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Michael Bloomberg Thinks Midsize Arts Nonprofits Can Change American Cities, and He’s Spending Over $100 Million to Prove It

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10/17/2018

... one particular patron has taken a keen interest in the health of this cohort. Since 2011, billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has been quietly ... program’s expansion in 2018 has...

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ascena Foundation Honors Winners of the 2018 Roslyn S. Jaffe Awards

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10/19/2018

... which took place yesterday at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, emceed by acclaimed journalist and ... The annual program, now in its fifth year, added a new award category, the Young Changemaker Award...

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Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... An Initiative for Universal Voting On May 24, Philanthropy New York, along with Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller ... Brothers Fund, sponsored a discussion on a startlingly new idea: universal voting in...

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11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

... will engage on pressing issues such as K-12 education, health care reform and poverty. Explore How is America’s ... of policy change and with government? At the start of this new political cycle, what should...

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What's Keeping Bloomberg Busy These Days

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07/03/2014

... former commissioners—with Everytown for Gun Safety (the new umbrella organization housing Mayors Against Illegal Guns ... his climate initiative C40; his partnerships on public health , immigration, coal,...

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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"

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07/14/2014

... Lives" In an interview with Rolling Stone, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the work he and ... building a better mosquito. Traffic deaths. Maternal health in Tanzania." He also said...

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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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Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

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03/26/2015

... civilian communities. These come atop physical and mental health issues they may have incurred during their military ... transferrable career skills and difficulty adjusting to new self-identities in civilian...

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

... Winning project concepts focus on subjects such as public health , education, cross-cultural exchanges to spur ... conference at the Bloomberg Philanthropies headquarters in New York, Michael R. Bloomberg was...

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

... Arts Education Grants awarded through the foundation's new Liberal Arts in the Professions initiative include ... undergraduate preparation in teacher education, business, health , and technology......

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

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06/12/2015

... research that has been shown to reduce the number of new type 2 diabetes cases among Medicare-age individuals by ... 70 percent, also offering the possibility for lowering health care expenditures. With...

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Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

... the Global Build will feature the first-ever home build in New York City’s Bryant Park, where volunteers will build in ... critical to financial well-being and is linked to improved health , education and...

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John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications

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10/13/2015

... program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, a New York City–based private philanthropy working to improve the health of older Americans. "They commonly experience things .....

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... The day of discussion arrives on the heels of a new national study in which only 29 percent of physicians ... by philanthropies John A. Hartford Foundation, California Health Care Foundation and Cambia...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... managing their sickest and most complex patients, using health information technology, and coordinating care outside ... a variety of practice settings in the U.S. and the U.K. A new Commonwealth Fund feature...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group, Opera Philadelphia is proud ... its individualized plan of study with a living stipend and health benefits... With...

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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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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

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05/23/2017

... cocktail bar Coup–short for coup d’etat–opened in New York’s East Village in mid-April, promising to donate ... consulting firm in Virginia, which is working to fund health clinics and programs addressing...

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

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06/14/2017

... organizations, are paramount, according to the Princeton, New Jersey-based Rita Allen Foundation. The 40-year old ... looking for breakthroughs to the world’s most persistent health challenges, from finding a...

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