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Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season

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02/21/2012

By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

Philanthropy New York recently held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , The New York Community Trust , and The Clark Foundation ) focusing on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it...

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Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

Nearly two months ago, the Beldon Fund closed its doors, completing the ten-year intentional spend out envisioned by our chair and donor John Hunting.

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11 Mar 2015

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session B - Webinar

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York’s Young Leaders Breakfast Club is a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring program designed to support younger professionals in the philanthropic sector. Join us for an informational webinar on March 6 or March 11 to...

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06 Mar 2015

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session A - Webinar

Friday, March 6, 2015 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

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Emerging Leaders

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New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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03/20/2015

Dave Biemesderfer, President & CEO of the Florida Philanthropic Network, offers insight on partnerships in philanthropy.

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NYC: The Starting Point for Critical Conversations to Address Historic Challenges

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04/21/2015

Independent Sector President and CEO, Diana Aviv, recaps the Threads NYC event and explores the importance of creating connections to spur social change.

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

The Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the unanimous election of business executive Richard D. Parsons as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees.

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For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback

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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...

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What Am I Doing Here?

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03/01/2016

In response to interest in this year's round of applications, Stephanie Chrispin, inaugural Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, talks about what it’s really like in the trenches.

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Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

Teresa Bonner at Aroha Philanthropies says it’s time for America to put the brakes on our national obsession with youth and our dismissal of the potential of older adults.

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Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

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06/14/2016

Kyle Caldwell of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Donna Murray-Brown of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Rob Collier of the Council of Michigan Foundations all agree that taxes and tax policy matter, especially in the nonprofit sector.

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PNY Urges NY State and NYC to Follow Both the Law and the Spirit of OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs

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08/17/2016

Earlier this month, the Philanthropy New York Board of Directors approved two official statements regarding indirect costs in government contracts with nonprofits.

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13 Sep 2016

Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Health care costs associated with the current U.S. opioid epidemic total an estimated $25 billion, according to the CDC. Despite having the third-highest spending in the nation (more than $1.2 billion) to confront the challenge, New York’s opioid...

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Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs

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09/15/2016

gabriel sayegh, Co-founder, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, was one of the panelists at the recent Philanthropy New York Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic

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16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

We invite you to join Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York for a special screening and discussion of the powerful film Newtown and a conversation about the increasing need to take a public health approach to curbing gun violence in America.

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Design High Schools for the 21st Century

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10/12/2016

Laverne Evans Srinivasan and Saskia Levy Thompson of Carnegie Corporation of New York say it is increasingly apparent that the factory-style high school of the 20th century is not meeting the needs of young people.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Greater Commitment, Funders Can Solve the Healthcare Workforce Crisis

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10/26/2016

Darlene Curley, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund, writes about the challenges that will become a crisis if funders do not address increased demand for health services.

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Build Trust With A Purpose Statement

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12/05/2016

Tom Knowlton of TCC Group writes that as we enter a new era in US politics, there is increased pressure on companies to build trust with customers, and both deliver and communicate their broader value to society and their employees.

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