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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

Release Date:

07/09/2010

On June 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider ... advocacy and direct services. To some clients, the idea of advocacy is unappealing—it connotes protests...

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

Release Date:

04/25/2023

... on life support.  You don’t have to pour over years of grantee perception data (CEP did that for you) to know the ... OAR centers learning for impact at the crux of this new way forward. To...

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Smile Train

The Grove Foundation

14 Apr 2015

Philanthropy in Nations with Weak Civic Infrastructures: Exploring the Challenges

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... are heard in policy making. Join us for a discussion of how to consider ideological and political context to ... is required by April 13th. Members of Philanthropy New York...

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Network Building

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Panel

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New York State

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

Release Date:

03/22/2018

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice ... bipartisan support. One other message we heard from New York legislative staff – a state that has...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

Release Date:

07/06/2017

... Communities , copyright 2017, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Nonprofit Finance Fund. Recently I was ... colleagues who helped them solve problems that arose. Any new way of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Space Between Intention and Impact

Release Date:

10/24/2022

... student, I interned as a Victim’s Advocate in one of the nation’s first Domestic Violence units, established ... sector are feeling— including our team at Philanthropy New York...

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President's Message

PNY News

30 Oct 2019

Unfinished Business: Sustaining the Momentum of Justice Reform in NYS

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

In April 2019, the state of New York passed the most significant pre-trial criminal justice ...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

Release Date:

08/17/2015

Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation The Dyson Foundation has promoted Cecilia Stancell of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Dyson Foundation

Partnership Aims To Boost Service Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers

Release Date:

07/14/2014

... For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers United Way of New York City and NYC Service have announced a partnership with ...

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Education

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United Way of New York City

COVID-19

Philanthropy New York & Funder Programming PNY has moved to virtual ... on philanthropic responses to COVID-19. The calendar of events includes upcoming webinars and recordings of...

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $76 Million in Grants in Third Quarter of 2021

Release Date:

10/26/2021

... Foundation Awards $76 Million in Grants in Third Quarter of 2021 The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton ... partner to the Foster Youth Initiative in Los Angeles, New...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Support Facebook Research Initiative to Study Social Media Impact on Elections

Release Date:

04/09/2018

... network announced an initiative that will see a group of scholars analyze the impact of social media on elections ... and Laura Arnold Foundation, the Democracy Fund , the William and Flora...

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Communications/Media

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Serious Policy Between Our Two Ferns

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04/23/2014

... people especially to sign up for health insurance ahead of the March 31 deadline, he made an appearance that ... We don't actually have ferns for the Philanthropy New York "CEO...

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PNY News

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The Wallace Foundation

Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

Release Date:

05/11/2022

... STEM Fields Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister ... STEM Scholars Program will help train the next generation of science, technology,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Simons Foundation

02 Oct 2012

Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker's Personal Experience, with Alexa Aviles, The Scherman Foundation

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Learn about the field of philanthropy from one grantmaker's personal perspective. Philanthropy New York members who receive requests for informational .....

Policy Core Series 2020 - A Recap

policy core.png The Policy Core series is a set of perennial programs at Philanthropy New York that helps funders navigate the legal, strategic, and ...

Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

Release Date:

10/31/2016

... in building stronger principal pipelines, according to a new independent study of The Wallace Foundation's Principal Pipeline Initiative. ... being conducted by Policy Studies Associates and the RAND...

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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

Release Date:

06/29/2017

... displaced. Jobs in growing sectors increasingly require new skills earned through a post-secondary degree, ... program. Particularly vulnerable are the nearly seven out of 10 Americans who have transferable...

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Workforce Development

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Microsoft Corporation

Start a Giving Circle This Summer

Release Date:

06/15/2011

By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D., President & Chief Change Officer , MSBPhilanthropy Advisors ... LLC Summer is finally here! After the brutal winter many of us experienced...

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Ford, Mellon, Doris Duke, Kellogg, and MacArthur Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/11/2020

... the U.S. economy shut down in March, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, fielded a stream of phone calls from ... issued bonds in the past to finance projects like building...