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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

Melinda Mack at New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals writes, "In my experience, well-intentioned government and policymaking bodies are overly risk-averse to anything new, even if it is evidence-based (which is why the...

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On Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn: Start With Existing Community Assets

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03/16/2017

Bronwyn Starr at the New York State Health Foundation says, "there is an existing cadre of individuals, community leaders and organizations working block-by-block to build upon community strengths...my hope is that Vital Brooklyn will build on these...

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Health

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

David Biemesderfer of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers writes about WINGSForum 2017, which brought together about 300 participants who work for philanthropy associations, networks and support organizations from more than 40...

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Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?

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03/02/2017

Patricia Eng at the New York Women’s Foundation, writes about her recent discovery that this country draws its own roots from the principles of governance in tribal nations, yet this is not taught as part of American history.

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Consider This Tool for More Nimble Philanthropy

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02/27/2017

Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham, Chief Operating Officer of Philanthropy New York, writes about fiscal sponsorship as a member benefit to provide a 501(c)(3) home for innovative, collaborative and timely projects.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers

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02/23/2017

Clare Church of the New York Community Trust writes about a new web series that has been attracting hundreds of thousands viewers on YouTube since just before the presidential election.

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Social Justice

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This Is Not A Normal Grant Cycle Or A Time To Wait And See

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02/21/2017

Eric Kessler of Arabella Advisor writes, "This is a time for donors to resist the temptation to treat our current trajectory as the new normal. With that in mind, here are five things donors resisting the direction our president is taking America...

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A Recipe for Capacity Building

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02/16/2017

Heather Peeler of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations writes, "It’s tempting to start conversations about capacity building by focusing on program design. However, you wouldn’t pull out your pots and pans to start cooking before you’ve planned...

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Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

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02/13/2017

Edgar Villanueva of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, says foundations could be targeted as a source of revenue and their ability to support work that goes against Trump’s agenda could be detrimentally affected.

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