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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1 ROI — are ... The Rockefeller Foundation...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in an income gap faced by African-American residents, ... economy would be much stronger if barriers...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national leader in the movement to strengthen and sustain the human ... The first Compassion Scholars Program will be held in conjunction with the inaugural Compassion...

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JPMorgan Chase and NY Community Trust Partner to Bring Middle-Skills Jobs Training

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05/10/2017

... to expand access to middle-skill jobs for young people in the South Bronx. Part of JPMorgan Chase's five-year, $75 ... effort will connect career and technical education schools in the South Bronx to New...

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The New York Community Trust

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

... at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health status. More than one-fourth of all Medicare ...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

... on Healthcare has big plans for transforming healthcare in America. It's looking to improve quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers,...

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New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York

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06/08/2017

... AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York The American Health Care Act (AHCA), approved by the U.S. House of ... New York State Faces Familiar Issues and New Challenges in the “Repeal and Replace” Era...

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years Millions of American workers in their 50s and 60s want, or need, to keep working past the ... Academy program for journalists,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Aging

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen ... annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ... looking for breakthroughs to the...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear ... proposed draconian cuts to the nation’s most effective health , nutrition, education, and disability programs, ... that would...

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Gender Justice

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings. The study looked at ... average-weight counterparts. A similar finding held true in the children born prematurely,...

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Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

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08/02/2017

Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has ... covering the uninsured and constraining our extraordinary health care costs will require bipartisan support. The ... strategies...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human ... in...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth In the category of research that doesn’t tell any of us who ... they’re not doing the job for which they were hired— in particular, when the budget...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... Finland has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world—a statistic often credited to its famous ... supplies to any expectant mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a result,...

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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

... Sanders argued for his “Medicare for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York Times on Wednesday, while his Republican ... from Mr. Sanders’s plan in structure. The National...

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43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... among city teenagers is slightly rising, especially in the city's poorest neighborhoods. Previously, the rates had been in decline for four years, according to the city's Health...

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How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

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09/18/2017

... Of those, 290 million men, women, and children are in India, unable to power their homes, livelihoods, and their dreams. Access to energy is a critical first step in powering basic needs such as clean water,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they...

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