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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

Release Date:

11/04/2010

On October 19th, Philanthropy New York held a collaborative program to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide funders with an opportunity to learn more about the Disability Funders Network and inclusive...

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Disabilities

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

Release Date:

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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How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.

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08/23/2010

In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a...

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

Release Date:

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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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

Release Date:

08/13/2010

In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) worked to find a way to help victims of the disaster—and at the same time follow its mission to improve the health of New Yorkers.

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Health

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

Release Date:

08/09/2010

We recently held a program (presented by our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee and The NYC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy) which focused on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those...

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

Release Date:

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

We 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 affects the work of the nonprofit...