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Rachel Block Joins Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer

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04/03/2017

... private sectors, most recently spearheading development of New York state’s health information technology strategy as ... for Health Information Technology Transformation in the New York State Department of...

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

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04/19/2017

... on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch A new NYSHealth survey finds that 82% of New York City voters support universal free school lunch. ... in all five boroughs and across income and...

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020. While smoking rates in New York City have declined from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.3 ... 2015, the city still has...

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Philanthropy Is the Go-To Partner for Risk

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04/18/2013

The first in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the ... philanthropy. When we look back over the Rockefeller Foundation 's history and pinpoint the moments when .....

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What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?

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08/27/2013

... Innovation Review. In a speech to the staff of the Hewlett Foundation , William Schambra of the Hudson Institute issues a ... calls “strategic philanthropy,” and which the Hewlett Foundation has championed for...

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Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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01/15/2014

... Advisor at The Philanthropic Initiative of the Boston Foundation and for three years as a Research Associate at ...

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Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari

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04/15/2014

... the field of philanthropy. She has been recognized by Ford Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation for her research in philanthropy. Dr. Boyce Ansari ...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... the social sector. Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation , is taking risks with philanthropic capital, risks ...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

... in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions over the ... program, with grants hovering in the mid-five figures. The foundation also is funding an...

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American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade

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07/26/2014

... according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation . The study, conducted as part of the foundation 's Great Recession Initiative, found that between .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

... with initial grants totaling $12 million from the Broad Foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Walton Family Foundation and an anonymous donor. It will focus on three ...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

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02/12/2015

... for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare and the Bob Woodruff Foundation today announced an expansion of their partnership ... among others. The partnership will fund 20 Bob Woodruff Foundation -Jonas Nursing...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

... Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by ... the world, bearing 7.5 children on average. The Ford Foundation recently awarded Medical Women’s...

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Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality

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06/12/2015

... against inequality will take center stage at the Ford Foundation under a sweeping overhaul announced today by the ... doubling of general operating support to 40 percent of the foundation ’s grant-making budget...

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'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... girls and women of color, everything is fine,” said NoVo Foundation Executive Director Pamela Shifman, who assumed ... was directed toward work in the Global South, which the foundation plans to continue,...

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation . For most companies, these demanding ... ended up with two jobs, and how the synergy between the Foundation and the company has helped drive...

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

... (NACo) are working with Aetna’s independent charitable foundation on the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge , ... healthier. To prompt communities to take part, the Aetna Foundation is putting money on...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation . Today, the foundation is among the biggest in the United States, with ...

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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

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05/11/2016

... from the city’s water crisis. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation , based in Flint, spearheaded the collaboration and ... a sense of hope," said Ridgway White, president of the foundation . "You can’t...

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Vice Lords were actually given $275,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation for their organizing work, and the Ford Foundation granted them $130,000, part of which was used for ...

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