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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

... that helping young men of color…is a crucial goal," he takes issue with UBS for characterizing its grant as support ... United States have operated independently of each other. It is not obvious that that...

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UBS Financial Services Inc.

"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...

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Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

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07/30/2014

... moves closer to completing all its grantmaking by 2016, it is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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

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03/27/2015

The Aetna Foundation will institute an open RFP for this new program.

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Laura Washington Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of Communications

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04/14/2015

... talented and experienced professionals. She knows what it takes to create a communication’s function from scratch, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Mellon Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials

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05/08/2015

... the work-life challenges today’s employees confront. It asked 9,700 full-time workers in eight countries, and in ... flexibility concur, adding that managers should initiate it , reinforce it...

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Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds

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06/29/2015

... , outlines the work of the Noyes Foundation and how it can partner with donors to support shared areas of charitable interest. “ It is encouraging to see more donors allocating a greater ... purposes,” said...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action

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10/28/2015

Seven U.S. senators sent a letter to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urging them to take swift action against possibly fraudulent for-profit education companies.

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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

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11/12/2015

... network decides to prioritize quality over scale, it ’s not hard to foresee that toes will get stepped on and ... seemed to be a sign that we were doing something right; it said that the marketplace was...

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AT&T Foundation

Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.

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Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health

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12/18/2015

Laura Landy, founder & chair of ReThink Health and president & CEO of the Rippel Foundation, writes about understanding the frontiers of health policy and practice, while boldly pursuing a vision: a United States in which all the sectors...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Milbank Memorial Fund: How Do State Health Policy Meetings Make A Difference?

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02/10/2016

... on evidence and experience provided by us, we would hope it would be the RSG. . . Milbank Memorial Fund: How Do ...

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

... his carefully chosen words. The tension in the room made it seem especially heavy, like the atmosphere at a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia.

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Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People

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02/23/2016

For those who struggle with obesity, losing as little as 5% of body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study published February 22 in Cell Metabolism.

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16 Mar 2016

Young Leaders Breakfast Club and EPIP-NY: Happy Hour

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Join the Young Leaders Breakfast Club and The New York Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP-NY) on Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at One Star Bar (147 West 24th Street) to just be peoples for a night!

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Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind

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03/03/2016

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and NOAA, have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind.

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...

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29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Strategic philanthropy is increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ innovative approaches to achieving...

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UHF Medicaid Conference to Focus on Value-Based Payment

Release Date:

05/06/2016

United Hospital Fund is pleased to announce new program details about its upcoming Medicaid conference, which will focus on efforts to move to value-based payment in New York.

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