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09 Feb 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 2 - Webinar

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... grade. Funders interested in learning about the Campaign’ s efforts to increase the number of children ready for school with a focus on parents and health to address early literacy, social-emotional-cognitive...

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Education

Children, Youth and Families

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... years," said Inder Verma, professor in the Salk Institute' s Laboratory of Genetics and senior author of the paper ... . . The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health , the H.N. and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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UJA-Federation of New York Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS

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02/09/2016

... bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity FEGS Health & Human Services are seeking tens of millions of ...

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Jewish Interests

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health , the National Cancer Institute, Research to Prevent ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... legislation Monday that could empower nannies, home health aides and other home-care workers in disputes with ... and referrals through two staffers. The division' s coordinator would conduct research on...

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Workforce Development

Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... by philanthropies John A. Hartford Foundation, California Health Care Foundation and Cambia Foundation, showed 46 ...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U. S . and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with ... managing their sickest and most complex patients, using health information technology,...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’ s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight ... of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’ s most outspoken champions of those schools. The...

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Education

Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

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09/09/2016

... as moving to cooler environs. These responses are vital to health , as the metabolic processes that keep us alive have ... hypothalamus (POA) as the site that detects the body’ s warmth. But because this...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

... May 1. Fortunato comes to CCP after 13 years at the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), a national ... for The Public Policy Institute, also in Boston. "Karla' s experience in building...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... to rank 22nd this year overall in the organization' s 2017 Scorecard on State Health System Performance... Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies ... of any human activity, yet one-third of the world’ s available food either spoils or gets...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’ s Economy Billions Each Year Long Island’ s economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 ... economy would be much stronger if barriers in...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Public Policy

Social Justice

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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

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05/23/2017

A Pioneer Of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’ s Own Leads The Way For Others When the cocktail bar Coup–short for coup d’etat–opened in New York’ s East Village in mid-April, promising to donate 100% of all...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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

Release Date:

06/08/2017

... AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York The American Health Care Act (AHCA), approved by the U. S . House of Representatives and currently under consideration by the U. S . Senate, would...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... looking for breakthroughs to the world’ s most persistent health challenges, from finding a cure for cancer to ... drug treatments for schizophrenia and Parkinson’ s . . . Investing in Young...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... a new study from the University of Virginia Children' s Hospital suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may ... babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’ s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting ... services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’ s second birthday, positively impacts children up through...

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Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

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08/02/2017

... covering the uninsured and constraining our extraordinary health care costs will require bipartisan support. The ... will be able to successfully reenroll during this fall’ s open enrollment period. Three key...

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