Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
11/13/2012
Like many New Yorkers, Philanthropy New York’s staff learned during Hurricane Sandy that even the best of plans won’t cover everything that can go wrong.
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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network
Release Date:
02/07/2012
Philanthropy New York members recently participated in the first session of our International Grantmakers Network program series, an opportunity to focus on how funders define and approach capacity building in an international context and to learn...
Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards
Release Date:
06/07/2010
Despite the billions of dollars distributed to nonprofits in our region each year, and the tremendous influence that a nonprofit’s board of directors can exert over an organization, many funders are not certain about how to address the topic of...
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
How can we measure well-being, access and opportunity in the New York metropolitan area? At a recent Philanthropy New York session, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors at Measure of America, described how their American Human...
Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF
Release Date:
12/21/2011
As foundation communications become more and more strategic, the 990-PF—an annual information return filed by exempt private foundations—has become an essential tool, not only for grantmakers, but for the media, policymakers, and grantees as well.
Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative
Release Date:
12/24/2012
We’re pleased to have Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, talk about an innovative new program designed to provide assistance to artists that goes beyond traditional project support.
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
We recently held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and The Clark Foundation) focusing on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit...
Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model
Release Date:
08/27/2012
How can we address the professional gender gap in the sciences? Nessa Rapoport and Emily Milder of the Charles H. Revson Foundation discuss a Revson-supported initiative at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science designed to help women scientists on...
A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year
Release Date:
03/27/2012
One year ago, the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, James Gannon, shared his thoughts on relief and recovery efforts for the Japanese earthquake with our members.
A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu
Release Date:
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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