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New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs

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10/24/2014

... technology upgrades, expanded programming, and a public policy fellowship program. The Philanthropy Center isn't ... member engagement options, and growing our public policy work; improving our technology...

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... on Philanthropy and the Public Good to examine public policy issues in charitable giving, Boston College Law School ... result." Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers, the Forum on...

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30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

Join grantmakers from across New York State committed to learning more about how the social, economic, and political landscapes of the state’s fascinating and diverse regions connect to statewide grassroots campaigns & policies. Long Island’s...

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Community Development

The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

With the election of Donald Trump, this warning is frighteningly close to becoming reality, as Trump has vowed to implement surveillance policies that “were frankly unthinkable a year ago.” Obama’s last challenge will be to do everything in his...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Century Foundation

18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and reentering the homeownership market. Explore Current policy and program solutions Setting up future minority ... homebuyers for success A review of today’s housing policy landsape Promising strategies...

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Community Development

Abraham Paulous Challenges the Immigration to Incarceration Pipeline

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04/06/2017

Abraham Paulous, Executive Director of Families for Freedom, tracks the concepts of “citizenship,” “documentation,” and the changing face of immigration throughout American history. He shares his own experience as an Eritrean refugee and his time at...

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Immigration

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Families for Freedom

29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... on the critical and urgent issues surrounding immigration policy and its intersection with child welfare. We will ... A focus will be on recommendations for city and state policy , practice, and process and how...

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Immigration

Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats

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06/25/2018

Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind...

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Bloomberg Launches Beyond Carbon Campaign

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06/10/2019

... Beyond Carbon campaign will advocate for state and local policy changes, additional coal plant closures, and a stop to ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

Release Date:

10/20/2015

... from the ages of 15 to 29. We know this is a public health challenge with clear solutions. And we know what ... the road. At a joint press conference today, the World Health Organization’s Dr. Margaret Chan...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

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12/10/2015

... according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. ... the Verizon Foundation and the National Institutes of Health . . . Verizon Supported Study...

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Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

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12/14/2015

... from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) in Camden New Jersey. He has ... New Jersey organizations working at the intersection of health and social issues including for...

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NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

... Projects Fund Request for Proposals The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2017 Special Projects Fund ... consistent with the Foundation's mission to improve the health of all New Yorkers but...

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New York Health Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues

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09/21/2017

... likely that the bill, if enacted, would lead to a loss of health insurance for at least 32 million people after 2026. ... would allow insurers to charge people more based on their health and cut benefits like...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . The study also found that excess weight in childhood ... programmer/analyst at Harvard Chan School’s Center for Health Decision Science and lead...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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New United Hospital Fund Report Says Enrollment Dropping, Rates Rising, and Risk Score Highest in Nation

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12/07/2017

... to make it easier for entities to form Association Health Plans (AHPs), under which multiple small groups would ... could be driving those higher premiums is the declining health status of the small group...

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Report from Commonwealth Fund Finds Patient Worry About Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs at All-Time High

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05/17/2018

... individuals ages 50 to 64, women, and individuals with health problems. Each of these demographics saw serious ...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute

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02/20/2019

... already given rise to a major project with IBM Watson Health to understand and prevent cancer progression, ...

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State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children - New Report from the United Hospital Fund

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11/13/2019

... cost will reach $400 billion in additional spending on health care, special education, child welfare, and criminal ... Suzanne Brundage, director of UHF’s Children’s Health Initiative. “But these estimates...

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