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Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund

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01/18/2017

... to advocacy organizations engaged in comprehensive public education and organizing efforts. The strategic philanthropic ... Collaboratives that combine and maximize philanthropic resources to create efficient...

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Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico

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09/27/2022

Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico' NEW YORK (SEPTEMBER 27, 2022) – ... While basic needs are by definition crucial, we also need resources to think and implement a...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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04/29/2010

... Officer, F.B. Heron Foundation Like many of its colleague funders , the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a sharp ... in lower-income communities. Heron staff shared our early findings with our Board and, in...

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The Post-Copenhagen Funding Landscape: Thoughts from Rachel Leon and Terry Odendahl

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02/12/2010

... coming from nations like Brazil. Foundations debated funding international groups as well as funding in specific ... economic development, consider green jobs. If you focus on education ,...

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Commonwealth Fund Names Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., as Its Next President

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12/12/2022

... headed the hospital’s efforts in Multicultural Education within the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. He ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health Resources and Services Administration...

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25 May 2023

Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... urban agriculture, climate change, community food project funding , nutrition, local and regional food systems, and ... nutrition, local and regional food systems, and more How funders can support NYS Farm Bill...

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Simons-Funded Research Finds Brain Differences Between People with Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Autism

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05/25/2017

... for schizophrenia and those at risk for autism, and the findings could help explain the biological underpinnings of ... sciences, and of psychology, at UCLA. “These findings provide clues into differences in...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

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08/31/2016

American adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults.

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces

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06/02/2016

In 2016, insurers expect that less than one-fifth of ACA-compliant coverage will be sold outside of the exchanges.

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

It was hard to make money selling Obamacare health insurance in the first year. Next year might not be much easier

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

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09/11/2015

... and is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. The findings , published in the September 10 online issue of ...

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... School of Public Health research suggests. The findings are published in the October issue of the Journal of ...

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Arcus Foundation Funded Report Finds Infrastructure Development Likely To Be “Devastating” for Wildlife, Ecological Integrity

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02/26/2019

Arcus Foundation and Cambridge University Press published a report that examines the interaction between conservation of apes and their habitats with infrastructure development, including ways to minimize and mitigate the impact of infrastructure...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

The results, published in the journal "Obesity," provide insight into whether the causes of childhood obesity lie primarily inside or outside of schools.

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Nearly 25,000 girls aged between 12 and 14 are living in "early unions." Hundreds of thousands of young girls in Mexico are being forced into marriages with older men, a new report reveals.

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New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York

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06/08/2017

New report details how American Health Care Act would increase costs for consumers, wipe out coverage gains, and destabilize New York’s individual market.

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Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M Jobs in 10 Years

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06/19/2017

Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M ... care sector." . . . Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps ... could solve a transitive inference problem. The team's findings were published online in the journal Biology ... with a mild electric shock, and the...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our findings point to a new role for reactive oxygen species in ... exists in other phytoplankton species," said Diaz. The findings could have...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, were more likely to be insured and less likely to have problems paying medical bills, compared to others in states which did not...

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