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15 Jan 2013

Reframing the Debate Over Gun Violence: Advocacy and Education Efforts Working with Partners in Media

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:45pm

... gun regulations? Philanthropy New York and Media Impact Funders will convene a briefing with authoritative gun policy ... Roderick V. Jenkins , Program Officer, Children, Youth & Families...

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Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund

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05/03/2017

... of Medicine, which advances solutions that promote the health and well-being of people in cities worldwide. ... successor to James R. Tallon, Jr., who has served as UHF’ s president for the past 24 years. “...

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... improvement, interprofessional education and practice, health equity and health systems science. “I am extremely ... are paving the way for health professions education...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

... in the Netherlands, where she oversaw one of the world’ s largest public funds that supports the rights of women , girls, and transgender people around the world and was ... leader in philanthropic advocacy to...

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Foundation for a Just Society

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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

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08/07/2013

... risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems. Atlantic Philanthropies, which makes charitable ... each year, is also in talks with the Department of Health and Children to potentially...

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

Ford’ s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board Independent ... national growth strategy to increase the organization’ s impact on improving public education. Cardinali’ s .....

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Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

... and most recently as the CEO, embodies the organization’ s long-term commitment to racial and social justice and has ... heights. Recent examples include Tides’ expanded work in impact...

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

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07/28/2014

... to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write ... to the president, The Commonwealth Fund, on the foundation'...

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Pfizer and The Pfizer Foundation Donate $40 Million in Charitable Grants, Expand Product Access and Mobilize Colleagues to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

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04/06/2020

... to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic Building on Pfizer’ s longstanding commitment to fight infectious diseases, ... and charitable cash grants to help combat the global health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U...

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How Philanthropists Can Play Politics

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09/24/2012

... and the ways you can navigate a system that is in need of reform to ensure that you do not miss an opportunity to ... committee that is responsible for advancing the issues you care about may be best able to...

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Philanthropic & Social Enterprise Leader Betsy Fader Joins Surdna Foundation

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02/18/2016

... Betsy, who will begin on March 30, will report to Surdna' s President, Phillip Henderson. Betsy will focus on ... programs and administrative areas to further increase the impact of its programmatic...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Helps Launch AGU Ethics and Equity Antiharassment Initiative

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07/12/2019

... Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. This initiative is designed to ... University of Illinois. The new resources in this project are designed to...

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19 May 2020

Addressing Racial Inequities in our COVID-19 Responses

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... advocacy efforts and service-delivery challenges that impact NYC’ s students and youth. Despite people of color (POC) making ... what happens to that work during an international public health...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

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The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/16/2020

... Among High School Students Emily Ozer, School of Public Health , University of California, Berkeley; Susan Stone, ... students with unstable housing, students in foster care , and students receiving special...

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Children, Youth and Families

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15 Apr 2010

Educational Neglect: Rethinking Intersections between the Education and Child Protective Systems

Thursday, April 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... children and family issues, including child welfare/foster care , education, youth development, and disconnected and ... asked the Vera Institute of Justice to study the state’ s approach to educational neglect...

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Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016

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03/22/2016

... our message to better explain our value as Westchester’ s community endowment and our services for donors,” said ... Laura Rossi, the Foundation’ s Executive Director. “We care deeply about...

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