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Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

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03/27/2015

... Urban Farms and Farmers Markets. Through this RFP Aetna will fund the creation and expansion of community gardens, ... classes that improve knowledge and skills about the health benefits of fresh produce;...

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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

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09/18/2015

... P01HL032262), the National Institute of Mental Health (grant number DP1MH100706), the National Science ...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor

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10/15/2015

... served as a member of the Executive Board of the Mental Health Association in Putnam County. “Janice brings a ... in the employment and vocational rehab fields, that will serve to strengthen our board’s...

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Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

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11/17/2015

... Healthcare today announced that, beginning in 2017, it will be housed at Columbia University. It will reside in ... Veterans Healthcare Program, which seeks to improve the...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

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02/02/2016

... has appointed Tara Seeley as program officer. Seeley will be developing and implementing the overall grantmaking ... in the areas of community development, environment, health and technical assistance. She...

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15 Jun 2016

CFF Annual Gathering

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5:00pm to 7:00pm

... funder” to join us! Whether your focus is on hunger, health , education, food chain workers, youth engagement, ...

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New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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07/11/2016

... Advisory Council of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative; and the Harvard Law School Venture ...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... said David Blumenthal, a former national coordinator for health information technology for the Obama administration, ... ask you to write your medical history before the doctor will see you... Commonwealth...

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Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation

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12/12/2016

... June Makela, who has led the Norman Foundation since 2000, will step down at the end of December. Makela brought her ... Foundation. Marasigan received a Master’s of Public Health and Master’s in Social Work...

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NYSHealth Releases Survey Results on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch

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04/19/2017

... levels can improve children's physical and emotional health (88%), reduce stigma (79%), and positively impact .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

... Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed ... images of structures inside the body. A new CT scanner will allow for faster scans that produce high-...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... with Johns Hopkins in the past, mainly in the areas of health , medicine and social welfare. . . Stavros Niarchos ...

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NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

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07/24/2017

... focus areas of Economic Security, Anti-Violence & Safety, Health , Sexual Rights, and Reproductive Justice. In addition ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

... of electricity in India, The Rockefeller Foundation will create new economic opportunities for poor, rural ... generated with diesel power, which negatively impacts the health of residents and the environment...

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With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

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05/31/2018

... of people who were exposed to World Trade Center toxins. It is estimated that more than 400,000 men and women — or ... determined to build greater awareness about this unabating health crisis. It...

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Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program

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08/16/2018

... toward more open societies. I am confident she will bring an inexhaustible energy and conviction to a program that has already had success expanding health , economic inclusion, and building transformative ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

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08/22/2018

... power of play to transform children's social and emotional health , recently announced a multiyear grant of $4,590,371 ... C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. Of the investment, $1,913,587 will enable 50,925 kids...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program

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09/05/2018

... Puerto Rico Project at the Open Society Foundations. “Be it through comedores sociales, sustainable agriculture ... communities all across the island.” The program, which will accept applications through...

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Disaster Relief

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Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition Initiatives

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10/02/2018

... today announced that more than $1.7 million in grants will be awarded to 37 nonprofit organizations that are ... this category to almost $3 million in 2018. The funding will support many programs, including...

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