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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... have shown: that the proportion of Americans under 65 who lack health insurance has plummeted to record lows since ... with Medicaid are getting much better care than people who remain uninsured. . . WSJ Op-ed...

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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... will involve committees of five (unseen to you) experts who will screen the projects sending finalists to the board who will make a decision by the end of December of this ...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces

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07/29/2016

... Stonewall Quarter Share is a network of young donors who , through organized philanthropy and volunteer service, ... safe spaces, whether physical or metaphorical, for those who are most marginalized and for...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

... Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation who has written extensively on evidence of for-profits looking to skirt regulatory frameworks (and who as an Education Department official early in the...

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Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

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08/19/2016

... report is notable partly because it reveals that students who have experienced homelessness in the past, but have since ... event,” said Jennifer Erb-Downward, a policy analyst who worked on the report. “We...

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Bloomberg's Henning Explains Why Understanding Death Leads to Better Health

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08/23/2016

... New York City mayor and billionaire philanthropist, is the WHO ’s new global ambassador for noncommunicable diseases. ... 35 million — go unrecorded,” said Dr. Kelly Henning, who has led the Bloomberg...

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... which has long supported nonprofits that assist those who have served our nation with honor. For us, this is also ... both a special remembrance of Nathan and a tribute to all who served." Weinberg...

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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

... the injustice of the system as well as the obstacles those who are cycled through the system face when they try to leave ... that’s not the conversation we tend to have about people who get locked up.” Glenn E...

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Former Goldman Sachs Foundation President Among Many GS Leaders Now in Trump Administration

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02/03/2017

... New York City for now, there are a number of New Yorkers who have joined the new president on the big move down to ... Jared Kushner. Some are wealthy Wall Street executives who will be charged with overseeing...

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

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05/05/2017

... Work And Retirement Plans Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in ... to have fewer sources of income for retirement than those who have not, according to a new...

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

... people with and without coverage can be biased; people who choose to participate in coverage may differ from those who do not. For instance, people in poorer health may be ...

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

... a term that has gained currency among Orban’s critics, who see the prime minister as leading an increasingly ... with European Union funds. Soros praised the Hungarians who have staged large street...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since ... beginning today. Mr. Kelly succeeds Mr. Barry I. Schloss, who joined the Foundation in...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

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06/05/2017

... of the Boston-based Project are Charles Sennott, who also co-founded the international news site GlobalPost, ... photojournalist Gary Knight and Kevin Douglas Grant, who was previously a GlobalPost editor...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

Release Date:

07/31/2017

... time at the club; I was accompanying a friend’s daughter who plays sports there. I felt a combination of dazzle and ... was as if, at any moment, I might be unmasked as someone who didn’t belong. But the day...

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... grantmaking. That budget is set annually by George Soros, who ’s given away nearly $12 billion since he got into ... thanks to his skills in financial markets, Soros— who recently turned 85—is now richer than...

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

... women, and it's actually the wives of those zillionaires who often decide where the family's gifts go. Now comes ... said Debra Mesch, director of WPI. “Fundraisers who don’t know how to raise money...

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... time at Mayo. Still, more than 80 percent of the patients who enroll remain through the entire program, says Wesley ... center's clinical director. And many previous opioid users who finish the treatment...

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