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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

... how much revenue they lose to business tax breaks granted in the name of economic development. While many ... to them, this accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... people. Coverage long considered the gold standard of health insurance now often requires workers to pay so much ...

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New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System

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01/14/2015

... Research Council offers a framework for assessing the health , environmental, social, and economic effects of ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... Control and Prevention to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative to ... System. Results from the survey, which will be conducted in partnership with the World...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

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03/27/2015

... of Latino millennials said abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. However, only 27 percent thought ... a critical issue compared to 55 percent who said access to health care is more important......

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Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis

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04/01/2015

... a fast-track designation, Sirtuo received FDA approval in 2012 under its accelerated approval program. Bedaquiline ... the first new classes of antibiotics approved by the FDA in close to five decades. USAID...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

... Genomics and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a Research to ... totaling $300,000 for research into molecular activity in the retina that initiates...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by expanding reproductive rights. But ... grant for a project that addresses...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With unrestricted endowment, we can be nimble in our decisions to support pioneering projects and game-changing...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women

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07/01/2015

... Powerful Women From banking to the arts, technology to health care, New York's female leaders cover every aspect of ... risen to even greater heights—leaving that glass ceiling in the dust. For the first...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

... “Primary Care Providers’ Views of Recent Trends in Health Care Delivery and Payment.” The brief was based on ...

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Prudential Seeks New York's Top Youth Volunteers of 2016

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09/09/2015

... Volunteers of 2016 Now through November 3, students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for Prudential Spirit of ... . The program, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National...

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A New Lens for Disaster Recovery

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09/16/2015

... devastate communities and leave their deepest wounds in already unstable low-income neighborhoods. Physical destruction, displacement, homelessness, poor health , and economic instability further fracture...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Approves Three Grants Totaling More Than $3.28 Million

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09/29/2015

... of older adults and aging-expert professionals are heard in the continuing debates over health care delivery; to develop quality measures and ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain Health Institute, will be run by the University of California at San Francisco and Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland, both longtime Atlantic grantees...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

... about the United States’ long-term fiscal and economic health in a competitive and educational campaign. .. Peter G. ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending

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04/19/2016

... on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending The Peterson Center on Healthcare ... to identify past drivers of U.S. healthcare spending in order to better forecast...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique ... action plans to have other net benefits—like public health ... Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads...

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Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster

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06/01/2016

... the co-founder of Akira, felt there needed to be a change in the healthcare system. "It came out of our own ... a lot of good research on why this is so important to do in Canada. [ In a...

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