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A Weak Foundation

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03/09/2011

by Ilene Mack I have spent more than three decades in the world of philanthropy, as a program officer at a major national private foundation. I entered with little or no knowledge about my new profession, but what I knew for sure...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On November 16th, 55 Philanthropy New York members participated in a members briefing featuring a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New...

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Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

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12/14/2010

By Judy Plows, Principal, KrasnePlows & Jeanne M. Haws, COO, Wellspring Advisors Foundations worry a lot about their grantees. Which of the many struggling organizations do they help and how do they do it? Equally important,...

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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11/05/2010

By Laura Cronin Director, Toshiba America Foundation (This post originally appeared on PhilanTopic , the Philanthropy News Digest blog, on October 27, 2010 and is reprinted with permission.) Every funder can, and should, be a...

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Bill Moyers Interviews Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava: Working Towards Progressive Reform and Social Justice

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10/29/2010

On October 13th, Gara LaMarche , CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies , and Deepak Bhargava , Executive Director of the Center for Community Change , participated in an informal interview sponsored by Philanthropy New...

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

By Douglas Gould President, Douglas Gould and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders across the country face immense challenges in mobilizing support to...

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The Art of Dentistry, Or: How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.

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08/23/2010

By Lisa Turngren, President, Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation As philanthropists, we are many times faced with finding ways to fill a funding gap with our grant dollars. What we may oftentimes overlook is that beyond the gap...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

By James R. Knickman President and Chief Executive Officer, New York State Health Foundation The devastating earthquake in Port au Prince in January has lately fallen off many people’s radar, for lots of reasons: six months is a...

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

By Maria Mottola Executive Director, New York Foundation Construction sites are common enough around New York and unlikely to draw much attention—so it must have seemed unusual to see a large group on a guided tour of construction...

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

Philanthropy New York recently held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , The New York Community Trust , and The Clark Foundation ) focusing on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it...

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