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

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07/09/2010

On June 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance between direct services and advocacy in a way that best matches their goals and achieves the greatest impact. We are pleased to have...

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Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis

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11/15/2016

Nina Sachdev Hoffmann of Media Impact Funders interviews Nina Vinik of the Joyce Foundation about efforts in the philanthropic community to prevent gun violence, including more media coverage, research and education to support stronger gun laws at...

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New York Women's Foundation Appoints Patricia Eng Vice President of Programs

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06/12/2014

... of Programs at Bolder Giving, where she helped launch the first nationally coordinated on-line fundraising day in ... director of the New York Asian Women’s Center, the first organization addressing violence...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... for change on their own behalf, uses listening as its first line of approach. Several years ago, the foundation ... is a fundamental axiom: the outsider (e.g., funder) first should listen carefully to the...

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The Fierce Urgency of Atlantic: Bending the Arc in Our Final Years

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02/26/2015

... its doors . The three new hospitals on campus are the first to open in San Francisco in decades. That day, the ... into the new hospitals and outpatient facilities. The first baby – a seven-pound boy - was...

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Goldman Sachs: Women Are the Smartest Investment We Can Make

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06/16/2014

... has been fifteen years since Goldman Sachs’ Kathy Matsui first wrote about "womenomics" and quantified the significant ... benefit of empowering women. Matsui and her team first advocated in 1999...

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Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/05/2013

Philanthropic executive and advisor Charles Hamilton shares his thoughts on Peter Buffett’s New York Times op-ed and navigating the complex challenges of “Philanthropic Colonialism.”

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Three Ways to Maximize Impact Through Collaboration

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01/26/2015

... Reflecting on that experience, a few lessons stand out. First , funders can benefit from working together even if they ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

... to our Emeritus Board.” Launched in 2009 as the first and still only foundation for New York City’s largest ...

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... support restricted to American art activities. The first round of grant applications we received spoke of roofs ...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... traction. The media attention that has accompanied the first anniversary will soon turn elsewhere, but the region ...

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Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

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12/14/2010

... of its program staff in this important role. Wellspring first considered “off the shelf” resources, particularly ...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... payout rate, foundations should approach it in two ways. First , it should be the result of explicit decisions aligning ...

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National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York

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01/14/2010

... supported by the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , hired its first two AmeriCorps members in 2009. As an organizing group, ...

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A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

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11/15/2009

... here for their relevance to philanthropic practice. First , much of her work elucidates the Tocquevillian insight ...

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Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

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08/31/2009

... and the Rauch Foundation as among the best.) First , there are several senses in which philanthropy ...

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A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards

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07/20/2015

... for similar efforts outside New York City. When we first read NYLPI’s final report written in 2014 about the ...

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

... that led the Illinois General Assembly to become the first state to pass a bold bill that required universities ...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... are a few general factors that we should keep in mind. The first factor is to gain a deeper understanding of the current ...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More

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12/08/2017

... homeowners in Canarsie with a $65,000 grant. Neighborhoods First Fund for Community Based Planning is using $100,000 to ...

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