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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... adults said they did not fill a prescription, see a doctor when sick, or get recommended care because of the cost, down ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

21 Oct 2010

Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City

Thursday, October 21, 2010 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.

... needed to coordinate and make effective grants, leverage resources , and influence a change agenda to eliminate the ... at transforming the academic trajectory and educational resources for Black males in New...

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Open Society Foundations, Foundation for a Just Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Create Group Initiative to Support Women's Funds

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11/20/2019

... organizations working to achieve gender equality in their communities , countries, and regions. Today, they are leading ... firm. Women’s funds have received significant new resources from the Dutch Ministry of...

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

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Gender Justice

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Foundation for a Just Society

Meet Jardyn Lake, the new Senior Program Associate of the Black-Led Movement Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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07/11/2022

... person from the South, I feel deeply driven to ensure my communities are able to be resourced. Personally, my ... so empowered by the level of trust that exists between us , collaborating in a space that is...

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Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

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06/07/2017

... source of inspiration and motivation. Especially when , in the case of many traditional foundations, that ... and basic and applied science. Now is the time for all of us to bring our very best selves to our...

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Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

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11/08/2012

... be updated frequently over the coming weeks with news on resources , initiatives and stories of impact. If you know of any philanthropic activities or resources related to Hurricane Sandy that we haven’t listed...

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16 Oct 2019

Who is Poor in NYC? Hint: Many More People Than You Think

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to seeing you in October!** With the cost of living rising at nearly three times the rate of wages, 2.5 million ... the solutions must be coordinated and interconnected. Join us for a brief presentation...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Sloan Public Service Awards Honor Seven NYC Employees

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06/03/2016

... years—include longtime employees of the NYPD, MTA, Human Resources Administration, Department of Health and Hospitals, ... and disseminate complex drug-related issues for all of us is simply tremendous,” says...

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The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself

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09/06/2017

... obvious questions are: Who will be the next director, and when will he — or, better yet, she — be appointed? ... longest-serving director in the Met’s history — was a hard act to follow, much less in an...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... “summer slide” — the learning loss that often occurs when students are out of school for two months. It’s a ... former principal of a high school in the Bronx, I find it hard to imagine receiving worse news...

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Education

15 Oct 2018

Census Funders: Coordinating with NY Counts 2020

Monday, October 15, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... New Yorkers across the state – particularly marginalized communities in hard -to-count districts – can fully maximize their ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

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06/01/2021

... interconnected global economy stands to lose as much as US $9.2 trillion this year if governments fail to ensure ... In many countries with access to Covid-19 vaccines, communities are opening up slowly, but in...

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Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model

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08/27/2012

... half its talent. Among tenured researchers in the hard sciences, women continue to be severely ... while we were still in Israel, Yedidya did not have a job when we arrived here, and I was paid a $36,700...

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How to Fund in the Fog of War

Release Date:

06/02/2016

... between our organizations, forged through the years of US occupation, sectarian war and now ISIS. This long-term ... since the ISIS incursion in 2014. In a nutshell: just when progressive Iraqi organizations...

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MADRE

07 Nov 2024

Building A Coaching Practice With Your Teams: Purpose, Strategies, and Insights

Thursday, November 7, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... the employee lifecycle, what are some key considerations when building a coaching practice in our own organizations? In what ways can coaching help us to create a paradigm shift? Examples of using coaching...

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Black Girls Play Secures Three-Year Funding from Novo Foundation

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03/06/2019

... through the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music since 2017 . The conservatory, which recently moved to the former ...

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