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Three Essentials for Accelerating Funder Collaboration

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03/07/2012

... we can all rally around. But anyone who has worked as a grantmaker knows that it’s harder than it sounds. We all work within different contexts and constraints. In a diverse and decentralized field, it’s hard...

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

... Philanthropy New York and our local co-funders, the John A . Hartford Foundation , the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation , and FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, quickly developed a...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... 16th, 55 Philanthropy New York members participated in a members briefing featuring a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of ... city government. The appointment of chief procurement and...

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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11/05/2010

... with permission.) Every funder can, and should, be a disability funder. A group of New York grantmakers and advocates gathered [on ... reveal that while 70 percent of corporations polled have diversity...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/09/2010

... much older than myself; I remember making smores during a Boy Scout camping trip; and I remember making pens filled ... was active in Amnesty International and eventually earned a graduate scholarship through...

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The Rockefeller Drug Laws: New Opportunities for Investment with a National Impact

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04/02/2010

On January 26th, Philanthropy New York hosted a members briefing sponsored by the Daphne Foundation , ... , and the Open Society Institute , with our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy and Philanthropy Connects...

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

... the former Executive Director of the Beldon Fund, began a discussion on this blog regarding “spend out” versus ... completely in 2015. Yes, our decreasing assets played a major role in the board’s decision to...

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Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

... useful knowledge to impart: All too often in this field, a particular grant or initiative is inadequately ... the rationale and evidence. Whether that is true or just a failure of communication doesn’t matter...

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Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

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06/12/2009

Philanthropy New York hosted a recent program on the current crisis affecting print ... the United States. (Vincent Stehle has also contributed a post on this issue.) We asked two of the presenters from .....

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Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

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07/07/2015

... philanthropy—waning? Some proponents think it might be. A recent Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society ... goals and plans, and assess performance—hallmarks of a strategic approach. Yet some...

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Design Is Key to Expanding the 21st Century Neighborhood Library

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12/13/2016

... home to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, bestowed a legacy extending far beyond East 91st Street. Between 1893 ... imprint on community life, as relevant today as it was a century ago. Today, New York...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Launch a Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction

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02/23/2017

... Philanthropies and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Launch a Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction A Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction ‘ 50 ... Click here to access and download...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... Nonprofit Finance Fund. Recently I was fortunate to join a meeting in India with economists, political scientists, ... and thus very candid. One senior official told a story of a well-...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

... maximum capacity for this program and will now be starting a waitlist. Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org to ... the cycle that traps formerly incarcerated people in a cycle of recidivism, and many...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More

Release Date:

12/08/2017

... produce to low-income neighborhoods each year through a multi-agency farm share network, is using $195,000 to ... is using $200,000 to research pediatric cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition. New York Genome...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Native Wisdom: A Review Of Edgar Villanueva’s Decolonizing Wealth

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09/24/2019

Native Wisdom: A Review of Edgar Villanueva's Decolonizing Wealth By Michael ... “To tell the truth, the proof of success lies in a whole social structure being changed from the bottom up.” He added that “...

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Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

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03/27/2020

... who chose to take the risks necessary to save lives during a catastrophic event. Many of the everyday heroes emerging in ... friends and family, and even the simple reassurance of a human hug. Many are working...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi and Citi Foundation Expand Global Job Skills-Building Initiative to Improve Employability and Economic Opportunity for Underserved Communities

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09/17/2020

... of the global Pathways to Progress initiative, led by a Citi Foundation investment of $100 million to improve ... equipped with the skills and confidence they need to make a positive impact in their lives and...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge

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09/24/2020

... announced 12 awardees of the Opportunity Challenge, a new grantmaking initiative to support the success of ... the funders to double the planned award of $1 million to a final total of $2 million. The awardees...

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