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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... his wife, ranked third on the 2013 list of the nation’ s most generous benefactors. “Attacks and Vitriol Will Not ... Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy,” the piece’ s headline announced, and it went on...

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Group of 11 Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color

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06/05/2014

... Open Society Foundations] Eleven of the nation’ s leading philanthropies have announced a bold plan of action ... the private sector to improve life outcomes for America’ s boys and young men of color. “A Time...

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19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices

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06/25/2014

... action to remove restrictions that are impeding people' s ability to navigate their choices under the ACA.... 19 .....

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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

... for treatment in 11 countries. In contrast, the U. S . fares much better when it comes to wait times for ... hospitals and doctors, such as knee-replacements, M.R.I. s or Botox injections. Experts say that wait...

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City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

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07/13/2014

City' s Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success" ... are "regular" shoppers (at least once a week).... City' s Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... to Drive Improvement In many communities across the U. S ., poverty is a depressingly reliable indicator of health ... to this general rule, as The Commonwealth Fund’ s 2012 Scorecard on Local Health System...

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

... The Pfizer Foundation announced $2 million in grant funding for pilot programs to improve immunization coverage ...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’ s in charge of giving away one of America’ s historic fortunes. One problem: “As rich as ... spending that opens the spigots of other sources of...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... pound in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations. It’ s now a philanthropic powerhouse that has given about $11 ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children' s Villages, the world' s largest organization dedicated to orphaned and abandoned ... fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... artists will each receive $275,000 in flexible, multi-year funding as an investment in and celebration of their ongoing ... world the fourth class of Doris Duke Artists. This year' s class is particularly...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work

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04/20/2015

... VIP was the brainchild of Elizabeth McDaniels, Goodwill’ s director of mission services, who recognized a gap in local ...

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Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America' s rising healthcare costs... In 2014, Stephen Hemsley, CEO of ... wasn’t. At least, not when you compare it to Hemsley’ s total pay five years earlier...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

The initiative enable practitioners to implement strategies and products that are scalable and sustainable to better serve the needs of low-income customers around the world.

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... it yet. To be fair, philanthropy needs to step up it' s game on climate across the board. Our investment is woeful ... economy and staving off the worst impacts of climate. That' s why some big name...

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... Funders Network, announced today $9.3 million in total funding for a matching grant initiative intended to energize ... not only matched but exceeded the Weinberg Foundation’ s support of $3.6 million,...

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MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

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09/18/2015

... in need” is the objective behind MetLife Foundation’ s on-going efforts in communities across the world. Working ... job, building credit and sticking to a budget. LISC’ s Financial Opportunity Centers, funded...

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

Atlantic' s Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International ... and research in both regions. In Vietnam, its funding has revamped and revitalized healthcare facilities ... higher education, and cancer...

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... thinks he has landed on unexplored territory. Ham’ s research project, Narratives Analysis on Hydropower Dam ... and make sense of (or fail to make sense of) each other’ s points of view. . . According to...

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