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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of ... goals, a set of 17 targets to improve health , the economy, the environment, and human rights ... The...

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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York, metro area added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens...

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Workforce Development

As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... Grows Harder Asking overweight strangers about their health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it’s easier than others — say, at a ... Gomes da Silva, who sells...

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

... and stroke are the number one cause of death worldwide. In 2015 alone, nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which ... worldwide, with 80 percent of those deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries...

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... years, they have examined the behavioral barriers standing in the way of financial health for low-income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and Chile, and designed ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... clinical notes and care plans within a shared electronic health record. Encouraging patients to help write and add ... with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care ... options available for states to address social drivers of health . It is widely recognized that social factors, such as...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

... Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact In today’s increasingly complex world, businesses – and ... leaders behind them – are playing an important role in catalyzing the new,...

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Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State

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09/28/2022

... Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State City & ... including government officials, business executives, health care leaders, nonprofit...

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13 Mar 2012

Imagine: How Creativity Works (2012 GEO Conference)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child , and daydreaming productively, then he takes us out of ...

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24 Sep 2012

Inside Story: The Crucial Role of Early Childhood and Youth Advocacy in the 2012 New York City Budget Battle

Monday, September 24, 2012 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... City Youth Alliance and the Emergency Coalition to Save Child Care—joined forces to oppose these spending cuts, ... Children and its future goals The role for philanthropy in public policy advocacy A...

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14 Jun 2010

Policy Briefing: The Juvenile Justice System and Opportunities for Alignment

Monday, June 14, 2010 -

8:30am to 2:00pm

MEMBERS: Please log in to register yourself and/or a colleague by Thursday, June ... through which youth may become involved or enmeshed in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Key ...

19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... grassroots women into a force for peace and equity in their respective communities. Each woman’s blend of ... civil, human rights and social justice movements in the U.S. and Liberia What the next generation...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Blue Meridian Partners Profiled in New York Times

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10/16/2017

... Clark Foundation’s Blue Meridian Partners Profiled in New York Times Stanley Druckenmiller, the hedge fund ... Children’s Zone, which helps poor children and families in New York. But he said he wanted to do...

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30 Jan 2018

Exchanges, Scholarships, and Fellowships: Examining a Century of Foundation Funding of Individuals

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Exchanges: Scholarships and Transnational Circulations in the Contemporary World (19-21st Centuries) , undertakes ... and exchanges. Ongoing opportunities and challenges in supporting fellowships, scholarships...

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30 May 2018

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Spring Meeting

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on ... including updates about the State budget impact on...

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Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards

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06/26/2018

Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards In a short film released today by the Doris Duke Charitable ... joined by several previous Doris Duke Artist Award winners in announcing the 2018...

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Committee for Children Launches Out-of-School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace Foundation

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03/26/2019

... to address the need for social and emotional learning in out-of-school settings," said Joan Cole Duffell, Committee ... children annually with research-based SEL curricula taught in schools across the US...

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The Century Foundation, Robin Hood, and Next100 Have Developed 'From Crisis to Opportunity: A Policy Agenda for an Equitable NYC'

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07/22/2021

... NYC' ...When a new mayoral administration takes office in January 2022, alongside a City Council with dozens of ... challenges and a wide range of immediate concerns, in nearly every area of public life,...

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