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UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

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03/16/2015

... But the ruinous series of decisions that wrecked FEGS—a health and human services nonprofit that has long been one of New York’s largest, most well-regarded social services ...

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

... Generation Challenge will be awarded $100,000 to implement their initiatives and will be matched with a mentor to help ... Winning project concepts focus on subjects such as public health , education, cross-...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies ... — are increasingly researched and understood. Now, a new pilot project initiated by the...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health . The Microbiome Immunity Project is a new , IBM-facilitated (NYSE: IBM) citizen science project by ... found in the human microbiome and predict the...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when ... Review. The study examined 998 nonprofits in the arts, health , and human services...

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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

... for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York Times on Wednesday, while his Republican ... idea in a news conference. Here’s an assessment of their claims. The British system differs from Mr...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in ... they cost. The draft report, which was obtained by The New York Times, contradicts a...

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... headline came from the Courier-Journal in Louisville: “ New York City billionaires are battling over coal. And ... power plant emissions, which are a major threat to public health and a major contributor to...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar

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07/10/2018

... whose research has the potential to lead to groundbreaking new discoveries and advance human health . The selected Scholars will each receive grants of up ... Rita Allen Foundation Scholars are selected based...

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Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, Hospitals Launch Caregiver Support Program

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04/12/2019

... The Cleveland Clinic , Ascension Michigan , Catholic Health , and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation have announced a ... to recruitment and retention challenges by implementing new screening tools designed to...

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09 Feb 2012

International Grantmakers Network: Providing Capacity-Building Support for International Grantees (Part II)

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7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network is hosting a ... Explore Strategies to help international grantees build their programmatic infrastructure and the necessary ... leadership in place to...

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13 Jun 2013

A Conversation with Robert C. Granger, President of the William T. Grant Foundation

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8:45am to 11:00am

... from a local and a national foundation as well as the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development ... respond to Dr. Granger's remarks, drawing connections to their own funding of after-...

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Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech

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02/17/2016

... on increasing the number of people worldwide who are using their technological skills to improve civil society and ... technology. The latest grants were awarded to the New America Foundation's Open...

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Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors

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11/08/2016

... with the Communities and Local Government Division of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, ... which works to promote clean energy solutions in New York. Prior to that, he was the...

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Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

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10/30/2017

... incarcerated people who qualify so that they can complete their degrees after release. Prison reform is having a moment ... that at 2.2 million people exceeds the population of New Mexico, it isn’t hard to see...

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For

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03/30/2018

... Casey Foundation to conduct a case study of C2H, convened their March 16 forum months earlier than originally planned ... for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. New York City has seen a 53...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

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04/05/2018

... state governments. At the same time, more mayors say that their relationship with the new administration has gotten worse over the past year. The ... a program designed to empower city leaders to generate...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces 10-year Initiative to Help End Tuberculosis

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02/13/2019

... an estimated 1.8 million lives and preventing 12 million new TB infections in the next decade, Johnson & Johnson will ... everything we can to create a world free from TB. This new initiative will unleash...

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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

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03/19/2019

... as well as affordable ways for people to refresh or add to their skill sets throughout their lives. But the institutions ... institutions ($14,900). The Aspen proposal focuses on " improving...

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