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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

... takes solace in the knowledge that so many community-based change agents are rising up to tackle a diverse array of ...

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Civic Engagement

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

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10/21/2016

... that medical records belong to the health care provider, not the patient, Siegal said. They were hesitant to share the ... their whole medical record in an electronic file, and not all of the information —...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure

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04/24/2015

... sector of the risks it is likely to face due to climate change , citing a number of “carbon asset risks” — ... of renewable energy and weakening oil demand — that are not sufficiently disclosed in their...

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... products for scalability. “We’re testing products that not only have the potential for life-changing personal impact ...

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States

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12/21/2016

... in expanding access to dental care for adults, which is not a required benefit under the ACA. These findings ...

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Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times

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02/07/2017

... Perspective During Turbulent Times At times of dramatic change in a nation’s history, fear and anxiety can become ... true for younger members of our attentive public, who have not lived through, and emerged...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

Native Americans in Philanthropy is proud to announce that it has received a $450,000 grant from Ford Foundation to support the Generation Indigenous Response Fund (#GenIndigenous Fund), a pooled fund housed at The Minneapolis Foundation that...

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Community Development

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NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund

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06/13/2018

... as a springboard for deep collaboration and transformative change ?” said Jennifer and Peter Buffett, NoVo’s ... asked, if movement leaders had the support they needed not only to defend against daily attacks,...

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Andrus Family Fund Announces New Mission and Strategic Direction

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10/31/2014

... and what doesn’t when it comes to creating sustainable change in young people’s lives. Work closely with our ... organizing as a tool to remove barriers and create change . Moving forward, they will begin...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Philanthropy’s Highest Honor

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10/10/2018

... the more challenging issues of our time, including climate change , U.S.-Iran relations, the European integration of the ... a New York-based family foundation that advances social change for a more just,...

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New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds

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04/23/2018

... are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival. As droughts, ... provides to us,” said Kim Hall, a Conservancy climate change ecologist who worked on the...

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The North Star Fund Welcomes Kellie Terry as the new Philanthropy Programs Director

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05/02/2022

... working with the grantmaking team and Community Funding Committees , and leading the Fund's work to organize ... donors and funders towards shifting real power and resources to movements. Kellie is a...

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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives With fears that federal funding for LGBT nonprofits and other progressive groups ...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Gender Justice

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National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need

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03/30/2018

... United Way’s partner agencies also reported they could not help over 3,540 requests for assistance due to a shortage ... will help close the gap between need and available resources as families require...

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Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in Health Board

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12/11/2015

Donald Moulds, executive vice president for programs at The Commonwealth Fund, was elected to a three-year term of the board of directors of Grantmakers in Health.

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Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building

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09/28/2016

... allowing further complacency by those with the power and resources to do something about it. As one leader said, “The New Orleans community wants to be made whole, not just resilient...” Andrus Family Fund...

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Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... about civil legal matters with important tools and resources . They provide basic information about common legal ...

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Justice Reform

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New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations

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05/12/2015

The Pinkerton Foundation, Heckscher Foundation for Children and Carnegie Corporation have supported the Fund in the past.

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Education

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The funding will support the organization's efforts to identify ... sources. Launched in January with $32 million in seed funding from JDRF, the fund...

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