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Elliott S. Fisher Joins Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Board

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03/01/2012

... member and active advisor of the Foundation’s ReThink Health initiative, Dr. Fisher is a professor at the Dartmouth Medical School and Director for Population Health and Policy at The Dartmouth Institute for...

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12 Oct 2017

ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its controversial predecessor the No Child ... schools. This flexibility was seen as an opportunity for states to think past test scores...

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Karen Persichilli Keogh to Lead Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase

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04/06/2016

... programs, research, and by leveraging the firm’s vast resources and talented employees. Additionally, in her new ... the firm’s lobbying and political activities in states and municipalities nationwide, as...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows

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04/25/2019

... Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Lebanon, Morocco, the United States , Zimbabwe, and their respective diasporas, the ... the United States ; a series of healing workshops, mental health ...

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Rockefeller Foundation and EPIC-Africa Launch the First African Civil Society Organization (CSO) Excellence Awards

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10/16/2018

... and Adaptability, Leadership and Governance, Financial Health and Management, Human Resources and Staff Development, Operations, Communications, ... to be more than double ( http://bit.ly/2OtflLF ) the...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... is that this is a foundation full of people who earnestly care about other people.” It is not...

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The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/16/2020

... Among High School Students Emily Ozer, School of Public Health , University of California, Berkeley; Susan Stone, ... students with unstable housing, students in foster care , and students receiving special...

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19 Sep 2017

Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Independent Lens. Presented by Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group , we will screen the film, followed by a ... disease The role of philanthropy to influence leaders in health policy to support...

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United Hospital Fund Backs Initiative to Address Depression Among CUNY Students

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05/22/2015

... and pilot testing a student awareness campaign and resources , and using student " health ambassadors" to provide outreach and information at three Bronx campuses. CUNY School of Public Health...

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Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa

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12/02/2021

... human rights violations in the world and undermines the health , dignity, security and autonomy of women and girls. ... societies and shrouded in a culture of silence. Limited resources and attention to the...

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12 Jan 2015

Ebola: Philanthropy’s Multidimensional Approach to Healthcare Amidst Crisis

Monday, January 12, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... that, when protocols for the provision of high quality care are followed, the case fatality rate for Ebola may be ... The crisis is partially the result of gaps in viable health - care...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... needs receive more of whatever is needed (food, support, access , opportunity, etc.). Funders can and should go deeper ... in education while another looks for equity in terms of health outcomes for a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities

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04/27/2017

... brought broad benefits to the country in terms of both health and jobs (nearly 500,000 Americans now work in the ... communities in coal-dependent regions across the United States by strengthening projects...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

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09/12/2017

... federal education law signed by President Barack Obama in 2015 known as the Every Student Succeeds Act. The Regents’ ...

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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

... give him an unparalleled perspective into veterans' health issues and how best to train nursing faculty and ... come from the military and those who will be trained to care for veterans." Prior to...

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17 Sep 2013

It’s Finally Here! Better Grants Management for You and Your NYC Grantees

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and speed provider selection for contracts and redirect resources to mission-driven activities. HHS Accelerator, a ... members are invited to join as the first grantmakers to access and learn more about the...

Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... impacts of transforming food systems include: Better health for the two-thirds of American adults now suffering ... nutritional needs Smarter, more sustainable use of our resources through a system that...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

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03/17/2020

... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to vulnerable residents across our borough. We ... to intensify locally, it will have vastly disproportionate health , economic, and social impacts...

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Lauren Perkins Joins Westchester Community Foundation

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03/30/2023

... areas of early childhood education, Native American youth, access to legal services, basic human needs and self-sufficiency, and health . She also is responsible for managing the Westchester ... joins the...

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