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Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

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06/04/2012

... to now be able to support highly dedicated and capable people as they carry out the John A. Hartford Foundation ...

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Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

... Hive Fund. “Fun, hands-on programs connect what young people are passionate about—skateboarding, fashion, music, ...

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The New York Community Trust

Technology

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Donations for Ebola Relief Efforts Are Slow to Take Off

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10/20/2014

... visual drama of a natural disaster. Or it is harder for people to understand what their money can do to fight a disease with such a high mortality rate and no sure treatment. It is not even...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

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11/20/2015

... and to not fill prescriptions. “There are still many people with all types of coverage who have trouble getting care because of high costs,” said David Blumenthal, a physician and ...

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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

... Fight to Davos The World Economic Forum suffers from no shortage of lofty goals — its theme two years ago was no ... gathering of global power players still lends itself to high -minded ideals...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Seeking Medicaid Coverage for Inmates, With Help from New York Community Trust

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04/01/2016

... insurance plan are suspended for most services, and many people end up falling through the cracks of the health system ... providers are health homes, which are designed to help high -needs Medicaid enrollees...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... files in Wikimedia Commons , making it easier for people and institutions to share, access, and reuse high -quality and free educational content across the Web. ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

... At the time, much of the country was focused on several high -profile examples of police killings of unarmed people , including Eric Garner in New York City. The order ...

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Justice Reform

Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... United States spends far more on health care than other high -income countries, with spending levels that rose ... addition, as the baby boom population ages, more people in the U.S.—and all over the world—are...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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The Commonwealth Fund

Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... a person who acts with kindness and positivity? Today’s high stress work environment is taking a negative toll on our ... to how the culture is shaped – it’s created by the people who work in it. It begs the...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... industry. She lived in public housing where crime was very high … and opportunity very low. But now McKay has a ... free, energy-efficient light bulbs for Franklin Energy to people in her neighborhood. “With...

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Workforce Development

Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... so outside of school. This spring, more than 10,000 young people in 17 countries participated in the Inventor’s ... , a contest that asks kids from kindergarten through high school to build something that...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... against malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 people each year, mostly children age 5 and under in ... and insecticide, is to modify the mosquitoes so they are no longer capable of spreading the...

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William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

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06/18/2019

... Reducing Inequality The research grants programs support high -quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States...

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Economic Security

William T. Grant Foundation

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The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits

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04/14/2021

... Among other things, these grants will help ensure more people get COVID-19 vaccinations and participate in this year’s high -stakes local elections, and help low-income ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Civic Engagement

Disabilities

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The New York Community Trust

Ending New York’s Summer Jobs Depression

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02/12/2015

... Executive, JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy Young people in New York City are suffering a summer jobs ... to get much better this summer. While it will be no small feat to solve the problem of creating...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Workforce Development

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29 Oct 2019

Funders Briefing | Northern California Wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoff: Who’s Affected, What’s Needed from Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by Northern California Grantmakers

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... disruptions for Bay Area residents. To date, over 180,000 people are displaced from their homes and nearly 1 million ... power. These events burden people with the least access to resources...

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... with voting rights, access to participation and how people get the information that motivates them to engage. ... saying how "one of the things that we have found is a high level of disconnect, where...

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... out of work or employed in jobs that require little to no advanced education. Immigrant workers employed in ... economic advancement for all, will assess and expand existing career pathways and workforce...

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