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Making Measures Work For You: Outcomes and Evaluation

... approach to evaluation works, proponents say, because it uses straightforward metrics to assess actual impact. How else to know if the work you're supporting is leading to ... that outcomes measurement should be approached with care . Hasty assumptions or over-confidence in the idea that .....

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Evaluation

United Hospital Fund Checklist Helps Patients Fight For Rights At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission

Release Date:

10/05/2016

... of seniors’ lives adequately into account, making it imperative that patients figure out how to advocate for themselves. A useful checklist can be found at Next Step in Care , a program of the...

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Introducing Our Muslim Neighbors, One Story at a Time

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08/18/2016

... heard some good news: “ Americans who know a Muslim are much more likely to have a favorable view of Muslims in ... and racial prejudice. For example, Seftel Productions will connect viewers...

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The New York Community Trust

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Communications/Media

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CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

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08/28/2017

... individual and small group market, the latest evidence of how hard it can be for new companies to compete with legacy players in ... and federal efforts to reform the program, continued to cost...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

Release Date:

10/11/2021

... emissions globally and significantly boosts philanthropic resources allocated specifically to methane reduction. ... on HFCs. Now they are stepping with over four times as much support for governments to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Zegar Family Foundation

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... and political ecosystem. Its actions can have an impact on how entire systems function—say, K-12 education or income ... or the availability and quality of health care . But it...

Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... proud of their disciplines — as they should be. They will resist integrated curricula that devalue their own ... is not, "Why the liberal arts?" The key question is, " How do we create a liberal...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA

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12/15/2015

... Strengthen ACA In just under six years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has succeeded in enrolling millions of people in health insurance coverage—despite facing a range of ... Expanding Access to Health...

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

Release Date:

05/15/2019

... arthritis. Through the program, grants of up to $250,000 will be awarded in support of educational projects focused on ... in the treatment of PsA. Programs should also highlight how advances in treatment...

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RFPs Etc

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Pfizer

Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... found or rescued, the owner typically benefits just as much as the animal. That’s easy to picture. But what’s ... to choose between a pet and their own welfare, many owners will choose the pet. Extreme and...

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Animal Welfare

Disaster Relief

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ASPCA

Redlich Horwitz Foundation Releases New Guide and Online Clearinghouse for Counties to Prepare for the Family First Act

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... is pleased to release our latest publication, “ How Three New York Counties are Right-Sizing Congregate Care ... foster care and preventive services. The new law will likely...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact

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02/14/2012

... Every foundation wants its grantees to fully utilize the resources available to them. As funding from all sources ... scarce, more foundations are thinking creatively about how to leverage their dollars to...

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Building and Strengthening Partnerships Across New Jersey: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5 Million in Grants

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08/25/2022

... partner organizations and the impact they have had and will continue to have on communities across New Jersey. In ... Jersey’s water infrastructure for the benefit of public health , access to clean water and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Social Justice

18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 2:00pm

... on Foundations and SDG Philanthropy Platform to discuss how local work in New York City supports the Sustainable ... to create new partnerships? Agenda Morning discussions will provide attendees with a strong...

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Issue-Based

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

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Children, Youth and Families

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Shaheen Kassim-Lakha as Director of Strategic Partnerships

Release Date:

07/03/2019

... of strategic partnerships, effective July 1, 2019. She will report to Marshall Stowell, vice president for ... funders and national and international partners to unlock resources and shift policies that enable...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

Release Date:

03/21/2022

... But she shifted gears when a professor explained how social work would offer her a wide range of roles to ... foundation’s goal of giving communities agency over how resources are used to...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

13 Nov 2014

Infographics: Make Sure Your Picture Doesn’t Actually Say a Thousand Words

Thursday, November 13, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... and nonprofits want to get right. This hands-on session will bring communications professionals together with one of ... making clearer what infographics actually are, how to engage in the development process...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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Communications Staff

The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

Release Date:

09/09/2013

... who is the audience for the information? What program(s) will you measure (a signature program, all grants, employee ... Realistically, what you can measure also depends on the resources (time and money) that...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Impact Investing

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Citi Foundation

Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities

Release Date:

04/20/2017

... Investment to Build Healthier Communities Changing Americans ’ access to healthy nutrition and replacing those ... to help small businesses with big ideas succeed. Or it may involve funding technological and...

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Food Systems