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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

Release Date:

02/16/2017

... with acute cardiovascular disease whose case helped drive home the point that good health starts well beyond the four ... communities across the country looking for ways to improve residents ’ well-being by...

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Aetna Foundation

Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... Disasters Like These When superstorm Sandy struck my home state of New York in 2012, it dealt a severe blow to ... died, property was destroyed and lives were ruined because residents and local governments...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

The Burke Foundation Plans to Expand CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting to 50 Sites in the Next Five Years

Release Date:

04/20/2021

Expanding access to transformative Centering group care model will improve birth, maternal health and pediatric outcomes, address racial health disparities

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Burke Foundation

Newly Created Heckscher Foundation Workforce Development Grants Aim to Create More Than 1,100 Full-Time Jobs in New York

Release Date:

07/19/2023

... they need to succeed in the hospitality industry, but we can ’t do it alone. Thanks to work readiness funding through the Heckscher Foundation Challenge, we can help many more fellows rebuild their lives,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

Release Date:

10/14/2020

... an America in which all communities have opportunities, resources , and power to thrive.” As a longtime funder of racial and social justice, Surdna will initially use additional grant dollars to support...

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Surdna Foundation

'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... its "Sustainability in a Generation" plan, aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of its business and supply chain .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Environment and Climate Change

Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

Release Date:

09/23/2010

... and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders ... recent research suggests that many of the messages they use and the litany of data...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Justice in Education Initiative

Release Date:

05/07/2015

... than 50% of all incarcerated Manhattanites call Harlem home . Yet statistical evidence overwhelmingly confirms that ... in local prisons and to provide those who have come home from prison with the opportunity...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Morgan Stanley, TruFund Financial Services and Ford Foundation Announce Launch of $26 Million Impact Developers Fund

Release Date:

06/22/2020

... and to provide value-adding social services to enhance residents ’ quality of life. The fund will also provide ...

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Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... American workers, and armed employers with new tools and resources to help them to understand and improve the ...

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Prudential Foundation

Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

Release Date:

11/20/2015

... defined as areas where 40 percent or more of residents live below the federal poverty threshold, according ...

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The Century Foundation

Reckoning and Accountability

Release Date:

03/18/2021

... to have leaders who help us to understand the ways that we can move forward in an accountable relationship with AAPI ... resource directory to learn more about the ways that you can support AAPI communities...

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PNY News

Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?

Release Date:

09/09/2014

... When health insurance premiums go up, employers may reduce take- home pay to keep overall compensation in check.... Do Health ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Release Date:

09/07/2016

A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... to help 100 mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence to improve the lives of residents . The mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Jackson, ... Tulsa, Oklahoma have publicly committed to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

With Support from Bank of America, a City Takes on Inequality

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... track record is spotty at best. Left-leaning funders can back all the studies and pilot programs they want, but ... out how to close the gap between Charlotte’s affluent residents and those who struggle to get...

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11 Jan 2024

Race and Poverty: Connecting Disparities, Disasters and Equitable Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, January 11, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... that the wealth gap between communities of color and white residents widens after a disaster. The bigger the disaster, ... between race, poverty and disasters Learn how philanthropy can help improve disaster...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion In the Philanthropic Sector

Publication date:

07/2014

The D5 Coalition annual report highlights tools and resources , recently completed research, and approaches that can help foundations and philanthropic organizations advance ...