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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... to their visit notes. Neither a software program nor a new technology, experts say this basic change in practice ... if spread nationwide, can improve the performance of the U. S . healthcare system. Peterson...

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JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

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02/25/2016

... business sector and with a skills focus, which can open new pathways to future career options. They are working ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

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04/28/2016

... action around the most pressing issues of our time. The new series will facilitate an exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation' s ongoing work to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable .....

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Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation

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12/12/2016

... and activism to help shape the family foundation’ s strategic vision. Under her leadership, the Norman ... To ensure the continued commitment to the Foundation’ s social justice legacy, Makela helped the...

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BNY Mellon and United Nations Foundation Publish Report for Advancing Gender Equality

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01/26/2017

... than three million people around the country -- that' s one out of every 100 Americans -- and upwards of another ... many of those same people woke up and asked, "What' s next?" Supporters...

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Gender Justice

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The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications

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04/24/2017

... our Associate Director of Policy & Communications. In this new position, Jay will be responsible for ensuring that the ... effectively as possible to advance the work of the group' s members to engage...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... research suggests, and acquiring knowledge about one' s gender is considered a critical part of early childhood ... early gender development among transgender preschoolers, a new study has found that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The selected Scholars ... United States and selected by the Rita Allen Foundation’ s Scientific Advisory Committee...

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Health

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Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy

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06/22/2017

... have been so successful, but also how the mainstream media' s failure to adapt to new means of communication plays into internet malcontents' .....

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PhilTalks

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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07/11/2017

... fellow. Adams, who lives in Falmouth, will begin his new job Aug. 1. When he resigned as NEH chairman in May, ... said a press release announcing the appointment. Michael S . McPherson, outgoing president of...

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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

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08/30/2017

... fortunes of white nationalism and discussed the movement’ s future. Several of those speakers belong to the shadowy ... organizations in this space, the Charles Martel Society, New Century Foundation and VDare...

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Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

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08/31/2017

Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good Today' s consumers, particularly millennials, are looking for more ... ways your company can do good while growing and reaching new customers. Offer local...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... CEO Paul McDonald has now stated he wants to roll out 50 new Bodega locations on the West Coast. By the end of 2018, ... a culturally insensitive name choice, but for the article' s declaration that the...

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Food Systems

The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... between 1946 and 1964, was, until very recently America’ s largest demographic cohort. Generation X, born between 1965 ... Their latest report, titled “The Power of Voice: A New Era of Cause Activation and...

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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... Social Change The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary ... beautiful," said Elizabeth Alexander, the Ford Foundation' s director of Creativity...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Just prior to that, Vermont S enator Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer “Medicare for all” bill into the S enate with sixteen co-sponsors. Both pieces of legislation .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

... in India, The Rockefeller Foundation will create new economic opportunities for poor, rural communities. ... expanding 24/7 electricity to all of the country’ s citizens... The Rockefeller Foundation Expands...

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

Newman' s Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation It ... and 31 kinds of salad dressing with Paul Newman’ s face splashed prominently on the label. Its profits go ... the many highly targeted...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation' s programs in the US and globally. Previously, Pennington served as vice president for the foundation' s programming on Education, Creativity,...

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