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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience ... increase in upstream tree cover in rural watersheds would have a comparable effect to...

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... in Private. Why Not in Public? Real male allies tend to have three things in common as agents of organizational ... gender diversity. First, as majority stakeholders, they have insider knowledge of the...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

Release Date:

11/13/2017

... but those preventative measures only benefit those who have access to them. That group is financially secure and ... strategy, because we know that local conditions have a tremendous impact on a person’s...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/16/2017

... killed at least 55 people across the U.S. territory. "We have to reimagine how we're going to rebuild," said Miguel ... and co-chairman of the commission. The commission will have up to 25...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... a Youth-Led Strategy Philanthropists under the age of 30 have given a total of more than $19 million since 2001 ... in youth is not just about the future, it is about their ability to be leaders in ...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners

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03/22/2018

... Award Winners The winners of the 2018 Whiting Awards don't have much of a track record. None on this list has the ... to seeing for literary prize winners. Several don't even have a second book to...

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Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible

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10/05/2018

... “We do not want parents of children with disabilities to have to choose between giving them the meaningful experience of Jewish camp or supporting their children’s needs. With this initiative, we hope to .....

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Commonwealth Fund Partners with New York Times and Harvard to Analyze Financial Reality of Being Sick

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10/19/2018

... than a third of the respondents had spent all or most of their savings while sick. The New York Times, the ... most. To be included in the results, a respondent had to have been hospitalized twice in the last...

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Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... or expanding programs. San Francisco and Oakland have been the biggest recipients , with Salesforce.org ...

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

... Patient Empowerment Grant To ensure that New Yorkers have a stronger role in how health care is delivered and how ... and rebalance the health care system so that patients have more influence over ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

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04/03/2019

... Mariët Westermann said, “It is an honor and pleasure to have Olga, Cathy, and Stephen join us. The foundation works ... diverse, fair, and democratic societies. Several fellows have already joined us...

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... established more than 20 institutions which continue their founder’s mission to achieve “real and permanent ...

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New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust

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12/19/2019

... Additionally, the following staff members at The Trust have received promotions. Salem Tsegaye and Leigh Ross have been promoted to Program Officer. Tsegaye will manage ...

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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

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03/02/2022

... first day at RFF will be March 11. “We’re thrilled to have Sarah join our team,” said RFF director Lee Wasserman. ... years. Our grantees and funder colleagues, many of whom have worked closely with her during...

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

Release Date:

01/20/2023

... Chicago examine whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since 2017. In Is Bail Reform ... money considerations from decisions about detention have had minimal negative effects...