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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

... Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines Much has been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders ... critical business insights faster. Less has been written about initiatives by some of...

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

... includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone ... beginning with educating the patient and family caregivers about the illness or injury at...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... research that doesn’t tell any of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit ... when the budget starts imploding. The unfortunate thing about this research is that...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants. Finland has one of the lowest ... the program instead as an opportunity to educate parents about safe sleep for newborns. Parents...

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Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... New Orleans, New York, Florida and Texas. The anecdotes about failed charters are real, but they’re not the norm.” The most striking thing about the coverage of charter schools is the contrast between ...

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Education

Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... the past century or two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. ... entire coastlines and built vast cities. We appropriate about half the planet’s...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... men and women and asking them to complete questionnaires about their current mood. They then were given 25 Swiss francs ( about $25) once a week for the next month. Half of the 50 ...

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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... Development Goals. I asked her what this UNGA would be about . She was characteristically blunt. “We are on a path ... of the U.N., and they must never forget that. Actions are about collective responsibility,...

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... pick the best plan for their needs. Consumers get confused about how to estimate income and determine household size to ... with incomes up to 400 percent of the poverty level ( about $98,000 for a family of...

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front We hear a lot about the lack of diversity in philanthropy’s upper leadership, and also about the lack of support to organizations headed by women ...

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Gender Justice

Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

... in New York City for 25 years, Harding formed a theory about what triggered the killing as soon as an image of ... said. “He was bullied.’” Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... finds. "We believe that investing in youth is not just about the future, it is about their ability to be leaders in their communities .....

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