A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program
Release Date:
12/09/2014
... could create a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources—to have a big impact on the ...
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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
... influx of itinerant workers. Often, these workers live in small enclaves which locals call “man camps.” Many ...
Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care
Release Date:
08/08/2012
... institutions and states, for philanthropies large and small —both those focused on health care and those with ...
Start a Giving Circle This Summer
Release Date:
06/15/2011
... same bucket will overflow. Your circle can be large or small and you can determine the contribution per person. To ...
Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question
Release Date:
08/05/2009
... donor John Hunting. We did it! With this act, we joined a small cadre of foundations, many in the New York region, ...
A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times
Release Date:
05/14/2009
... may matter, but bigger is not always better. Sometimes small amounts of money, well-placed, can make a huge ...
Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System
Release Date:
03/31/2015
... and farmers’ markets. Twenty gardens may seem too small a number of gardens to consider. However they are a ...
For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback
Release Date:
12/17/2015
PNY's Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee is now the Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy, a change reflecting the need to revisit the organization's role as a change agent to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the...
What Am I Doing Here?
Release Date:
03/01/2016
In response to interest in this year's round of applications, Stephanie Chrispin, inaugural Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, talks about what it’s really like in the trenches.
Philanthropy New York Announces New Executive Committee
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Philanthropy New York’s Board of Directors is one of the most highly engaged boards with which I have ever worked. Not only do they show up (!) but they attend their quarterly board meetings well prepared and ready to explore complicated membership...
This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Lola Adedokun of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation says teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline.
For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner of The Brookings Institution encourage philanthropic actors to consider the high potential impact of contributing outcome funds to supplement government funding.
Boutiques for the People
Release Date:
09/27/2016
... University-Newark similarly offers the experience of a small college within a larger university while also ...
Where Do You See Yourself In the Next Five Years?
Release Date:
10/06/2016
The answer to that question can be entirely superficial – or it can reveal something profound about a person’s goals and aspirations. It’s the question that we at PNY have tried to answer in our next five-year Strategic Plan.
Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?
Release Date:
03/02/2017
... in philanthropy and in the world -- It is simultaneously small , yet important. It enables me to feel seasoned in the ...
Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... at least some money toward it, the investments are often small — around just two percent of endowments. After going ...
If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... have a high school diploma or less [1] . This isn’t a small problem that one foundation can tackle. It’s a big, ...
Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool
Release Date:
03/31/2017
Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, writes, "Why would a funder focused on education, health, or criminal justice reform consider gender equity when crafting their grantmaking strategy? Because it’s easy to miss the...
Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... of American culture is larger than its relatively small budget suggests. Since 1965, and affirmed by a 1981 ...
PNY Opposes Tax Reform That Undermines Charitable Giving
Release Date:
11/15/2017
This morning, after an extensive review process that solicited input from the entire membership, Philanthropy New York’s Board of Directors voted to approve two new official policy statements related to tax reform discussions occurring in the United...