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MAC Has Raised Half A Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS and Isn't Done Yet

Release Date:

05/25/2019

... fresh out of the Fashion Institute of Technology when he first got a very coveted job working for MAC Cosmetics. In ... the legendary Limelight Disco. But, shortly after his very first months as a bona-fide...

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Gender Justice

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome

Release Date:

04/27/2015

... After several decades of expanded work on human rights, health , education, women's rights, and sustainable economic ... relationships, common in the US, appearing puzzling at first . Governments may also...

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Insights

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Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process

Release Date:

07/13/2015

... NYC High School Admissions Process Applying to public high schools in New York City can be a daunting task, ... difficult admissions process. As a result, a number of resources have been developed, from...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Technology

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Two Mexico City Landmarks Reopen With Support From The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Release Date:

06/10/2016

... in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, one of the oldest public parks in the world. In 2014, the Foundation provided a ... support of the Chapultepec Trust to restore these iconic public spaces. “As our cities...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

Release Date:

07/10/2014

... graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated ... that leads directly to well-paid work, and additional public services—such as ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Foundation for Child Development

Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

06/11/2015

... position, and is deeply committed to transforming the way health care is delivered to older Americans. She succeeds ... Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and Professor...

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Aging

Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

Release Date:

09/21/2015

... focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health . Visitors can enjoy cooking demonstrations using ... select Wednesdays of each month, visitors may receive free health -related screenings offered...

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Community Development

Food Systems

Health

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MetLife

DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... Aging Center at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and led by journalist Dorian Block and Ruth Finkelstein, an anthropologist and health policy expert. The project,...

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Aging

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The New York Community Trust

Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

Release Date:

09/20/2016

... comments on the recent PNY Program, " Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s ... New York City criminal justice stakeholders ranging from public defenders to government...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Vera Institute of Justice, Inc.

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

Release Date:

01/06/2017

... negative economic impacts that would extend far beyond the health care industry. The report was released Thursday by the ... George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

United Way of New York City Board of Directors Elects Donald F. Donahue and Michael J. Schmidtberger as New Co-Chairs

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... UWNYC’s approach to continuous improvement of our Board practices and sound governance,” said Sheena Wright, ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Way of New York City

"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

Release Date:

07/28/2014

... to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, ... This would create huge new challenges in balancing high health care costs...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... can prompt patients to be more active in their own health and healthcare, and greater patient engagement can ... that was further validated by researchers at Geisinger Health System in a rigorous scientific...

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Health

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Joan Guzik Joins United Hospital Fund as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... nonprofit organization working to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. About the Quality ... Institute at United Hospital Fund is working to improve health and health...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... a program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, Boston public radio WBUR reports. Goldman Sachs and five other ... offenders from returning to jail, as nearly two-thirds now do . Pay-for-success efforts, also...

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Justice Reform

Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And ... of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research... Ford-...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

Release Date:

02/10/2017

... University’s Faculty House in Morningside Heights. How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by ... through epigenetic variation. Offered free to the public to enhance the understanding of...

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Health

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting for Manhattan’s Public School 191 campus, Fariña said she would promote ... other neighborhoods. “Right now, we want to be able to do what we’ve done in District 3, in...

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Education

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low-wage workers’ rights ... Support new and innovative campaigns that increase public sector funding for childcare at the...