DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story
Release Date:
04/20/2016
What is the point of going to Washington to talk to our congressional delegation when legislative gridlock and election-year politics mean that nothing is going to happen this year?
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Philanthropy New York Announces New Executive Committee
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Philanthropy New York’s Board of Directors is one of the most highly engaged boards with which I have ever worked. Not only do they show up (!) but they attend their quarterly board meetings well prepared and ready to explore complicated membership...
More Informality, Please.
Release Date:
03/16/2016
Philanthropy loves its panel discussions. A panel is a great format, yet Philanthropy New York members tell us that they also love when we create learning and networking sessions in other formats. One of our groups is doing just that later this...
The Time is Now for a PNY Member Survey
Release Date:
03/02/2016
People love to read the results of a good survey, but hardly anyone loves completing a survey. Well-crafted surveys take organizations time and require resources. Add all that up and it means that no organization embarks on a survey effort casually...
NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Unfiltered
Release Date:
02/17/2016
For many funders, recently appointed New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia is among the state’s most important leaders. She will play a pivotal role on a wide range of education and workforce development issues in which many in the...
The Term Impact Investing Needs to Be Better Understood
Release Date:
02/03/2016
Some funders are way out front on impact investing. Some foundations have been trying to ensure their investments are ethical for many years. Still others are initiating conversations with trustees about the possibilities of impact investing and...
Your Favorite Philanthropic Insights
Release Date:
01/20/2016
In preparing our year-end reports, I spent a lot of time in Google Analytics to get a better understanding of philanthropynewyork.org’s click-throughs, behavior flows and bounce rates. It really is amazing to see, over the course of a year, what our...
PNY Adds Legal Series to Core Curriculum
Release Date:
01/06/2016
Listening to our members, we’ve developed a legal series on grants to individuals, international grantmaking, and family foundations that PNY will be presenting in 2016 and will be added to the set of PNY Core programs in future years.
For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback
Release Date:
12/17/2015
PNY's Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee is now the Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy, a change reflecting the need to revisit the organization's role as a change agent to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the...
Asked and Answered, With Implications for Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/16/2015
In this column last June, I wondered “Is Overhead Having a Moment?” I took a look at several developments, including the U.S. OMB Uniform Guidance on Overhead mandating state and local contracts with nonprofits that use any amount of federal funds...
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