If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard
Release Date:
04/14/2021
As New York City heads into its most consequential local elections in a generation, we face a decades-long decline in democratic participation.
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Between Resistance and Rebuilding
Release Date:
04/05/2021
Even if we are not in constant rapid response mode as we were over the past four years, we have much to do as social change organizations and advocates.
Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers
Release Date:
03/24/2021
The civic health of communities across the country was dealt yet another blow last month when the hedge fund Alden Global Capital announced it would acquire Tribune Publishing.
Keeping in Touch, Building Trust
Release Date:
03/10/2021
A Funder’s Report from the Virtual Front Lines
Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why
Release Date:
03/03/2021
Census and redistricting are inextricably linked because they are both about fair representation and the equitable distribution of government resources.
NYCHA Now
Release Date:
02/11/2021
As we reflect on the challenging days of 2020 and the cascading issues facing our nation in 2021, this is an extraordinary moment in time for New Yorkers to join together in unity to make an impact on our city through the “power of our example”.
What More Can We Do?
Release Date:
02/03/2021
Brooklyn is home to the largest Black community in North America. The events of the past year have revealed in the starkest terms that systemic racism is the greatest threat to the health and well-being of our communities.
Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families
Release Date:
01/20/2021
Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families By: Caroline Kronley, President, Tinker Foundation. You probably remember the recording from 2018: leaked audio of a 6-year-old girl from El Salvador crying...
Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis
Release Date:
01/14/2021
I have long believed that inequality is the greatest threat to justice.
How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower
Release Date:
01/06/2021
Trust-based philanthropy is about acknowledging and ceding power, which typically resides with the funder.
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