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MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

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10/27/2014

... CEO Gary White told participants in the forum. The U. S . based charity has partnered with MasterCard Foundation to ... a five-year program to disburse loans worth 19.5 million U. S . dollars to help meet house...

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

Open licensing will allow for transparency and accessibility.

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Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

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03/09/2015

Casey Family Programs and the President' s Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People This week the President’ s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young ... House to...

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Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

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04/07/2015

Grants will support community gardens and urban farmers markets.

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Community Development

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Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts

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04/28/2015

... of its own. The second largest cellular service provider is waiving all fees for calls and multimedia texts between the U. S . and Nepal from April 25 until May 31 to show its support ...

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Disaster Relief

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

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05/15/2015

... Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region Omega’ s annual Service Week is comprised of two sessions: the ... Women Serving Women Summit, hosted by the Omega Women’ s Leadership Center, supports organizations...

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... it yet. To be fair, philanthropy needs to step up it' s game on climate across the board. Our investment is woeful ... economy and staving off the worst impacts of climate. That' s why some big name...

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Rockefeller Helps Develop a Cohesive Strategy for Family Philanthropy

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09/16/2015

By developing a cohesive strategy, older generations can be sure that the younger generation will become increasingly involved in the future.

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UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

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02/18/2016

... in need motivated his check-writing habit. There’ s something beautiful about my grandfather’ s generosity. Yet as his generation peters out, this way of ... on GuideStar or Charity Navigator, visit the...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico' s soda taxes raised sugar-sweetened beverage prices by ... reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law' s passage. That study was funded...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

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03/23/2016

Millions of Americans are finding Obamacare to be unstable ground. An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund found that offering 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility would reduce churning by 30 percent.

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Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day

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05/02/2016

... overwhelmingly apparent among several of the foundation’ s grantees... Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for ...

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Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

... on and off screen remains one of Hollywood’ s greatest challenges despite increased rhetoric from several ...

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Gender Justice

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'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology

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03/29/2017

... Focus on Science and Technology FilmRise has acquired U. S . rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is ... of Walter provides companionship and stimulates Marjorie’ s memory as she lives with dementia...

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NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare

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03/31/2017

... a conversation with Sean Cavanaugh, one of the nation' s leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store .....

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds that the GOP Health Care Act Would Reverse Gains Made by Community Hospitals

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05/05/2017

... by Community Hospitals One of the Obama administration’ s big selling points in enacting the Affordable Care Act in ... by expanding Medicaid insurance for many of the nation’ s poor, the law would begin to...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health status.

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Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation

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05/12/2017

... students. The largest single grant in the law school' s history includes $7 million to establish and endow the .....

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U. S . Healthcare The Peterson Center on Healthcare has big plans for transforming healthcare in America. It' s looking to improve quality while lowering...

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