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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

... as Vice President for the foundation’s program on Education, Creativity and Free Expression, and Martín ... Darren Walker . Ms. Pennington will join the foundation on October 1, taking over an assignment...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative

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10/15/2015

... Collaboration with NYC DOE and Mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline (BROOKLYN, NY) – Today, ... (NYC DOE) and Mayor de Blasio’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline with the...

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

... Officer This post is the second in a two-part series on funding creatively. It features the work of the Poses ... Family Foundation, a family foundation that advocates on behalf of people with disabilities. As...

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Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself.

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05/05/2020

... In 2016 the Rauch Foundation, a regional foundation on Long Island, NY, led a campaign to build an additional rail track on a critical segment of the Long Island Rail Road. The ... they do it? We brought in a...

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Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now

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09/09/2021

Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now By: Cynthia ... advice of others who think differently; we need access to experts , especially during hard times. Who do you turn ... my...

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Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Launch the Maternal Infant Health Hub Advisory Board

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12/05/2022

... pregnancy-related complications than a white woman. Many experts believe greater access to midwifery care would help ... Hub and expand midwifery-assisted births in New Jersey.” On December 7, the New Jersey...

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The Teagle Foundation Awards Grants to Colleges and Universities Nationwide for Novel Humanities-Focused Programs

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06/08/2023

... senior years of high school, students come into residence on a college campus, where they experience the intensity of a ... discussion taught by college professors focused on major works of philosophy and...

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Overdeck and Simons Foundations Launch "Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom

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01/25/2017

... challenges teachers across the country to submit ideas on the DonorsChoose.org platform for creative, hands- on projects that inspire students to explore math and science ...

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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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06/03/2013

... after 38 years of extraordinary service will be retiring on July 1, 2013 . Ayers will continue to serve the Foundation in a ...

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The ASPCA and Urban Resource Institute have announced their partnership in support of URIPALS

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03/12/2014

... forward with their lives. URI launched URIPALS in June 2013 as a pilot program with Mayor's Alliance for NYC's .....

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... and hedge-fund founder who, with his wife, ranked third on the 2013 list of the nation’s most generous benefactors. ... Policy,” the piece’s headline announced, and it went on to document the...

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... age-adults dropped from 20 percent in July–September 2013 to 15 percent in April–June 2014. Most people with new ...

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Chen, Kidvai Named First Paul Rapoport Law Fellows

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07/17/2014

... first two Paul Rapoport Law Fellows, will be focusing on issues of asylum and housing discrimination against LGBTQ ... Fellowship was established at Equal Justice Works in 2013 as the final grant of the Paul...

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Catholic Publication Calls Funders ‘Clever’ for Funding Faith-Based Groups Supporting LGBT Rights

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09/17/2014

... Open Society Foundations coming in fourth. From 2008 to 2013 , the Ford Foundation contributed $3.3 million to ...

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Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report

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09/25/2014

... health coverage fell from 36% to 23% between summer 2013 and spring 2014. That parallels a broader increase in ...

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Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High

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10/01/2014

... Michigan for the Russell Sage Foundation showed that, in 2013 , the median American household saw its total assets fall ...

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United Hospital Fund Report Details Lessons Learned in Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

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10/14/2014

... lessons learned from a multi-hospital initiative focused on reducing readmissions. The initiative involved seven New ... by 14 percent (from 14 percent in 2012 to 12 percent in 2013 ). Another facility...

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Arcus Foundation Launches New Website

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10/21/2014

... Among the content highlights of the new site is the 2013 Annual Report, which documents the courage of Arcus ...

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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013 , Hess began to shed its downstream businesses, including ... marketing and energy trading units, in order to focus on higher growth, lower risk...

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