11/14/2014 - The Science of Convening - Notes
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09/23/2013
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Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?
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09/09/2014
The Commonwealth Fund explores the relationship between health care costs and the economic gap between wealthy Americans and everybody else.
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02/05/2015
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03/17/2015
... can be to build an evidence base and extract the maximum benefit from evaluation. All of EMCF’s 19 current grantees ...
Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches
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04/15/2015
Dr. David Blumenthal urges for more security regarding health and medical information.
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10/02/2015
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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse
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10/09/2015
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JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment
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03/01/2016
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Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy
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03/23/2016
More than 40 millionaires - many associated with large NYC philanthropies - asked New York state to raise taxes on the wealthy, under what they called a “1% plan for tax fairness."
John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
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05/03/2016
... to enhance and expand nursing-driven models of care that benefit vulnerable populations, and the Hillman Scholars ...
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
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10/13/2016
... effective principals; these insights will be shared to benefit the broader field.... Wallace Selects Seven ...
With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits
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11/02/2016
Understanding the physiological alterations in intact brain circuits in neurodevelopmental disorders is a fundamental challenge for neuroscience.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization
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11/23/2016
All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.
January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants
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12/14/2016
... to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. The application process for all research ...
Westchester Community Foundation Supports Westchester Green Business Program in New York State
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12/19/2016
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12/21/2016
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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center
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05/24/2017
... always believed the arts have a unique ability to benefit cities by attracting creative individuals of every ...
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09/12/2017
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09/13/2017
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