The fiscal 2010 budget includes an appropriation of $1.49 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the largest budget in CNCS history.
Philanthropy New York is currently working to coordinate and list our members’ support efforts and we will continue to track relief and recovery in the wake of the tragedy in Haiti.
On December 8th, 2009, Philanthropy New York hosted a program (presented by its Special Committee on Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy) with the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) and the Center for Social Inclusion on current...
For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...
We recently welcomed the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to Philanthropy New York. We asked Christopher Percopo, Grants Administrator for the Trust, to share details about the organization and its latest initiatives in this Member...
A few words about a recent Nobel Prize and its relevance to philanthropy. No, this isn’t about the Peace Prize to President Obama, which I think was a timely reminder of the value of hope. The United States’ international image is changing and that...
The New York Foundation believes in the quaint idea that individuals, and people working together in communities, have the ability to identify the challenges they face and the obstacles to overcoming them.
On October 9th, an intimate group ranging in age from 22-30 gathered for a next generation retreat, a half-day of conversation and interactive exercises and skill-building
As I read “Philanthropy As ‘Invisible Aid'”, I thought to myself that while private foundations need to do a better job of communicating their good works