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NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

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10/23/2015

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color Question: If funding to ... Philanthropy are convening a webinar about impact giving for women and girls of color in early November. The idea...

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Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

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10/26/2015

... science to the public and inspiring others to do the same. The award, which carries a cash prize, was ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... action, Justice Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go to “a slower-track school where they do well” than to go to a highly selective college,...

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... giving in humans. Such a link could have implications for people with autism, schizophrenia or anxiety-related ... disorders, Platt said. "What we're trying to do is both identify and understand the...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... as simple as your address. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), your zip code is a greater ... and has a greater impact on your health, than genetics. For example, look at the city of Boston...

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Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

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12/17/2015

... had reached extreme levels. Carnegie argued, as many still do , that inequality on this scale is an unavoidable condition of the free-market system — and that it was even desirable, if the promise of wealth...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

... 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $16,000 for an individual or $33,000 for a family of four). So far, 30 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to do so. Most have...

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors Geropsychologist Lauren N. ... on the physicians, surgeons and other clinicians who care for them. As an assistant...

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Case Study: Designing More Affordable and Effective Health Care (Commonwealth Fund)

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02/09/2016

... in the series profiled the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. Spiraling health care costs in ... in part because of his success redesigning ambulatory care for medically fragile patients. The...

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Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

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03/08/2016

... Bureau, we'll have to wait until the 150th observance for the wage gap between men and women to close. The women ... day, an end to child labor, and fair wages understood, as do movement leaders today,...

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JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech Training

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03/09/2016

JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech ... JPMorgan Chase released a new report, "Tech Jobs for All?: Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of Technology...

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies We all remember our first jobs. Art ... was in a summer camp in a high-needs community in Boston. It is part of the reason that he...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

... has awarded Providence St. Joseph Medical Center $400,000 for a new 64-slice CT scanner. CT scanners provide essential ... of structures inside the body. A new CT scanner will allow for faster scans that...

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Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

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05/31/2017

... Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office The Ford Foundation is ... in Detroit since leaving the Motor City in 1953 as it ramps up a major initiative to invest in...

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NY State Health Foundation: An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany

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06/28/2017

... to Better Health in Albany I’ve been traveling a lot for work this month to speak at meetings and conferences in ... What’s the vibe? What are the neighborhoods like? How do people interact with the city? You...

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New Milbank-Supported Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization

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07/11/2017

... published with support from the Milbank Memorial Fund for the fourth time, highlights findings from 45 newly ... in their assessment of studies, reports, and evaluations. It also features examples and data...

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Frameworks for Private Foundations: A New Model for Impact

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07/2017

... their effectiveness, and want clear, practical guidance for getting there. This GrantCraft leadership series paper ... What is a foundation’s form of governance, how will it make decisions—and why? In this chapter, we discuss a ... Operating Capabilities. What must a foundation not just do or obtain but excel at, in order to achieve its mission? ...

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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

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08/30/2017

... And these days, like everything else, recruitment for fringe groups, from Neo-Nazis to ISIS, happens online, ... nonprofits get their money, based on their tax forms, we do know how much they've raised in...

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Down to the Wire: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

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09/08/2017

... on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States Among the Trump administration’s first promises ... uncertainty about what to expect in 2018, which has made it difficult to set premium...

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