Funders - Winter Meeting

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... the upcoming agenda for the upcoming meeting: Age Friendly Health Systems New York State Initiative - Becoming an ... and Mobility — make care of older adults that can be complex, more manageable. ... age 65...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Scholars Finalists

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11/09/2014

... support the applicant’s research goals with sufficient resources during the grant period, so the nomination reflects ... the development of early-career researchers in the social, behavioral , and ...

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Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

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04/06/2022

... doesn’t stop at the school door. Foundations that care about democracy should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against these well-funded right-wing ... them equitable...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Social Justice

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Aetna Names Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. President of the Aetna Foundation

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09/02/2013

Aetna, a leading global health care solutions company, has appointed Garth Graham, M.D., ... and further its work to enhance quality health care practices and...

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Four Frameworks for Living Liberation

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07/01/2021

... thing, can I at the very least stop our/my worst practices and create new, even small centers of power? Build the New & Invest in Our Power. ... that in my places of work, I’ve been given space and...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... to describe its work. Also, in the 1970s, select small - to medium-sized family, independent and public ... communications; and the ability to mobilize additional resources over the long term? If the grantmaker...

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The Limits Are Your Freedom

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02/15/2017

... view and voice – however humble or bold – on the way resources should be used to make the world better. Private ... attempted to strategize for this new era, to use their resources and their voices in the ways...

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Arie Weissman and Jennene Tierney Appointed To Arcus Foundation Management Team

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04/01/2013

... and Jennene Tierney was appointed Director of Human Resources . Both bring to Arcus a wealth of experience in ... agency. Jennene Tierney will be responsible for all human resources initiatives, services,...

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Foundation for Child Development

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United Way of New York City and NYU Langone Partner to Open New Food Pantry in Sunset Park

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06/03/2019

... Partner to Open New Food Pantry in Sunset Park The Family Health Centers at NYU Langone has debuted a new grocery ... vice president of Community-Based Programs–Family Health Centers at NYU Langone. “...

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United Way of New York City

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Korean American Community Foundation Distributes First Wave of COVID-19 Relief Grants Totaling $60,000

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04/15/2020

... counseling, meal delivery, and a Korean language COVID-19 health hotline. COVID-19 Community Action Fund Grants Asian ... American Federation (AAF) : $5,000 to provide in-language resources to Korean and...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... and providers to jointly create clinical notes and care plans within a shared electronic health record. Encouraging patients to help write and add ... of Internal Medicine. In that research, doctors at UCLA...

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Andrea G. Cohen Joins United Hospital Fund as New Senior Vice President for Program

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04/02/2014

... attorney with extensive legal and policy experience in the health care world, Cohen comes to the Fund from the Office of the ... to her contributions in pursuit of the Fund’s mission, advancing...

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Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts

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02/20/2018

... tools and practices into their work. Whether you’re a small nonprofit with limited human and financial resources , or a business starting to think about measuring ... when they might have...

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FSG Social Impact Advisors

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It’s Time Responsible Business Became Business as Usual

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03/22/2016

... influential NGOs. Starbucks, for example, partnered with CARE to support high-impact development work in several ... their employers, the shareholders, and as such, allocating resources to CSR amounts to...

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