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

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

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

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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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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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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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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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

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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...

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts

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10/16/2017

... especially to strengthen collaboration between the public , private and nonprofit sectors.. JPMorgan Chase ...

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Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations

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09/13/2021

... Co-Director and Director of the Nigeria office. "There is no better time to invest in the civic engagement and .....

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

... in the private sector, but I’ve also had roles in the public sector, and served in the philanthropy sector as chief ... from different sectors, a couple things have become clear: First , too many of the same...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards

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05/20/2015

... philanthropy. Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York City’s largest ...

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NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

... the bill for it, the Bond Buyer reports. The nation's first social impact bond — a pay-for-performance vehicle that leverages private funding to finance public services — the Adolescent Behavioral...

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Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison

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07/29/2015

... emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars. Public funds for college education largely dried up in the ... the chance to earn college credit. And this year, for the first time, the Kresge Foundation in...

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

... 511 schools in Africa and Central America, exceeding its first year goal to provide light to a school in a developing ... came entirely from SolarCity in 2014, will begin to accept public donations in 2015...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... in order to create the most effective principals for public schools. According to the report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

... Worldwide Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology ... fishing vessels in near real-time. By providing the first free global view of...

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Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

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10/25/2016

... of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first -of-its-kind poll is designed to pay special attention ...

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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... career opportunities in the rapidly growing company. The public -private collaboration is the first between a four-year college in the state university ...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports ...

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Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing

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10/13/2017

... Management’s CRA-Qualified Investment Fund became the first publicly-traded mutual fund to receive a third-party ...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Six Recipients

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04/04/2022

... Program seeks to expand access to knowledge and support resources capable of sustaining an informed citizenry. This ... provided funding to initiatives in two of New York’s public library systems that increase...

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