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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

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08/07/2015

... is expanding its capacity while remaining true to one of our core commitments – ensuring the gift of sight. This ... timely opportunity for us because, as baby boomers are aging , there is a dramatic rise in...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... of their grantees, for the most part corporate foundations care very much about “visibility” and invest a lot in ... foundations there is a lot of misguided energy and wasted resources on “visibility” that...

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“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

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10/02/2014

... catalytic realization: that full employment for our nation's youth can only occur at the intersection of our labor market pathways and our entry-level job creation ... to provide...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

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04/17/2019

... racism and, over the next five years, will commit the full resources of the Foundation to the goal of engendering a ... power. “The Hazen Foundation has set a bold vision for our final years and we are...

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Design High Schools for the 21st Century

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10/12/2016

... vision for their own future." He added, "We must challenge ourselves to insure that schools are truly . . . the engine ... of the traditional high school as the “clarion call of our new century.”...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Want to Make a Change in the United States? Look Abroad!

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10/23/2017

... Join her at Philanthropy New York on November 7th for our Program "From There to Here: Adapting Global Solutions to ... (RWJF)—the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted to health —I lead an effort...

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Puerto Rico's Governor Calls for Greater Federal Response to Hurricane Maria

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09/25/2017

... to provide more search-and-rescue help and humanitarian resources to help the beleaguered island recover from ... devastation” from Hurricane Maria. “We need more resources from the Department of Defense so we...

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One-Third of New Yorkers Don’t Have Internet Access. That Is an Issue for Funders

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05/26/2021

... For the past 14 months, my husband and I have spent our workdays on Zoom; our 13-year-old daughter has attended ... Students need internet access to complete their homework; parents need...

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The New York Community Trust

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Technology

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Philanthropy Must Do More to Influence Policy, Say Government Officials

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02/13/2013

... changes on pressing issues like poverty, criminal justice, health care , the environment, and education, government officials ...

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Public Policy

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Social Justice

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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

Release Date:

02/10/2013

... America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to meeting the health care needs of older adults through adequate social work ...

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Aging

CRS Now! examines No Ceilings, PNY Annual Meeting

Release Date:

05/19/2014

... gender identity, full participation in all societies, health and access to care , human trafficking, and power and politics as subjects ...

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PNY News

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06 Aug 2018

The Supreme Court Nominee and the 2018 Elections - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, August 6, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation ... that could negatively affect all the issues we most care about, such as voting rights (including partisan ... issues,...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

Release Date:

07/22/2019

... journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. " Our findings point to a new role for reactive oxygen species in the photosynthetic health of this diatom. The next challenge is to determine .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

11/08/2012

... responses to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. Our dedicated disaster response page, ... be updated frequently over the coming weeks with news on resources , initiatives and stories of impact. If you...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

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10/17/2017

Our food system produces more than enough to feed our entire global population of over 7 billion people. Yet at the same time, ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History

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01/12/2017

... the challenges in the community are greater than ever. Our network partners and grantees are doing more and more ... address issues that matter most to them, pooling their resources to care...

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Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting

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02/03/2023

... and just non-profit operating environment, this week, our Vice President of Public Policy and Collaboration, Marlon ... New York. We are submitting a testimony to demonstrate our support for recommendations...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/13/2019

... Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health : Launching the $500 million Beyond Carbon campaign to ... of Health to provide desperately needed maternal medical care to a...

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... hospitals have argued that medical records belong to the health care provider, not the patient, Siegal said. They were ... and patient engagement, she said. Most electronic health records now...

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