The HHS Accelerator is a new initiative designed to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit health and human services providers.
PNY Executive Coordinator Nur Ibrahim discusses the three themes of successful volunteerism that have emerged from regular meetings with our members, the Service for Impact working group and Reimagining Service.
The AARP Foundation and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation have announced commitments totaling $10.5 million to the Green House Project, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to provide high-quality skilled nursing care to low-income...
by the HHS Accelerator Team The Health and Human Services (HHS) Accelerator is the latest initiative in a series of New York City management innovations aimed at improving how the City does business with thousands of nonprofit...
by Nur Ibrahim, Executive Coordinator, Philanthropy New York In early 2012, Philanthropy New York began working with Reimagining Service to bring its core mission and principles to our members, a mix of traditional grantmakers and...
Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project comprised of several PNY members, recently held a three-part breakfast series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the...
by Amara Foster Community Food Funders Steering Committee Senior Program Associate, Sustainable Environments, Surdna Foundation As it turns out, quite a bit. In August 2011, farmers upstate lost...
The two-year, $1 million grant is in support of organizational capacity building for Comfort Zone Camp, a bereavement camp for youth between the ages of 7 and 17, and a new program model designed to increase the number of campers it serves.
We’re pleased to have Michael Seltzer, Trustee at EMpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation and past President of Philanthropy New York, comment on the Supreme Court’s historic decision on marriage equality and examine the history of philanthropic...