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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... impersonator-in-chief would rather divide than unite us , and the lack of moral and spiritual leadership in ...

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Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’s future, which includes the use of science and technology for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-...

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

... their impact on student achievement. “The question for us is, ‘How do we make pre-K better, as fast as we ... investigator for the study. “This study will point us in the right direction, we believe.” . . ...

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The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

... a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US South,” the headline read. It featured a study, ... was thought to have been nearly wiped out in the US over the last century. Methodological quibbles don’t...

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07 Nov 2017

From There to Here: Adapting Global Solutions to American Problems

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9:00am to 11:00am

... hear about creative solutions from abroad? Join us and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore the ... jobs are being adapted; and what other countries can teach us about designing and using public...

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

... to the family," Ford said in an interview. "He’s given us updates and kept us involved in the foundation." The last Ford to serve as a .....

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

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04/03/2019

... honor and pleasure to have Olga, Cathy, and Stephen join us . The foundation works to reinforce the arts and humanities ... democratic societies. Several fellows have already joined us successfully in this...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation Request for Proposal: SmartSimple GM360 Implementation and Refinement Consultant

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01/23/2020

... Gilmore Foundation is looking for a consultant to help us refine our SmartSimple GMS 360 Platform. We are hoping ... both internal and external user experience, and help us build staff’s knowledge on the...

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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases a Research and Policy In Brief, Mass Shootings: Causes and Prevention

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04/21/2021

In the week this research synthesis was released by HFG, CNN reported that 45 mass shootings had occurred in the U.S. in the previous month.

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New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

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09/28/2013

... new Commitments to Action, expected to impact nearly 22.2 million lives and valued at more than $10.8 billion when ...

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

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03/10/2014

... Foundation is looking to press the reset button. The $60 million foundation, which focuses its grant-making in ...

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New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

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02/27/2014

... annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in ...

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

... and unveiled “the next great American project”: a $100 million initiative to probe the mysteries of the human brain. ...

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The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth

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03/31/2014

... today announced Pathways to Progress, a three-year $50 million initiative to unlock economic opportunity for 100,000 ...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

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05/17/2014

Cathy Schoe of Commonwealth Fund quoted in New York Times article on doctor's salaries.

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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

... money to pay for itself and potentially another $900 million worth of resiliency projects around the city by ...

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement programs. The new ...

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María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to Lead Open Society’s Work on Independent Journalism

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05/15/2014

... She will oversee a program with a 2014 budget of $12.8 million . María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to ...

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New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

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06/01/2014

New York is quietly building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records, a system that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by...

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