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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

Release Date:

10/17/2014

Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Have Increased Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in ... relevance to the classroom lessons...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient

Release Date:

12/07/2016

High-need, high-cost "personas" distill key factors that affect patients' goals, motivations, & barriers to health.

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Covered California Consumers Saving and Paying Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage

Release Date:

01/11/2017

This analysis of health plan premium growth in California’s insurance marketplaces, focusing on the policies that consumers actually purchased, finds that the average price paid for plans selected in 2014 was 11.6 percent less than the average price...

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth

Release Date:

05/03/2017

More use of technology can lead to increases in attention, behavior and self-regulation problems for adolescents already at risk for mental health issues, new study finds.

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over

Release Date:

07/06/2018

The LCT3 season program is supported by generous grants from The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and others.

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Member News

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Arts

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Time Warner

Howard Gilman Foundation

$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... on Museum Boards The last museum-board leadership survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums ...

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Member News

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

03/29/2018

The Trump administration’s proposed regulations encouraging the sale of health insurance plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) benefit requirements or consumer protections could siphon healthy enrollees from the ACA marketplaces...

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Member News

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The Commonwealth Fund

JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... less than a 50% chance of having obesity as adults. The findings were based on a rigorous simulation model that ... Decision Science and lead author of the study. “Our findings highlight the importance of...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... in retired living athletes cognitive symptoms or imaging findings that would indicate the presence of early onset ...

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Member News

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Health

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive

Release Date:

08/14/2017

... always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic ...

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Member News

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Arts

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Leon Levy Foundation

2024 PNY Membership Report to the Board

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Board/Committee Materials

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Board & Trustees

Call for Nominations: Community Food Funders Champions Award

Release Date:

03/02/2017

Call for Nominations: Community Food Funders Champions Award The Community Food Funders steering committee has created a new award to ... food system change in our region. The Community Food Funders...

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RFPs Etc

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Food Systems

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date:

08/08/2013

... Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders ’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s ... a sustainable food movement. Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide

Publication date:

11/2011

... a network mindset, and offer recommendations for how funders can effectively build the capacity of networks and ...

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Report

22 Jun 2016

National Teleconference for Funders: Response to Orlando Shooting

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... community, the Orlando community and our nation. For funders concerned about this tragedy and how to best respond, ... is needed now and in future; share some lessons learned by funders from other mass...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Funding Area

LGBTQ

Social Justice

14 Mar 2018

Indigenous Women Funders Working Group - Launch

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

International Funders for Indigenous Peoples' (IFIP's) Indigenous Women’s Funders Working Group will engage in peer learning, ... a path to improve coordination and strategies among funders...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

02 Apr 2014

Grantee Executive Transitions – When and How to Engage as Funders

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... patterns that have implications for your work as funders . Explore • Trends in executive transition in the nonprofit sector – and the critical need for funders to step in differently now • Tips on what to look...

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Issue-Based

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees

Publication date:

01/2014

... rather than completing unnecessary paperwork—and allows funders to easily access frequently used information from ... process. Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees ...

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Website

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Information Technology

15 Sep 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... the COVID-19 crisis continues, the New York Environmental Funders Network is convening on a monthly basis to discuss ... these unprecedented times Designed for All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What...