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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

... over those same five years, a sample portfolio of low- cost , passively invested index funds from Vanguard, with 70 ... foundation averages. What that means is that as a group, U. S . foundations, which have a...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

... Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’ s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change The last two years have ... to explore this issue. They found that nature’ s ability to mitigate climate change is...

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Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

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01/08/2018

... they can be slapped with a $300 late fee, raising the cost to as much as $500 for a ticket. That can be followed by a suspended driver’ s license or jail time, even for non-safety related ... pay, rather than...

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New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act

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03/29/2018

... the Affordable Care Act The Trump administration’ s proposed regulations encouraging the sale of health ... plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act’ s (ACA) benefit requirements or consumer...

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... 3 Despite the unwavering commitment of New York City’ s human services and philanthropic communities to assist all ... to decide if the City of New York should measure the true cost of living. Measuring the...

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Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Mentors

Mentors for Philanthropy New York' s Young Leaders Breakfast Club are seasoned professionals who ... spirit to their work. Mentors serve as facilitators, resources , and coaches for their group. They help to...

Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass: A Recap

... Camille Cyprian (Founder and Healer-in-Residence of Centered Spaces LLC) opened up our Annual Meeting by walking ... in our work, through the following affirmation: Camille' s Affirmations (1).png One of...

Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

... on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those dollars on communities of color. One of the ... increase the transparency of the process, and maximize the impact of the stimulus for all...

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Making Measures Work For You: Outcomes and Evaluation

... because it uses straightforward metrics to assess actual impact . How else to know if the work you're supporting is .....

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

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10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact ? What is the role of strategy? Is your foundation ... the current state of decision making at large, private, U. S . foundations. Through in-depth interviews with CEOs and ... research on the role of strategy in creating foundation impact , and highlights practical implications for CEOs, ...

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Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth

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07/18/2017

Q&A: Rockefeller' s Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth In late 2013, the Asian ... and urban planning in Mandalay, Myanmar, to lessening the impact of flooding in Sahiwahl, Pakistan — all with the aim .....

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Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

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07/08/2014

... at age 83, following a 14-year struggle with Lou Gehrig' s Disease (ALS). She and her husband also founded the ... for countless individuals. Claire guided the family’ s philanthropy to address the needs...

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Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report

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09/25/2014

... the healthcare law. The overall uninsured rate for U. S . adults under 65 plummeted from 20% to 15% in the same ... to the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit group that studies U. S . and global health systems...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... one of the largest supporters of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for drug ... pound in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations. It’ s now a philanthropic powerhouse...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

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11/18/2014

... than 70 percent of its giving is directed to health and medical research initiatives across the U. S . and other regions of the world. "The enormity of this .....

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Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs

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02/10/2015

... and People with Special Needs. Rachel covers The Trust’ s grantmaking in the areas of health, children and youth with ... improve services for people with disabilities and chronic medical conditions. She...

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Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

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01/27/2015

... though they’re doing big, ambitious things. This one’ s covert because the foundation that spawned it isn’t solely or even mostly about medical research. It’ s a civic engagement foundation,...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... Alliance has picked Marc Kastner, one of the nation’ s leading physicists, as its first president. The ... Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation and the Research...

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

... President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U. S . in WSJ OpEd The 2016 presidential-campaign season will ... all sorts of familiar proposals to create jobs in the U. S ., but candidates who really...

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John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults

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09/01/2015

... designed to replicate the local program. The program’ s premise is older adults hospitalized with hip fractures ... and a professor of medicine and public policy at Alpert Medical School and the School of...

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