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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

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02/26/2019

... decades ago when the New Jersey Supreme Court found the state ’s school funding formula shortchanged its poorest ... Now, a new report released on Tuesday suggests the state didn’t go far enough. Despite the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Long Island’s Community Foundation Welcomes Christina Jonathan as a New Board Member

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06/08/2021

... Tax Court, the Internal Revenue Service and the New York State Dept. of Taxation and Finance, as well as other ... with the Suffolk County Legal Aid Society and the New York State Division of Human Rights. Mrs...

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

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07/10/2014

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

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Foundation for Child Development

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Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities

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09/29/2014

Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities The World Health Organization estimates that traffic incidents will be ... which funds programs to address other global public health concerns such as tobacco use, has...

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Community Development

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

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10/30/2014

... field, including research projects assessing the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual ... priority will be given to projects that improve the health of the foundation's...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... overview of food policy, social justice, environment, health , science and business. It aims to prepare them for ... the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough, faces a growing health crisis from diabetes and...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

... Many of these veterans are experiencing serious mental health concerns including substance use disorders (SUD) ... work towards removing the stigma associated with mental health needs in the military. Of the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Long Island Community Foundation

Veterans

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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

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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

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02/01/2016

... middle-aged whites reported worsening self-reported health status, greater levels of pain, increased difficulty ... with activities of daily living, and more mental health problems. In January 2016, the New...

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... 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, which profiles 20 .....

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Aging

The New York Community Trust

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

Release Date:

07/28/2016

... to Program Director : Irfan Hasan is responsible for our Health and Behavioral Health grants in our Healthy Lives area; Kerry McCarthy ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

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09/20/2016

... comments on the recent PNY Program, " Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

Release Date:

01/03/2017

... identity; Protecting the rights of immigrants; Increasing health insurance enrollment to ensure continued coverage; Providing mental health and emotional support to affected individuals and ...

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The New York Community Trust

Immigration

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

Release Date:

01/06/2017

... advocates for tobacco control measures had a major public health victory in passing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world’s first public health treaty, little financial or technical help was...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... Yet in each system they encounter—education, community, health —they have their various parts “siloed” rather ... languishing under the burden of poor physical or emotional health , disabilities, and cloaked...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Social Justice

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... goals, a set of 17 targets to improve health , the economy, the environment, and human rights ... mortality, maternal mortality, HIV rates, and 14 other health and economic measurements related to the goals...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Grows Harder Asking overweight strangers about their health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a ... that Andrew Jacobs, a reporter with The New York Times’s health desk, visited to report an...

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... NCDs don’t receive nearly as much attention from global health funders as high-profile dread diseases like malaria, ... countless lives. The question now is whether more global health funders will turn their...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

Release Date:

11/28/2017

... the behavioral barriers standing in the way of financial health for low-income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and ... savings and access to credit. To enable financial health for millions, the full...

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