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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Application for 2011-2012 - Deadline Extended to May 20, 2011
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The following is an…
Author: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
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Mary Sutton Appointed Country Director for the Republic of Ireland at The Atlantic Philanthropies.
The Atlantic Philanthropies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Sutton as Country Director for the Republic of Ireland. In this role, she will lead the Atlantic team in the Republic of Ireland, overseeing grantmaking under Atlantic’s Ageing, Children & Youth and Reconciliation &…
Author: Dublin
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What Is the Most Daring, Audacious, and Successful Grant of the Past 100 Years?
A symposium of philanthropic leaders To mark the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation, we asked several philanthropic leaders about the most audacious grants of the past century—and what grants made today will be talked about 100 years hence. —THE EDITORS * * * Ted Turner’s shock…
Author: Philanthropy Magazine
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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is Accepting Applications for 2011-2012
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The following is an…
Author: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
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It’s Time to Protect and Strengthen Social Security, Not Undermine It
Media coverage that followed the release of Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson’s draft proposal earlier this month was, for many, the first public announcement that the fate of their Social Security benefits was even up for debate. It…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The Detail to provide local news boost for Northern Ireland
Jeremy Hunt’s push for new local TV and online services received a boost today, with the announcement that Bob Geldof‘s media company Ten Alps is launching The Detail, a Belfast-based news and current affairs website. The Detail will launch in January and is backed by…
Author: The Guardian
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Research funding vital for economy
By Conor O’Carroll. Last Friday the Government continued its commitment to investing in research with more than EUR296 million to develop infrastructure and research capacity across the higher education sector. With universities and institutes of technology bringing in EUR63 million from private and international competitive…
Author: The Irish Times
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First Lady Announces $50 Million Fund for Nonprofits
By SuYin So. First lady Michelle Obama announced today a match of $45 million and a separate $5 million initiative to support the Social Innovation Fund, a new competitive federal grants program designed to expand high-impact community-based nonprofits. The first lady was joined by grant…
Author: Philanthropy Project (AOL)
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Community Pulse: Oakland School District is building eight school-based health centers
By Erica Mu. The Pulse pulls together the week’s community health, healthcare, medical and health research headlines. Below is an excerpt. Community Pulse It takes a village to keep a clinic open – at least that’s the case with Lyon-Martin Health Services, San Francisco’s Castro-based…
Author: KALW News
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Victory for Migrant Workers' Campaign
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is celebrating a significant victory regarding the announcement today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, together with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
