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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... mole sauce recipe so it’s good enough that people would buy it. But she hasn’t figured out how to sell ... stream of commerce. We’re going to introduce you to the people at Etsy so you can sell your mole,”...

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge

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04/03/2015

... Fund, a subsidy shutdown could result in 9.6 million fewer people with coverage by 2016, a 70 percent decline. The resulting adverse selection caused by healthy people leaving the risk pool could increase...

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Earthquake Rocks Nepal

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04/28/2015

... Everest. Early estimates indicate that several thousand people have died in the earthquake, and thousands more have ... trapped in debris and tumbled buildings. About 6.2 million people live within 100...

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Disaster Relief

Staying the Course: Reflections on 40 Years of Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/13/2015

... RBF's grantmaking programs tried, "over time, to enlarge people 's understanding of, and ability to address, ... serendipitous and systematic" approach to "helping people help...

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Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

... many that are advancing full lived equality for all LGBT people everywhere." ... Arcus Releases Statement .....

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F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

... Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment When people hear about impact investing, a light goes on. People immediately begin to see the potential. Once they do, ...

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Citi Foundation Supports Young Entrepreneur Challenge

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11/03/2015

... (NFTE) in 1987, I have been privileged to meet young people from all over the country who share one key attribute: ... by the Citi Foundation--to watch the young business people defend not just their ideas--...

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

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01/19/2016

... by accelerating disruptions to the world of work—yet people in different economic positions will be impacted in ... Foundation. "But not enough focus on the changes that people who have low incomes or are...

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

... investments is to promote and enhance opportunities for people , especially in places where systemic barriers unfairly ... investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia...

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... of care than in 2010. In particular, surveys show that people with Medicaid are getting much better care than people who remain uninsured. . . WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth ...

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Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

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03/15/2016

... student and family pocketbooks, and the economy. Some people caution against giving too much weight to the ... of financial aid means that college is not as expensive as people think it is. But they overlook a...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... main cause of blindness for half of the 40 million or so people who cannot see. Millions of people can see today because of these efforts... Conrad N. ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

... for the program had revoked. These include four people , all attorneys, working for the American Bar ... "the retroactive aspect of this filing reasonably causes people to be nervous." Century...

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Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students

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06/27/2017

... and bring up some of the most amazing and thoughtful people on this issue,” said Jonathan Bowles, CUF executive ... and accessibility continue to be problems for many young people seeking a college education...

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

... U.S.—that’s everything from foundation grants to money people gave at church. That year, foundations reported more ... any other, to maximize its financial value. One set of people in a foundation would manage...

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort ... the public and reduce use of jails and emergency rooms for people who would be better...

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Sixty Days Into MTA's 'State Of Emergency,' Critics Wonder What Happened To Review Plans

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08/30/2017

... As if redesigning a bureaucracy that employs 70,000 people within 30 days weren’t enough, Cuomo said Lhota ... two days after a subway derailment in Harlem injured 34 people . Sixty days later, the MTA says it...

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Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

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09/05/2017

... admitted to me that she “can’t stand to be around fat people .” Her reaction is almost visceral, and it prompts her to avoid social and professional contact with people who are seriously overweight. Although...

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Executive Director of the Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company

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09/05/2017

... & State for a cocktail reception to mix and mingle with people from the borough and people who helped shape the borough. Executive Director of ...

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