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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... indicator of your life expectancy, and has a greater impact on your health, than genetics. For example, look at ... lived in the early 1920s. Geography has such a profound impact on health because it...

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Health

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Founder and CEO of Viso Strategies Corporation Paula Luff Says CSR Improves Operations

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04/18/2016

"For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate," she says. "It’s about how they identify and manage their social and environmental risks and footprint."

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems

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05/31/2016

... But how can educators ensure that these systems have the impact their cities need? One way is to use data to help ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing

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10/12/2016

... a pioneer in the field of sustainable, responsible and impact investing for social justice today announced an open ...

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RFPs Etc

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Social Justice

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Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity

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11/09/2016

... Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

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Watch Grant Oliphant, President of The Heinz Endowments and Former Board Chair of The Communications Network, Give A Rousing Keynote Address At ComNet17

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10/25/2017

Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments and former Board Chair of The Communications Network, gave a rousing, inspirational, and impactful keynote address at ComNet17, urging social sector communicators to use their voices and speak up for...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio

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12/05/2017

... investments (PRIs), which Ford pioneered in the impact investing field. A well-respected investment and ... with a passion for using finance to achieve social impact , Swan will begin his new position on...

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Ford Foundation’s Hilary Pennington Joins Plenary Panel at The Exchange: 2018

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07/09/2018

... a New Era of Cross-Sector Collaboration from Social Impact Exchange on Vimeo . Ford Foundation’s Hilary ...

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

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Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers

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04/17/2019

... strain of student loan debt — and it’s having a major impact on their overall well-being. While much of the ... savings or Social Security payments to pay off the debt. Impact on well-being While many baby...

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Philanthropy New York Members Reflect on 2020

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06/04/2021

In advance of the Annual Meeting, we asked a few Philanthropy New York members to reflect on this past year - on how the pandemic and racial justice uprisings changed the conversation in philanthropy, impacted their practices, or challenged their...

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Beyond the Bubble

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01/22/2020

... to make an effort to do so. Convenings are not rare in philanthropic spaces. More grantmakers are trying to discover ...

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Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

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03/10/2021

... there were problems, I would be connected to the people or resources that could support me. Today, I am a program ... dance, cooking, yoga, and more. We also learn from our philanthropic colleagues. Keeping...

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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy reveals that 0.2% of philanthropic grantmaking goes to Asian American and Pacific ... to create a voting block and advocate for greater resources to underserved groups...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Social Justice

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Insights from “Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair”

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06/13/2024

... as an institution shift towards repair: Material (How can philanthropic organizations support the reparations ... State Reparations Donor Briefing . Additional insights, resources , and organizations mentioned...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass: A Recap

... the assumptions and conventional wisdom that often shape philanthropic practice. Camille Cyprian (Founder and ... the collective acknowledgment of racial inequity in the philanthropic sector, examining how we...

Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy

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10/08/2020

... Church crafted the strategies for our two New York City philanthropic programs - criminal justice and homelessness - ... to invest in very specific issue areas and to measure impact through narrow metrics...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

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Disaster Relief

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Katya Levitan-Reiner Promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Propel Capital

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11/14/2019

... to expand Propel’s innovative approach and strategic impact investing model. “As Propel reflects on its last ... Katya’s contributions to strengthening our financial and impact reporting as well as skill and...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office

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04/01/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Achmat Dangor as head of its office for Southern Africa, which is based in Johannesburg and serves South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

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