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Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

... the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health ... the U.S. You can now learn all about the findings in two new Commonwealth Fund reports, our...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services

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10/07/2016

... challenges to service provision for LGBTQ youth in New York City in unique and novel ways. One-year ... October 20th, 2016. For more on eligibility and how to apply, please download the Request for Proposal...

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Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

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04/07/2017

... along with the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and coders at Cast Iron Coding, have since 2015 ... rethink the procedures of scholarly publishing, including how to better serve authors whose...

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Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation

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05/23/2017

... segregation. Now, a Penn State researcher is looking at how student assignment policies may be impacting the ... Center for Education and Civil Rights at Penn State, the new generation of school choice...

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy

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06/23/2017

... which is publicly available online, relies on estimating how much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want ... year to a record $123 billion, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecast.....

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MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

... Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund as Exhibit A in how legacy institutions can appeal to donors increasingly ... to be held in September in Los Angeles and in March in New York City. . . MetLife...

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Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

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08/30/2017

Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling The “why” and “ how ” behind a product have become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. ...

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Food Systems

LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

... icon Bayard Rustin. There's his 1987 obituary in The New York Times, which avoids any mention of his sexual ... with Rustin's longtime partner, Walter Naegle, detailing how , in the absence of any...

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... will help add knowledge in this vital field of how the brain deals with addiction. By teaming together, researchers and clinicians hope to discover new treatments and better tailor existing treatments to ...

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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09/13/2017

... Investigation Brushing aside objections by ExxonMobil, New York's highest court has opened the door for state ... change and whether its auditors had any concerns about how it disclosed those risks to...

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Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Food The national debate on health care is moving into a new , hopefully bipartisan phase. The fundamental underlying ... policymakers have tried to reduce costs by tinkering with how care is delivered. But...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... several hours of PowerPoint presentations, trying to grasp how Congress works and wrestling with some of the thorniest ... Foundation Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change. The New York City nonprofit was...

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The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation

Release Date:

07/06/2018

... the causes of pain, as well as pain management and how to translate that research into new therapies. The Mayday Fund, which supports projects to ...

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Schott Foundation Welcomes Precious Waldron-López as Regional Program Officer, Northeast

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10/12/2023

... where she has served in several roles, most recently Executive Director. She has been a driving force in ... a contributing advisor for Seek Common Ground’s Student Action Network for Equity. Precious is...

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09 Aug 2017

What is Climate's Impact on Migration? A Look Beyond the Headlines - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:15pm

... are increasingly seen across headlines. Less clear is how , why, and to what extent the impacts of climate change ... policymakers are just beginning to take notice of how climate change will cause substantial...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

... Department of Education is racing to finish a slate of Obama administration priorities. But few of the department's .....

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Dale C. Christensen, Jr. Elected to Board of United Hospital Fund

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11/01/2013

... is joining our board,” said James R. Tallon, Jr. , President of the United Hospital Fund. “Mr. Christensen has ... to shape positive change in health care for the people of New York.” Christensen has practiced...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge

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01/11/2021

... Announces Launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge New York, NY – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced ... of the urgency felt by cities around the world to develop new approaches amid the pandemic. The...

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SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

Release Date:

12/18/2017

... volunteer labor, while WomenOnCall connects legal, human resources , finance, and other professionals to skilled ... Skills at Work program of Chicago Cares, and its current executive director will lead that...

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