Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... access to dental care for adults, which is not a required benefit under the ACA. These findings illustrate the impact ...
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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... always believed the arts have a unique ability to benefit cities by attracting creative individuals of every ...
New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... of care which drives nearly all disputes, from access to benefit levels to Medicaid expansion. So far, policymakers ...
'Hand In Hand' Telethon Raises More Than $44 Million For Hurricane Survivors
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... night to take part in the "Hand in Hand" hurricane relief benefit , which raised more than $44 million for the victims .....
Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Domestic workers face particularly tough challenges, since they are often low-income and may be employed by families, making them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports, writes Shayna Strom of the...
Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The report, entitled “An Economic Snapshot of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood,” takes a look at how gentrification has affected the neighborhood and its long-time residents. While there has been a surge in new businesses and employment growth,...
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... include a doubling of the standard deduction that would benefit many individual filers, lower individual rates, fewer ...
Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The latest effort, Graham-Cassidy, is by far the worst for New York: it completely eliminates the Basic Health Plan (renamed the Essential Plan in New York), which offers excellent coverage for $46 or less to 700,000 New Yorkers.
Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... culture. Embracing corporate social responsibility can benefit the bottom line as well. In a recent Cone ...
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market.
Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
01/12/2018
Kentucky anticipates the most drastic drop in Medicaid enrollment out of the 10 states with pending work requirement waivers, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students
Release Date:
04/27/2018
... Program (WLAIP). “We are exceptionally proud to again benefit from the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon ...
William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research
Release Date:
05/04/2018
... makers, responds to their needs, and is used in ways that benefit youth. The foundation is particularly interested in ...
New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... initiative The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square, which seeks to demonstrate and enhance the role of the humanities and humanities scholarship in public life. New Joint NEH & Mellon...
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Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -
7:45am to 11:00pm
Are Social Impact Bonds the future of social change financing? Many of us in the sector have heard about them. The City of New York, in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg Philanthropies, recently announced a major initiative to reduce...
Bloomberg, U.S. Commerce Department To Host 2nd U.S.-Africa Business Forum In NYC
Release Date:
01/28/2016
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Department of Commerce will co-host the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the week of September 19, 2016.
Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters
Release Date:
01/31/2013
... has announced grants totaling $2.4 million to 13 public broadcasting stations and organizations. Newman's Own ... has announced grants totaling $2.4 million to 13 public broadcasting stations and...
Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn
Release Date:
04/05/2013
... H. Revson Foundation, documented the important role that public libraries play in communities across New York City. In ... about the increasingly important role that the city’s public libraries are playing in...
Philanthropy as Backer of Brains
Release Date:
05/02/2013
... history of creating, defining and advancing fields, from public health, molecular biology, area studies, and public administration. We even had a role in launching the ...