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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

... college more accessible, says his top priority is college access . On Tuesday, a handful of institutions will ...

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MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program

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11/10/2014

... Development Fund (UNCDF), a UN initiative to increase access to microfinance and other forms of investment capital ... population in the three targeted countries with regular access to mobile financial...

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

Open licensing will allow for transparency and accessibility.

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Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report

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06/11/2015

... of global challenges and opportunities, from providing access to basic banking services for the two billion people ... and the people living in them cannot be underestimated. Access to financing, innovation...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... at Top Schools Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and first-generation college students, but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’s top institutions of higher ...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... , making it easier for people and institutions to share, access , and reuse high-quality and free educational content ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... hygiene products. Only 12 percent of Indian women have access to sanitary products. This number also largely ... 75 percent of India’s female population, have far less access to affordable hygiene products...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of ... or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy access to generic opioid medications...

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... that facilitate retirement savings, short-term savings and access to credit. To enable financial health for millions, ...

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Economic Security

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“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

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12/20/2017

... Fannie Mae is seeking proposals to effectively increase access to sustainable communities that Fannie Mae, working ... communities that provide residents with integrated access to quality affordable housing...

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Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

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03/12/2018

... has awarded more than $410,000 in grants to help increase access to bike share in communities of color, and to ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

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04/26/2018

... JPMorgan Chase believes there is a pressing need to expand access to opportunity and help more people move up the ... to take a strategic, data-driven approach to expanding access to opportunity, applying its...

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Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success

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11/29/2018

... Director of Community Partnerships for The College Board's Access to Opportunity program. Prior to that he was the ... the Director of Liberty LEADS, a highly successful college access program, and prior...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... to foster human development in poor countries with lousy access to financial services. They have also unleashed a lot ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Names Adam Elshaug as its First Visiting Fellow

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10/01/2012

... was a 2010-11 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, based at the Agency for Healthcare ... (NHMRC) Sidney Sax Fellowship in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Selects E. Tammy Kim as Inaugural Fellow

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09/03/2012

... Kim will examine the working conditions of child care providers and the challenges that low-income women face in obtaining affordable, high-quality child care . Her work will include the development of policy...

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ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It's Here To Stay

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07/02/2014

... Americans have gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act — and as the number of individuals benefiting from ... expansions will depend on our ability to control health care costs for consumers, employers,...

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Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund

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02/23/2015

... of business savvy, legal expertise, and volunteer health care leadership makes him an invaluable addition. ... are enhanced by his particular interest in the quality of care and compassion in its delivery. His...

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JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

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08/21/2015

... only 2,044 people were searching for tech jobs. The health care field showed similar gaps, while 11,569 health care jobs were available, only 5,450 people were seeking ... STL Youth Jobs placed 60 young people...

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