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A Big Move to Build Our Community

We are very excited to announce that Philanthropy New York is making a momentous new move, joining several other nonprofits to become tenants in the collaborative hub at 320 East 43 rd Street called “The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice.”

Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

Release Date:

03/31/2017

Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, writes, "Why would a funder focused on education, health, or criminal justice reform consider gender equity when crafting their grantmaking strategy? Because it’s easy to miss the...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

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...

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President's Message

PNY News

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

Tony Proscio writes that when The Atlantic Philanthropies makes its final round of grants, "they'll be bigger, in both size and the scope of their ambition, than in any comparable period before."

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Governance

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

12 Feb 2015

Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors

Thursday, February 12, 2015 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Whether you’re a foundation executive director, trustee, junior staff member, or advisor, you’ll come away with insights and ideas on how to strengthen your organization’s leadership capacity.

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23 Mar 2016

Family Engagement: Partnering for Student Success

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join us for this conversation which will explore and recognize the importance of developing successful partnerships among families, schools, and communities to support the development, learning, and success of our youth.

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Panel

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All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Children, Youth and Families

Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change

Release Date:

05/04/2016

Recently, pop culture has been “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of social justice.

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

20 Jun 2016

Philanthropy, Refugees, and the Global Humanitarian Crisis: World Refugee Day - Webinar

Monday, June 20, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Refugee integration is not just about how our communities are inclusive of refugees, but it is also about how refugee leaders and organizations are working at the intersections of gender, race, and age in innovative ways to create a cohesive sense...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Funding Area

Immigration

International/Foreign Affairs

Impact Investing Is a Policy Issue

Release Date:

10/20/2016

I try to attend as many policy-focused programs as possible, but I need to be strategic with my time commitments. So some might ask, “Why do we see you at every program on impact investing?”

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PNY News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

24 Jul 2018

Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

By 2044, America will be a majority people of color nation. Yet, there are enormous inequities that people of color face in health, wealth, employment opportunities, etc. These opposing forces of rising diversity amidst persistent exclusion form a...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown

Release Date:

10/18/2013

There was no one right way to respond to the crisis in Washington, but many different ways for philanthropy to take active and constructive roles fortifying our democracy.

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President's Message

PNY News

Topic(s)

Public Policy

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

2023 Operational Reports

Publication date:

05/2023

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Board/Committee Materials

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Board & Trustees

Power, Culture, and Difficult Conversations Series - A Recap

Philanthropy New York launched a new three-part series for members, Power, Culture, and Difficult Conversations . Each workshop centered on a specific set of skills to help you build a more equitable culture within your organization. Specifically,...

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

Release Date:

11/07/2014

Rockefeller Foundation Senior Program Associate, Amira Bliss, analyzes the "social innovation lab."

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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The Rockefeller Foundation

29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.

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Children, Youth and Families

04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

The long-term changes in the labor market have disproportionately impacted low-income young adults who do not graduate from high school or pursue post-secondary education. The quality of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders...

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Issue-Based

Network Building

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Location

New York City

Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

Release Date:

05/24/2018

Loni M. Bordoloi Pazich, Ph.D., Program Director, The Teagle Foundation and Tony Banout, Ph.D., Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Interfaith Youth Core write "Philanthropy works best when it advances solutions to that which seems...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Religion

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The Teagle Foundation

A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy 101

Release Date:

09/23/2022

Why do foundations exist? For a love of humanity and the public good? To fill a void created by government or market failure? Controlled wealth redistribution?