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Ten Librarians Honored by Carnegie for Outstanding Public Service

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12/03/2014

... through education and lifelong learning. Selected from a pool of more than 1,000 nominations, the 10 winning librarians join a distinguished group of award recipients. To date, only 70 ... in 2008. The I Love...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

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12/2014

... Impact How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact, a new learning brief co-authored by FSG and the Forum for ... pursuing a collective impact approach to challenges as diverse as economic development, education, and health. These public ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Value-Based Payment Report

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02/18/2015

... plans remains on ongoing challenge. Despite this, a key conclusion is that recruiting the self-insured employers is both a worthwhile and attainable goal. The findings and recommendations of this report can be...

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Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

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03/09/2015

... Secretary Lew joined other members of the Council as they shared their efforts to improve the financial ... money effectively, save and invest, and use credit wisely. As young people grow into financially...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... of his heirs did last fall. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a family foundation with $860 million in assets and a long history of supporting environmental causes, announced ... The conventional approach private...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries

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03/23/2015

... the Australian government, is launching Data for Health, a $100 million initiative that will enable 20 low- and ... each year – go unrecorded. Millions more deaths lack a documented cause. This gap in data...

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

... the nine recipients of the Genesis Generation Challenge, a competition supporting innovative projects guided by Jewish ... address the world's pressing issues. Each team selected as a...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial

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05/01/2015

According to David Blumenthal, President of the Commonwealth Fund, it will be impossible to revolutionize heath care unless the security issues are addressed.

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The New York Community Trust

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Pershing Square Foundation Grant Will Help Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance

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05/12/2015

Pershing Square Foundation Grant Will Help Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance As a nationwide, bi-partisan push is underway to reform the ... measures designed to...

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JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

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05/21/2015

... Chase & Co. today launched the JPMorgan Chase Institute, a global think tank that will deliver better data, analyses ... global economic challenges. The new think tank released a groundbreaking inaugural...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

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06/16/2015

... Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards, launched in late 2011 as a special 10-year initiative of the foundation to empower, ... are specific to the performing arts. Each recipient of a Doris...

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Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge So far, this has been a summer of political campaigning and stunning social change: ... making on inequality, aiming to use its capital to create a "social-justice...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

... Texts The University of Oklahoma is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for ... Latin texts of all types and eras. “This grant is a great tribute to the leadership of our...

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Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

... recognize their ability to drive social change and make a difference on issues from poverty to education to the ... according to new data, young people are giving more at a younger age than their Baby Boomer...

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New York State Health Foundation Sponsors Report on All-Payer Database & Consumer Transparency

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09/17/2015

... Medicaid, and commercial insurers. It is seen by many as a future resource for price transparency, quality oversight, ... and policies related to the APD on matters such as State authority;...

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

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09/21/2015

Each Wednesday at the Greenmarket, Heart Smart activities focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health.

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Food Systems

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

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10/19/2015

A new report, “State Actions to Promote and Restrain ... Care Organizations (ACOs), originally developed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are growing—and ...

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Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

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10/22/2015

... environmental, social and governance factors - is a welcome step that will benefit both fund beneficiaries and society at large. A growing body of evidence shows that these factors directly ... investment...

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New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator

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10/30/2015

... after the state attorney general found they engaged in a "fraudulent charitable solicitation scheme" related to used clothing collection boxes that drove more than $10 ... Lower Hudson Valley and...

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