Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
03/22/2010
Like many funders, the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a decline in its charitable assets during the past two years.
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Program Recap—American Journalism: Views on Reconstructing the Falling Industry
Release Date:
03/19/2010
By Vincent Stehle Consultant, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation On February 23rd, Philanthropy New York hosted a debate between Michael Schudson , co-author of The Reconstruction of American Journalism and...
Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp
Release Date:
03/15/2010
On April 20th, Philanthropy New York held a members briefing—sponsored by the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and The Elmezzi Fund—which focused on ways that the public, private, and government sectors are...
A New April 15: Make It a Day of Giving (Efficiently)
Release Date:
03/15/2010
By Eugene Steuerle (This piece was originally published in The NonProfit Times on March 1, 2010, and is reprinted with permission.) President Barack Obama on January 22 signed into law a provision allowing charitable gifts made...
Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild
Release Date:
03/09/2010
On February 4th, Philanthropy New York hosted a members briefing (presented by the Altman Foundation , The Wallace Foundation , and The New York Community Trust , with the New York City Youth Funders Network) that explored how funders can better...
The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions
Release Date:
02/26/2010
By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York Foundations should explicitly consider their lifespan options. However, in my last contribution , I wrote that focusing simply on foundation perpetuity or spending out was...
The Post-Copenhagen Funding Landscape: Thoughts from Rachel Leon and Terry Odendahl
Release Date:
02/12/2010
On January 20th, Philanthropy New York presented a collaborative program with the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) and the Global Greengrants Fund to hear from our philanthropic colleagues about the outcomes from the 2009 Copenhagen UN...
The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option
Release Date:
02/08/2010
By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York There is renewed interest in the issue of lifespan for foundations (spend-out versus perpetuity). Nonetheless, these discussions seem like a distraction to me, for two...
After We Say Goodbye
Release Date:
01/29/2010
In August of 2009, Anita Nager, the former Executive Director of the Beldon Fund, began a discussion on this blog regarding “spend out” versus “in perpetuity.”
Philanthropy in Haiti: Don’t Miss Out on the Opportunity
Release Date:
01/22/2010
A catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12th, shortly after 5 p.m.
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