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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

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12/03/2015

... Insurance Commissioners meeting Nov. 20. “States have more power than the Department of Justice” (DOJ) in ... BNA Nov. 25 that state regulators typically have been more active in intervening against proposed...

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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

... any grants for a couple of years, because we always made more than the required 5 percent in grants, or we could just ... of their most cherished grantees, the move also led to more aggressive giving in...

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Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important)

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01/24/2017

... the plate. We can all agree the parsley makes the meal more enticing. Presentation is everything. We can also ... is an art to displaying art. So why don't funders devote more attention to it? The short...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors

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04/12/2017

... Investment Fund's Board of Directors. Tony brings more than a decade of experience at the cutting edge of ... that works with 80% of the top publishers in the US and in more than 60 countries around the...

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Commentary from Century Foundation: TrumpCare Premium Increases Mapped

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06/01/2017

... premium increase into perspective, we estimated how much more people in every county could expect to pay under ... starting in 2018, could be charged as much as five times more than young adults for individual...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... awarded 288 Clinical Scientist Development Awards totaling more than $128 million to physician scientists between one ... certain lung cancers; novel treatments for insomnia; and more . Doris Duke Foundation...

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When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

... other children, was removed from her care, becoming one more in a wave of children flooding child-services agencies. ... of one distributor strove to bring the company's goals more in line with society...

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Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts

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09/11/2017

... matched dollar for dollar by the company for a total of more than $1.5 million. The company previously announced $1 ... in Hurricane Harvey relief funding, for a total to date of more than $3.5 million in...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... debates convulsing the country. Founded by Mr. Soros more than 30 years ago, Open Society promotes democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. In recent years, the organization ...

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Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit

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02/12/2018

... that private foundations are prohibited from owning more than 20 percent of for-profit companies for more than five years. Because of its unique business ...

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... a harder mental transformation, and therefore creates more uncertainty and more variability, you rely on your prior beliefs and bias ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

... to bolster board diversity in a push to make museums more accessible and inclusive. The Ford, Andrew W. Mellon, ... foundations joined forces to award the grant. In the more than 20 years that museums talked...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

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02/13/2019

... pocket medical expenses relative to their income and are more likely to struggle paying medical bills or to skip care ... the quality of their coverage, in 2018. It finds that: More U.S. adults are...

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... models of instruction. “This grant allows us to provide more students with higher levels of proficiency in languages that are less commonly taught and more difficult to sustain,” said Christopher P. Long, dean...

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Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative

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08/12/2019

... Ecology and Evolution, the study involved the efforts of more than 80 authors who surveyed coral abundance on more than 2,500 reefs across 44 countries in the Indian and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

... in tropical and subtropical regions, have malaria, and more than 400,000 die of the parasite infection each year, ... including dengue fever, strike scores of millions more . A description of the research is...

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18 Feb 2025

"Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 -

4:00pm to 7:00pm

... Legal Aid Society, The Tow Foundation, and Philanthropy New York invite you to a special screening of A24's acclaimed and ... and Legal Aid's crucial work to protect the rights of New...

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... it Till You Try It By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design ... to convince you otherwise. Last summer, the New York...

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25 Jun 2018

The Money in Politics Implications of a Johnson Amendment Repeal - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, June 25, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... have mobilized to defend it. Join FCCP to learn more about where the repeal stands now and what philanthropy ... protect the Johnson Amendment and how philanthropy can be more involved Disclaimer: As with all...

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