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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... want state regulators to vigorously investigate the impact of the consolidations. Antitrust attorney David ... in Pennsylvania that was blocked in 2009 by that state' s former insurance commissioner, Joel...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... he joins Andrus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’ s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) in Camden New Jersey. ... social issues including for young men of color. Erik' s previous roles have given...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Andrus Family Fund

Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... The Great Recession delivered a body blow to our country’ s financial equilibrium, and only after years of painfully ... make financially responsible decisions and managing one’ s credit and debt are skills...

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Economic Security

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Capital One [Corporate]

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

Release Date:

02/11/2016

... our foundation peers, garnering us the prestigious 2015 Impact Award from the National Committee for Responsive ... $1 million to our Community Fund last year. Now it’ s full steam ahead. The launch of three...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Brooklyn Org

JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

Release Date:

02/25/2016

... in these cities. That shortfall can have a significant impact on economic opportunity for young people if they are ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... facilitate an exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation' s ongoing work to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable ... From seeding the Green Revolution to building the field of impact investing, these...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More

Release Date:

04/18/2017

... school-aged children say math or science is their child' s favorite subject, they more readily understand how reading and writing skills impact future success, according to a new study released .....

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NYSHealth Releases Survey Results on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... 2018 budget, despite its exclusion from Mayor de Blasio' s Preliminary Budget. As legislators debate the City' s budget in the weeks ahead, a strong majority of voters ... health (88%), reduce stigma...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

Release Date:

07/10/2017

... billion-dollar bets from philanthropy could have major impact . It’ s not hard to see why. As Microsoft president Brad Smith puts ... This is a super-hot area of philanthropy right now, but it' s...

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Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

Release Date:

07/26/2017

... early education and related programs. – across the U. S ., in New York, and other nations. The research was ... demonstrates that the first three years of a child’ s life are the most important in terms of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... and information management practices to improve a city’ s resilience. With new technologies coming out all the time, ... preparedness efforts is never easy. In New York City’ s case, however, it’ s...

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... and higher education. Mishory will also join TCF’ s leadership team as a senior policy advisor to support ... strategic planning efforts with the goal of maximizing the impact of the organization’ s...

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Education

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The Tow Foundation

Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... to tap the full range of their assets to make a measurable impact on a specific set of problems. A case in point is ... D.C. In turn, these initiatives build on JPMorgan’ s $150 million investment in Detroit,...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... as how they can collaborate to address systems issues that impact a field. While arts-focused, many themes discussed ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Workshop

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of foster youth in New York are invited to join the group' s fall meeting. Agenda Join New York Foster Youth Funders .....

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... opportunities to deploy the full range of Heron’ s “toolbox” (including grants, program related ... over the last two decades, including the Board of Capital Impact Partners, the steering committee for Mission...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

New York Women's Foundation Joins Female-Led Investor Groups Targeting Weinstein Co. Acquisition

Release Date:

11/21/2017

New York Women' s Foundation Joins Female-Led Investor Groups Targeting ... indie Killer Films, and its social outreach wing Killer Impact , have pulled together a group of investors, including Abigail Disney...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

Release Date:

11/21/2017

... leader in the field. This investment will positively impact the school and its students and support the CUNY ... journalism.” “It is so appropriate that our school’ s first endowed chair carries the name...

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Education

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The Tow Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... "city"). And that could be good for your health, if the impact of the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for .....

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Member News

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

Release Date:

11/30/2017

Philanthropy and environmentalism are generally very white spaces, and efforts to diversify the movement have been characterized by one influential report as “lackluster.” But there is a set of foundations and nonprofits aware of just how important...

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Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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