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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

Release Date:

05/04/2017

... and other environmental burdens lead the way toward a more just , sustainable future. They have the drive, evidence, and ... to help steer us in the right direction. Now they just need the resources to do so...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... exclusively Native American children has been resolved, just in time for the start of classes next week. The dispute ... Onondaga Nation School, which sits on the Onondaga Nation, just south of Syracuse...

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Education

Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... these trends, we primarily need to build more homes not just in New York City, but in the entire New York ... will have to increase 50 percent from its current rate just to keep our housing crunch from getting...

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Housing and Homelessness

How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... half the warming from 1880 to 2010 can be traced back to just 90 corporations. The study comes as energy companies ... gas emissions came from the products and operations of just 90 companies—mostly fossil...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

Release Date:

03/24/2011

... added jobs to the economy during a year when job growth was tough to find. By going to FOTH, we have the chance to ... icebreaker, but amusing nevertheless: our first meeting was interrupted by the high-...

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All Funders

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

Release Date:

08/17/2016

... Remaley, SVP, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally published as the feature article of the August ... have created a situation where too many service providers just survive with...

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PNY News

A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... for philanthropy amid a change in political leadership not just in Washington but also in their cities, states and ... members in engaging with their federal legislators, not just in DC but back in their home...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum

Release Date:

07/19/2017

... President & CEO, United Philanthropy Forum. This article was adapted from a public letter announcing the new name of ... this year, I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just revealed our new name — United...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... assistance, grantees increased their capacity to do just that, in the process becoming true learning ... job training programs because their TABE math scores were just shy of the threshold score. By creating a...

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The Scherman Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Now Hear This: The Wisdom of Trans Voices

Release Date:

09/19/2018

... a program developed by PNY’s Funders for Gender Equity, was a refreshing opportunity – for both those who have long invested in LGBT communities and those who are just learning about TGNC concerns – to hear...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

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Philanthropy New York

A Letter from Ronna Brown

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... over the last few weeks with urgency. You have shown just how nimble, flexible and proactive philanthropy can be. ... with us that they are: increasing their grantmaking and making emergency grants to respond...

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President's Message

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Walter Panzirer, Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Trustee Shares Rural Healthcare Program's Telehealth Support During COVID-19

Release Date:

11/17/2020

... And this type of telehealth is saving lives from not just strokes, but also heart attacks, obstetric emergencies ... technological advancements once only dreamed about. It’s just a matter of time before remote...

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Disaster Relief

Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Rutgers University Receives Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Address Health Disparities Through Community Partnerships

Release Date:

12/13/2021

... $1.8 million in presidential funds. “This is not just another health research project. One of our university diversity priorities was to define sustainable and substantive community ... university is...

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Community Development

Health

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

Release Date:

02/10/2022

... Pulliam A few years after getting my master’s degree, I was thinking of my next career move. I was fortunate to meet and work with executive coach Gina ... expertise but we resisted our own labels of expert...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Borealis Philanthropy Introduces María Alejandra Salazar, the new Program Officer of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund

Release Date:

04/13/2022

... Prior to joining Borealis Philanthropy, María Alejandra was director of the Multicultural Resources Program at ... to demystify the philanthropy world in general. As someone making the shift from community...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Borealis Philanthropy

Can Conversational Leadership Shift an Entire System?

Release Date:

07/28/2022

... environment could be created. I’ll add that when I was introduced to the concept of Conversational Leadership I ... to listen to the other person’s point of view? How easy was it for you to share your point of...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

Release Date:

03/06/2014

... and Peter Buffett, Co-Chairs, NoVo Foundation When was the last time you ate a tomato? Recently, we’d guess, ... home” in the Seminole Indian language ). Then the swamp was drained, and over time agriculture...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Social Justice

Workforce Development

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NoVo Foundation

Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

Publication date:

05/2009

As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.

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Report

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Executive Leadership

Grants Managers

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

What is the business of your organization? Explore the core cycle of how foundations make grants, as well as how foundations give, ways to manage relationships with grantees, and where implicit bias plays a role in grantmaking.

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Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?

Release Date:

08/26/2014

... In the Charitable Giving Act of 2003, legislation was seriously advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives ... not available or when direct management by the foundation was expected to be a more productive...