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12 Sep 2013

Inequality For All - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... with any questions. Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening ... and noted economic policy expert Robert Reich, helps us understand how the extreme inequality we are now facing ... if...

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A New Agenda for a Post–Health Reform Landscape

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09/12/2013

Learn about The Commonwealth Fund's new grantmaking and research agenda.

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Public Policy

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

03 Apr 2014

Watchers of the Sky - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, April 3, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

 Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening ...

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Issue-Based

The School That Will Get You a Job

Release Date:

02/13/2014

TIME Magazine examined Chicago's Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy, where every student graduates with a promise of a $40,000-plus job at IBM, the school's corporate partner and a key developer of its curriculum

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Education

Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.

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Health

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

Release Date:

07/10/2014

In the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working-age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up period began, and many have used their new coverage to obtain needed care, according to a new...

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Health

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Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

Release Date:

07/28/2014

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline Of Women in Workforce As economists search for an explanation for why the percentage of women in the United States who are working or want to work has been...

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

Earthquake Rocks Nepal

Release Date:

04/28/2015

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy reports on the response to the earthquake in Nepal.

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

Ford's Walker Featured in NonProfit Times 'Power & Influence Top 50'

Release Date:

08/04/2015

The executives included in the 18th annual spotlight made decisions every day that changed lives for the better.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... innovate solutions, because no level of government above us has the political will or takes the responsiblity for ...

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Economic Security

Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

Release Date:

05/19/2016

Older women, minorities, especially Latinos, most at risk; aging baby boomers contribute to increase.

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... team carrying out this effort. “This map has allowed us to make the best measurements yet of the effects of dark ...

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Science

20 Sep 2016

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months. Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Arts

Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

Release Date:

08/11/2016

100-day challenges will start on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Austin.

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Housing and Homelessness

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Casey Family Programs

Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

Release Date:

08/22/2016

Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families It has been said that history rhymes rather than repeats itself. For New Yorkers who have seen record levels of homelessness on the streets, in...

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Housing and Homelessness

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

Release Date:

09/29/2016

The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Purpose-Driven Investing Highlighted by Forbes

Release Date:

01/27/2017

This socially conscious generation is saying they want to support companies that strive for prosperity, which means not just a wealthy few but rather the well-being of many.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Promotes 'Changing Faces of Immigration' Video Series

Release Date:

03/24/2017

The face of immigration is changing rapidly. Asians outpaced Hispanic immigrants in 2009, becoming the largest and fastest-growing wave of newcomers to the United States.

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Video

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

Release Date:

05/31/2017

The Trump administration has made work requirements a hallmark of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 HHS budget proposal, and as part of its Medicaid demonstration agenda. The House-passed American Health...