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Childcare Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In 2015 , the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning ... of Columbia, infant care costs more on average than in- state tuition at a public university...

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Children, Youth and Families

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Funders in Conflict

Publication date:

11/2014

The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) released a white paper on how funders can affect conflict.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

Release Date:

08/19/2020

... unless we plan for it, what may actually break us is the price that mental health will exact. For those who are ... comprehension. For those of us who have more time and/or resources , the mental health toll...

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Disaster Relief

Social Justice

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

New Report Funded by The Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Highlights Challenges of Rural Health Care Delivery and Offers Solutions

Release Date:

01/17/2018

... North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming on the current state of rural health care, and the strategies and tools ... sizes, growing health care needs, and demographic trends , rural areas need alternative...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... organizations, NoVo launched Move to End Violence in 2010 . Since then, every two years, Move to End Violence has ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

Release Date:

11/02/2016

... of 18,170 children from the start of kindergarten in 2010 through the end of second grade in 2013. The results, ...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation

Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date:

06/2010

... , created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Education

WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

Release Date:

03/08/2016

... fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015 than in 2010 . The proportion of Americans with private coverage ... year more Americans had a usual source of care than in 2010...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

Release Date:

11/18/2014

... member. The new directors beginning service in 2015 are: Sonya Campion, President, Campion Advocacy Fund Dan ... of The Harwood Institute of Public Innovation and Child Trends . In May 2011 Dan Cardinali was...

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Ford Foundation

06 Apr 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network – Spring Meeting - via Zoom

Monday, April 6, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... climate and conservation in New York City and/or State . Philanthropy New York members funding or interested ... climate and conservation in New York City and/or State are invited to join the group's...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

... that the most meaningful efforts had to take place at the state and local level. Grassroots leaders, with significant ... momentum at the local level and pushing city and state governments to move forward on...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation Announces Spring 2021 Grants

Release Date:

06/30/2021

... histories. Connecting artists to local and national resources in order to produce multi-disciplinary, ... as well as to resources at museums throughout the Cal State system with which it has...

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Arts

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange

Release Date:

04/30/2012

... nation's health reform agenda, and since 2006, New York State has invested more than $450 million to develop a robust ... Working Group hosted a recent webinar to examine the state ’s overall health IT...

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Health

20 Sep 2012

Money and Politics: The Impact of Citizens United on the 2012 Presidential Election

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 10:45am

... in the United States. Early evidence suggests that spending on the 2012 election will easily surpass the $3 ...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

Release Date:

07/28/2014

... the wasteful practices that drive up our health care spending .".... "Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten .....

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Why Oklahoma has the Highest Female Incarceration Rate in the Country

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... possession, are some of the top reasons women enter the state 's criminal justice system. And, they're staying longer. ... of methamphetamines — two times longer than the state average. While other...

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Sector News

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Justice Reform

Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... nonprofit organizations became increasingly strained as resources declined. When the stock market failed, foundations ... organizations saw a decline in foundation grants and state government funding, which...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Sheldon H. Danziger Named New President of the Russell Sage Foundation

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... of economic, demographic and public policy changes on trends in poverty and economic inequality, and on social ... and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers; The Price of Independence: The Economics of...

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Russell Sage Foundation

A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards

Release Date:

07/20/2015

... Associate and Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation For any funder who wants to prove ... end of a grant period. This was the case when the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth)...