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Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

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07/07/2015

... Some proponents think it might be. A recent Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society ... because they don’t have adequate time, energy, or resources to understand the complexities of impact .....

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

... organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... insecurity is especially severe among this population. Recent data suggest that 23% of Native households don't have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access to...

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Aetna Foundation Addresses Crucial Need for Localized Care

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07/26/2018

... and community groups to connect them with community resources – such as Meals on Wheels, for example – and ... helping them overcome barriers to achieve their best health .... Aetna Foundation Addresses Crucial...

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24 Jul 2019

The Promise and Peril of Pre-Trial Reforms in New York

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... pre-trial wins and the status of other NYS and NYC justice policy reforms. Explore Details included in the new reforms ... of this legislative package or rollback of earlier policy wins What’s needed to ensure...

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Pair of Community Foundations Chosen to lead Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Flagship New Jersey Grantmaking Program

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11/14/2022

... oversee strategy development and management of New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI), one of RWJF's flagship grantmaking ... RWJF's role as a place-based funder that contributes to policy change,...

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The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

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02/21/2013

... America: Where Is Philanthropy?” conference's Health Reform breakout session. As the saying goes, it’s all over but the shouting. That fits national health care reform, right? Not at all. Philanthropy New...

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Producers and Speakers: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... PolicyLink, a leading voice in the movement to use public policy to improve access and opportunity for all low-income ... President and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund, a national health care philanthropy based...

Philanthropy New York Members Featured Among The 50 Most Influential Philanthropists in New York

Release Date:

02/11/2020

... into shaping the state’s approach to criminal justice, health care, education, poverty and many other policy issues. Despite its role as a force for good in the ... power has increasingly become a subject of...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety

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03/23/2015

... its interprofessional team-based curriculum to all health professions programs. The $600,000 grant aims to ensure that all health care professionals who are UNE graduates are equipped ... care. Also, the grant...

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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01/21/2021

... in New Jersey working to improve prenatal and child health . New Jersey has one of the country’s worst records for child health and wellbeing, especially among under-resourced ... M.D., Senior Fellow at the...

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The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

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11/18/2020

... for stewarding the organization’s Maternal Child Health programs helping to increase prenatal and postnatal ... stress by connecting families to important community resources . Before her time with the Burke...

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Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

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06/24/2014

... and, earlier, chairman and CEO of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. From 1985 to 1990, he was executive ... Mr. Berger chaired the New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century,...

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Sheldon H. Danziger Named New President of the Russell Sage Foundation

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02/01/2013

... J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the ... of economic, demographic and public policy changes on trends...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths

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02/18/2020

... Additionally, the economic losses are staggering – a recent report released by the World Bank found that reducing ... countries over the next 24 years. “As Transport and Health Ministers from around the world...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

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03/07/2016

... are working within a diversity of legal contexts, but trends of rising religious fundamentalism and state- sponsored homophobia cut across countries. In the past five ... support for queer women's sexual...

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04 Oct 2017

Big Hunger with author Andy Fisher

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

*This PNY-co- sponsored program is hosted by our partner, Community Food ... first served basis.* Chronic hunger and food insecurity trends across the U.S. have not changed, despite the rise of ... Table Designed...

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06 Nov 2013

Why the Affordable Care Act Matters to Diverse Older People - Conversations with Grantmakers in Aging

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

Webinar

The health coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act ... those affected by the these expansions. They include the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Medicaid expansion, new benefits ...

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date:

04/06/2022

... brings together this unusual alliance of a foundation, policy shop and movement builder to support family and youth ... should ensure that these multiracial groups have the resources to fight back against...

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

Release Date:

09/17/2020

... are served (or not) by public services. Our fragile public health system and biased criminal justice system are the most ... environmental protection or other areas where government policy needs to change...

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