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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

... and the Public Good CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - At a time when American society has grown increasingly dependent on ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative

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01/05/2016

... Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’s bound ...

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

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02/18/2016

... genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the ...

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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

... 10% weight loss, which increases the perception of failure when patients do not achieve weight losses that are greater ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

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03/08/2016

... disparities all around us? Could this be the moment when Americans finally stand up and insist that decision ...

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How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... will teach them; the jobs they’ll be qualified for when they complete the program; and the estimated salary.” ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology

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03/28/2016

... Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology When Monica Rozenfeld graduated from Rutgers in 2007, she ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds

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04/18/2016

... . At the end of March, the $130 million fund turned heads when it announced it was dumping its fossil fuel inv estments ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

... working together, this momentum is occurring at a time when major demographic shifts are underscoring the power of ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund's Jim Tallon to Step Down in Second Half of 2017

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06/23/2016

... I want to see through to fruition,” said Mr. Tallon. “ When I hand the reins over to a successor, there are many ...

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New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana

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08/25/2016

... their lives." New York Life stands ready to lend a hand when help is needed. Policyowners may be eligible for .....

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Disaster Relief

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... of digital records. Good luck reading those records when you get them: pages of lab readings, check-box answers, ...

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11 May 2017

Balancing Family Privacy and Public Trust: Transparency in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... is an important value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’s privacy is also your family’s ...

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... enough to help local residents, and so it was big news when three major insurers—Aetna, The Hartford, and ...

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Community Development

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Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs

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05/09/2017

... giving priority to companies creating quality jobs when awarding government contracts; and requiring certain ...

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NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

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05/11/2017

... men’s larger frames, the system fails to consider that when it comes to incarceration, gender matters. “Women ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Justice Reform

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Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

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05/16/2017

... able to grasp the logic of OpenNotes. Good things happen when patients are able to access and review what a healthcare ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

Release Date:

07/10/2017

... that have preoccupied the Markle Foundation since 2015, when it pledged an initial $50 million to its ReWork America ...

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