Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
03/22/2010
Like many funders, the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a decline in its charitable assets during the past two years.
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Release Date:
05/12/2011
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Release Date:
05/21/2010
Since co-writing The Art of Giving, Jeffrey Solomon, President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, has travelled to a dozen states, talking to numerous audiences seriously interested in philanthropy. His observations and discussions...
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Release Date:
07/27/2011
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Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care
Release Date:
08/08/2012
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Release Date:
02/06/2012
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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp
Release Date:
03/15/2010
On April 20th, Philanthropy New York held a members briefing—sponsored by the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and The Elmezzi Fund—which focused on ways that the public, private, and government sectors are...
Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)
Release Date:
01/10/2013
We’re pleased to have New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman discuss how NYSHealth helps serve the needs of returning veterans and their families and how funders (regardless of their focus area) can support the 85,000...
From the Macy Foundation: AAMC’s Marc Nivet On Developing LGBTI Competencies
Release Date:
05/31/2012
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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard
Release Date:
07/09/2010
On June 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance between direct services and advocacy in a way that best matches their goals and achieves the greatest impact.
Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance
Release Date:
08/09/2010
We recently held a program (presented by our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee and The NYC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy) which focused on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those...
Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG
Release Date:
02/26/2013
We’re pleased to have Arabella Advisors Associate Director Ginger Elsea talk about the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’ Philanthropy Fellows Program, which connects students and foundations in the DC region to help funders increase...
Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach
Release Date:
11/28/2011
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Don’t Forget the Small Guys
Release Date:
07/19/2010
During the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post, Miguel Bonilla, the Director of Strengthening New York...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain
Release Date:
09/07/2012
Ahead of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations, TCC Group Senior Partner and Chief Client Services Officer Paul Connolly asked: How can community foundations balance quick responses to critical issues with carefully...
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.
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
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