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11 Dec 2013

What Does it Mean to ‘Do’ Policy Work in a Foundation?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... with vastly different issue areas and approaches to social change — some looking more at legislative changes, ... and General Counsel, Ford Foundation Desiree Flores , U.S. Social Justice Director, Arcus...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... neurons--as honeybees, but they exhibit a type complex social behavior not seen in honeybee colonies. University of ... biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts wondered if paper wasps' social skills could enable...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

03 Oct 2019

Funder Roundtable: Supporting a Culture of Consent in Our Grantee Organizations

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... philanthropy. Join this roundtable conversation of social justice funders to talk with your peers about our ... how to support grantees to create organizational and social justice movement culture that...

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11 Jan 2022

Economics, Equity, and the Case for Supporting the Care Infrastructure in Greater New York - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 -

9:30am to 11:15am

... leave, high quality affordable childcare, and wrap-around services harms women and workers. But caregiving isn’t ...

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New York Women's Foundation Appoints Patricia Eng Vice President of Programs

Release Date:

06/12/2014

... a grant maker in the areas of economic justice, women’s health and ending violence. Most recently, Patricia was ... with honors from Princeton University and a Masters in Social Work from Hunter College School...

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Serving those who served our nation

Release Date:

11/10/2013

... scale — are experiencing an unprecedented health care crisis that has in turn triggered staggering ...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

Release Date:

05/17/2014

... there is a startling secret behind America’s health care hierarchy: Physicians, the most highly trained ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

Release Date:

06/01/2014

... will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions ...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... Office of Food Policy and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with the Laurie M. ...

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Economic Security

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has ...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... attend to the needs of children with physical and mental health issues, and help tackle New York's inequality crisis. .....

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United Way of New York City

Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... — on issues like gun control, immigration and public health But in recent months, Mr. Bloomberg — who still ...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

Release Date:

10/22/2014

... and improved sanitation in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will reach at least .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Century Foundation Releases New Report on Labor Market Recovery

Release Date:

11/06/2014

... unemployment rate is not actually a good measure of the health of the labor market.... Century Foundation Releases ...

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Workforce Development

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

Release Date:

01/01/2015

... people. Coverage long considered the gold standard of health insurance now often requires workers to pay so much ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Commonwealth Fund

Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... which will be conducted in partnership with the World Health Organization, will be used to enhance participating ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

Release Date:

03/27/2015

... a critical issue compared to 55 percent who said access to health care is more important.... Ford Foundation Funded ...

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Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis

Release Date:

04/01/2015

... will spur further innovations in other global public health crises in which the status quo approach is no longer a ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

Release Date:

04/10/2015

... Genomics and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a Research to ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches Electronic health records were supposed to make life better for patients ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

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