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2011
Health Policy Working Group Networking Breakfast
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 -
8:30am to 11:00am
Meet peers who fund in healthcare and learn more about each other’s ... in the healthcare community will be discussed. Explore Who your peers are in this field The programming agenda for ... York Policy Connects...
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
... improvement, we paused to examine the role of one person who rarely gets talked about, but who just might be the most important figure in school reform: ... focuses less on the teachers and more on the...
Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center
Release Date:
03/09/2016
... The center would help improve care for high-need patients who experience poor outcomes despite extreme patterns of ... delivery that lower costs and improve care for patients who are overwhelmed by the...
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... National Summer Learning Project, third-grade students who attended a five- to six-week summer program for at least ... scored modestly higher on state math tests than students who did not participate, and...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... at the top the list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of ... as a percentage of their current net worth. Feeney, who ranked seventh in 2015 giving with...
Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education justice. Among them was ... noted civil rights activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who received the...
Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... or other mechanisms for people with preexisting conditions who have lapses in their coverage. In previous posts, I have ... use did not significantly reduce costs for other people who buy their own health...
Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary
Release Date:
06/06/2017
... for animals, notably two chimpanzees, Tommy and Kiko, who live in captivity in upstate New York and are asking the ... courts for relief. A rumpled 60-something legal scholar who has taught animal-rights law...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... Thursday, prohibits the sale of firearms to customers who have not passed a background check or who are younger than 21. It also bars the sale of bump stocks ... and high-capacity magazines. It would apply to...
Applications Accepted for the William T. Grant Scholars Program
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... early-career researchers from diverse disciplines who are seeking to further develop and broaden their ... early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-...
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence, an organization ... need to learn from the N.R.A. and punish those politicians who fail to support their agenda...
Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans
Release Date:
09/18/2014
... Happy with ObamaCare Plans A majority of people who signed up for ObamaCare over the last year are happy with ... up, according to a new poll. About 70 percent of people who bought healthcare plans through...
Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators
Release Date:
12/04/2014
... teaching immigrants in the South Bronx and a teacher who raised test scores despite students being displaced by ... Wednesday. The sixth-annual Sloan Awards recipients, who have been teaching math or science...
NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day
Release Date:
03/09/2015
... day, we are inspired by stories of amazing girls and women who are standing up to injustice and demanding a better ... married before the age of 18. Of the 4.5 million people who are victims of sexual...
United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving
Release Date:
07/31/2015
... and philanthropy organization in New York. “For those who provide long-term care for years and for those with ... family relationships have been well documented,” Levine, who wasn’t involved in the study, said...
Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
... on NJIT's campus that was the culmination of the Girls Who Code summer camp. “You can change the world because ... learned to code,” said NJIT President Joel S. Bloom, who joined N.J. Sen. Cory Booker,...
Rauch Foundation Announces ‘Imagine Awards’ for Disabilities Inclusion
Release Date:
01/20/2016
... Awards gala in 2001, with a goal of celebrating those who work to create a community where everyone belongs on ... deeds of three more local individuals and businesses who make dreams come true: David...
Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... millennial women. The Other Festival showcases the women who are redefining how to do business, setting their own ... boundaries. Inventors, storytellers, founders, artists who can't be boxed in. The...
Council on Economic Education Seeks Applications for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... at the K–12 level by recognizing and honoring teachers who effectively deliver this important content in and out of ... and achieve results. To that end, CEE seeks applicants who instill in students an...