How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation , offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one ...
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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times
Release Date:
02/06/2012
... New York hosted a funders briefing to discuss the rise of political attacks against social justice advocacy and the ... included a case study from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, an...
Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook
Release Date:
07/27/2011
... across our five boroughs. We're pleased to have one of the attendees from our visit to Red Hook—Daniel ... Associate for Social and Emotional Learning at the NoVo Foundation —share the details of...
The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors
Release Date:
03/14/2013
... pleased to have Susan L. Solomon, CEO and Co-Founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation , talk about how organizations like hers are leading the charge as a new force for innovation,...
Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds
Publication date:
07/2005
... - yet advocacy can play a crucial role in advancing a foundation 's mission. In this guide, contributors explain that advocacy includes a lot of opportunities to improve public policy through work that is well within the limits of the law. Whether your purpose is to advance an idea, argue .....
The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding Relationship
Publication date:
05/2013
In grantmaking, is there such a thing as the good goodbye? Yes, say contributors to this guide, who ... the tensions that so often arise. Learn how to use the end of a funding relationship to boost a grantee's capacity, find ... new sources of support, and even multiply the value of the foundation ’s investment. The Effective Exit: Managing the .....
Grantmaking With a Racial Equity Lens: Using a Racial Equity Analysis
Publication date:
11/2007
... equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grantmaking process. Blending experience and candid ... get people talking, and nourish change inside your own foundation . Grantmaking With a Racial Equity Lens: Using a ...
Saying Yes/Saying No: Strengthening Your Decision-Giving Skills
Publication date:
06/2004
... say Yes, or No, so that grant applicants understand your foundation 's rationale, feel that they've been treated .....
Working with the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good with Private Partners
Publication date:
06/2004
... the push and pull between sectors from the vantage point of those working in independent and corporate foundations, ...
As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded
Release Date:
01/08/2013
... library systems receive less government support even as their circulation and attendance have increased, according to a new study funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation . To see how New York City’s library...
Philanthropy 50—No. 39: Jon Stryker
Release Date:
02/10/2013
Mr. Stryker made the Chronicle’s list of the top 50 donors of 2012 with the $30.1 million he gave to the Arcus Foundation , which he founded 13 years ago. Mr. Stryker is an ...
President, Again, Attacks Charitable Deduction
Release Date:
04/11/2013
This examination of President Obama’s federal budget proposal includes ... from Michael Peterson, President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation . President Barack Obama’s federal budget ... an...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Unveils Web Site and Priorities
Release Date:
04/30/2013
... which provides detailed information about its areas of focus, a letter from Mayor Bloomberg and an annual report on the foundation ’s activities. Just a few years ago, New York ...
Philanthropy as Field Builder
Release Date:
04/25/2013
The second in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s ... philanthropy. Last week, I discussed role of philanthropy as risk-taker – taking on the hardest...
Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web
Release Date:
06/16/2013
... people to have access to a fast and open Internet by Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. ON June 6, at a middle ... school in Mooresville, N.C., President Obama set a goal of high-speed Internet in nearly...
Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities
Release Date:
06/07/2013
... and competition from other nonprofits. The Susan G. Komen foundation canceled its signature 3-Day walk in Washington ... and six other cities next year, slashing the number of the fundraising events by half,...
Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie
Release Date:
05/22/2013
A review of the findings from The Century Foundation ’s report on the ... spending on higher education over the last decade even as their student bodies have become poorer and more heavily ...
From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy
Release Date:
07/09/2013
An op-ed by Greg Anrig, Vice President of Policy and Programs at The Century Foundation . One of the most important factors that broke decades of political ...
Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers
Release Date:
08/06/2013
A blog post by Robert C. Hockett, Fellow at The Century Foundation . For six years and counting, multiple local ... brought relentlessly worsening blight, growing numbers of abandoned neighborhoods, and rapidly...
Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point
Release Date:
08/01/2013
An op-ed by Phillip Henderson, President of the Surdna Foundation . To my undiscerning palette, a ... England company’s specialty flours cost about the same as their competitors.... Businesses...