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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries

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03/23/2015

... – 35 million each year – go unrecorded. Millions more deaths lack a documented cause. This gap in data creates ... to prioritize health challenges, develop policies, deploy resources , and measure success. Over...

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Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in Health Board

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12/11/2015

... and information on the field of health philanthropy. For more information, visit www.gih.org . Donald Moulds of ...

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... We could reduce our current political chaos by shifting more political resources toward efforts to find sensible, consensus ...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Expansion of Arts and Education Programs and Social Impact Initiatives at Silkroad

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03/25/2021

... 21-year history will support a four-year capacity- building effort to expand educational initiatives that are steeped in social justice and equity, and to create new musical projects that connect people and...

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Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants

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11/17/2017

... Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation announces $1.6 million in new awards to support nursing driven innovation for ... the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation (RAHF) has added two new grant programs to its...

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Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

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06/28/2018

... at the U.S.-Mexico border, including one that separated families . President Donald Trump signed an order stopping the ... over how authorities will handle enforcement and reunite families . "Given the...

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Unbound Philanthropy and OSF Among U.S. Foundations Taking Action to Address Refugee Crisis, Report Finds

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06/20/2018

... work, efforts to give greater voice to refugees, and more collaborative grantmaking. Based on case studies of ten ... offers suggestions for how philanthropy can leverage its resources and calls on funders to...

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The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

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... crisis has propelled multidisciplinary funders to seek out new ideas and strategies to be responsive to galloping ... and propose concrete next steps for action. A Philanthropy New York...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... Rhee as chancellor. In 2010, the District brought in more than $31 million from national foundations, according to ... The total represented an extra $705 per student — far more than any other school district...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... reflects a simple assumption. Organizations involve more people, and from a strategic standpoint, seem to offer more influence and credibility. And organizations, arguably, ... organizations, are paramount,...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. In 2015, more than 75 percent of large US corporations were engaged in ... as corporate giving and volunteer programs,...

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

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05/03/2016

... in Chicago Makes News After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm ... Koch’s salary. “When we used to make investments as a city — we’re making ’em in the...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... in Chicago Former President Barack Obama announced in a new video Wednesday that he will gather together civic ... you'll be a part of it." The summit will take place in the city that will host Obama...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... Nears 20 Million Children “America After 3 PM,” a new survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance, finds ... up parks and playgrounds, and by participating in many more activities that prepare them for...

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

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07/28/2014

... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other ... Fund, on the foundation's blog. The two write that "if more and...

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank ... U.S. households. Since 2001, health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income level and in every...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain Health Institute, will be ... Ireland, both longtime Atlantic grantees. . . Read...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare More than 60% of working-age Americans who signed up for ... are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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