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A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/10/2011

On November 16th, Philanthropy New York held a members briefing (sponsored by the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, the Surdna Foundation, and the Twenty-First Century Foundation) featuring a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu,...

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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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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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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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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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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.

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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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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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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.