Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... States spends far more on health care than other high- income countries, with spending levels that rose continuously ...
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Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... marginalized communities, most specifically low- income neighborhoods and communities of color. The deadline ...
Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning
Release Date:
08/04/2017
... Because African-Americans were disproportionately low- income , economic zoning was in effect exclusionary, ...
Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, one-third of women who tried to buy a health plan on their own were either turned down, charged a higher premium because of their health, or had specific health problems excluded from their plans. Beginning in 2010...
Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... which is due to have two residential buildings—one mixed- income rentals, the other condos—along with public-facing ...
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... the rezoning area and an emphasis on moderate and middle- income housing. Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s ...
Standing Up For Housing Equality
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... a call to end segregation based on all things: race, income , social status, and is supported by local residents of ...
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... provides health insurance for nearly nine million low- income children. The catch: That funding runs out on ...
Pound Foolish
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... relief, and thereby shape the food ecosystem for low- income America. Food banks have largely defined their ...
Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... 80 percent of those deaths occurring in low- and middle- income countries (LIMCs). Yet despite these staggering ...
Tax Plan Doubles Standard Deduction, Leaves Charitable Deduction In Place
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... 35 percent, with a possible fourth bracket for the highest- income taxpayers; and, Reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 ...
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Their plan would also reduce the existing seven individual income -tax brackets to three — with tax rates of 12, 25, ...
Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... support broader movement building by women of color, low- income women and LGBTQ people. Groundswell was founded in ...
East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... to protect the current character, a required percentage of income -targeted housing in all upzoned areas, commercial ...
Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... said about the jail complex, which houses primarily low- income people of color who are unable to pay bail as they ...
Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust
Release Date:
10/25/2017
... permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low- income households. A land trust is a nonprofit that retains ...
Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship
Release Date:
01/25/2018
Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship The Philanthropy New York Public Policy Fellowship program aims to identify early-career professionals who will benefit from learning...
Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... outcomes and spending, particularly with respect to lower- income populations. For Medicaid, now dominated by managed ...
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
... Noting that after decades of education reform, parental income remains the top predictor of student outcomes, the ...
Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... more accessible and available to people of color and low- income communities," said Zoe Kircos, the director of grants .....