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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... as an obstacle to innovation? It seems all I ever hear is talk among my fellow grant makers about wanting to fund ... And that’s part of the problem. If taking risks is punished instead of applauded, we should...

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Arcus Foundation

Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

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07/08/2014

... control. We posited that the problem with finance today is that it has become a tool for the extraction of wealth ... Therefore, perhaps the best way to fix that in the future is by having greater community...

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Roosevelt Institute

Closing the Queer Funding Gap

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07/21/2014

... in grants we were able to make, but it’s clear this is just a drop in the bucket. If we want to win LGBTQ rights ...

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Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

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09/15/2014

... evaluation. Today, more than 30 years later, technology is also an important infrastructure need, especially for ... of learning opportunities being learner-centered; that is , the learner is...

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Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... past, present, and future of a business’ performance— is not a new or original idea, but has fallen out of favor as ... we are inspired by Mr. Buffett when he says, “Someone is sitting in the shade today...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy Center at Times Square

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10/20/2014

... policy fellowship program. Philanthropy New York is the principal professional community of approximately 285 ... we recognize that that the philanthropic community is in a new era of increased visibility and...

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Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?

Release Date:

10/23/2014

... thinkers. But if you imagine that philanthropic advising is a path to advancing your agenda on your terms, think ... It’s a service profession, and your responsibility is to help your clients generate impact...

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TCC Group

Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

... funding of City of New York social services contracts is the primary cause of low nonprofit social service sector ... Career pathways are not adequately defined, and there is limited financial support...

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... intractable, intolerable affronts to social justice, none is more pronounced than the United States’ shameful record ... Our government’s steady construction of more prisons is a statement of surrender and an...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

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

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04/21/2015

... landscape in which philanthropies and nonprofits operate is changing permanently and more rapidly than we have ... into the fabric of a stronger future. New York City is the first of more than a dozen events...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing the Greek Crisis

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08/21/2015

... the European Foundation Centre's In Dialogue Blog . What is philanthropy’s appropriate role in the midst of the ... together with certain obligations to its citizens. It is not philanthropy’s role to...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... sector, will step down effective March 4, 2016. Jenkins is leaving Carnegie Corporation after 16 years to assume the ... for its wise decision to recruit Meredith Jenkins. She is a consummate professional, an...

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Numerous PNY Members Investing in New $31M Living Cities SIB Fund

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... and drive more capital to improve health where there is greatest need," said Donald Schwarz, Vice President of .....

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MetLife

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

Release Date:

05/20/2016

... Nursing and Veterans Healthcare today announced that it is expanding its renowned Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars ... health – and particularly our children’s health – is at great risk,” said Donald Jonas, co-...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

For Family Foundations, Family Ties and Good Governance Work Together

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05/30/2017

... on the Center for Effective Philanthropy's CEP Blog and is reposted with permission. As the Surdna Foundation marks ... of social change. Among those good governance practices is Surdna’s formal process...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... budget without Raise the Age. So what’s next? While it is clear that the law is one the strongest approaches to raising the age of ... will benefit tens of thousands of New York youth, the law is...

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PNY's Call to Action on Behalf of NYC's Nonprofits During COVID-19

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04/24/2020

... our colleagues at Nonprofit New York. The nonprofit sector is being directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is imperative that this is addressed in the next round of aid legislation...

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Annie E. Casey Foundation and TCC Group Collaborate on Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from a National Foundation

Release Date:

10/26/2021

... “strategic co-investing.” Although Casey’s scope is national, the lessons we learned about this approach—and ... co-investing that family funders can easily implement is something called “nesting.” Nesting...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

TCC Group

Reframing Accountability as an Act of Humanity

Release Date:

07/13/2022

... While we are firm in our belief that accountability is key to fulfilling Philanthropy New York’s vision, we are ... in a way that centers relationships? This question is not new. The calls have been loud and...

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2022

... can overlook the slew of systemic reasons why this sector is necessary to redistribute vast amounts of wealth, it is usually evident who needs the money and who has the money. ... public sector. The pandemic...

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