American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon talks about the attributes that leaders in corporate social responsibility should cultivate and offers some advice for young people who want to enter the field.
We're pleased to have Raising Women's Voices-NY Director Lois Uttley share the details of their new Ms. Foundation for Women-supported social media campaign to spread the word to uninsured women about New York's new health insurance marketplace, NY...
Via The Commonwealth Fund, three researchers from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms put the IT issues encountered during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act into perspective, comparing them to a...
Arabella Advisors Founder and Managing Director Eric Kessler weighs in on Dan Pallotta’s closing talk at the 2013 TED Conference and suggests how funders can respond to the growing demands on the nonprofit sector and increase the impact of...
Century Foundation Policy Associate Halley Potter reports from our Education Funders Research Initiative launch and shares three proposals from the event that she found particularly compelling.
New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman was one of the presenters at our recent program on the debate over whether foundations should fund grantee overhead costs. NYSHealth doesn’t provide grants for general operating...
Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal and Vice President for Health Care Coverage and Access Sara Collins explain how we will be able to measure the success of the ACA over the coming year.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors shares their suggestions — based on the best practices developed by other philanthropists over the years — for helping those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
Natan Fund Executive Director Felicia Herman discusses the role that giving circles play in different communities and how they help people access the world of philanthropy in innovative ways.
The New York Community Trust's Pat Swann shares five management tips — for funders and nonprofits alike — from some of this year’s NYCT-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards finalists.
Media Impact Funders recaps our PNY event on the fraught relationship between democracy and media and the critical role foundations play in ensuring that our media system serves our democracy.
ASPCA's Michael Barrett explores how supporting animal welfare benefits human welfare — and why the connection between the two may be more of a philanthropic opportunity than most of us realize.
New York Community Trust President Lorie Slutsky shares the winning management strategies from the recipients of the 2013 New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards.
Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler explains the inherent flaws of the “philanthrocapitalist” model and suggests ways of building a philanthropic strategy that emphasizes core values, morals and sustainable outcomes.
Darren Walker speaks with Michael Seltzer about the current social change environment, the influence of the foundation’s activities on his life, and his hopes for the foundation going forward.