PNY Executive Coordinator Nick Collins talks about the Service for Impact working group and the growing corporate commitment to long-term volunteer programs and partnerships with community-based nonprofits.
NoVo Foundation Co-Chairs Jennifer and Peter Buffett ask this all-important question while examining the fight for equitable treatment of agricultural workers in Florida — an example of where philanthropy can play a crucial role in social change.
Brett Davidson, the Director of the Health Media Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, discusses how online video can be used as a powerful tool for promoting causes and connecting a wide array of audiences to nonprofits.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President and CEO Melissa Berman served as the keynote speaker at the recent BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, where one of the opportunities she touched on for 21st-century philanthropy was changing the language...
Wallace Foundation Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary Kenneth W. Austin shares his talking points (from our recent PNYEvent) on the foundation’s analysis of their past policy work and their options for engaging in public policy more explicitly...
In honor of Women’s History Month, and the fourth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Ms. Foundation for Women Director of Women’s Health Ellen Liu talks about the lessons her foundation has learned during its advocacy outreach to...
Carla Washington, Executive Director of Direct Care Alliance discusses the advocacy efforts that would bring policy changes to improve the financial security and stability for direct care workers and their families.
The Department of Labor predicts the nation will add 1.2 million new computer-science-related jobs by 2022, but schools are graduating proportionately fewer computer science majors than in the 1980s. New research has shown that teaching “...
A second part of Philanthropy New York’s program on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa examines how can philanthropy respond with funding that meets immediate needs and invests in long-term solutions.