A Weak Foundation
Release Date:
03/09/2011
... for sure was that it was worlds away from the for-profit, corporate sector that I had known for the prior ten years. I ...
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National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York
Release Date:
01/14/2010
The fiscal 2010 budget includes an appropriation of $1.49 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the largest budget in CNCS history.
The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More
Release Date:
12/08/2017
The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More The New York Community Trust, the region's community foundation, recently made 44 grants totaling $6 million to...
How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis
Release Date:
03/30/2020
COVID-19 has pulled back the curtain on so much that is wrong in our society. For the Groundswell community, what is behind the curtain is not new.
Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day
Release Date:
03/08/2023
... achievements and issues a call to accelerate gender equity around the world. While the Rockefeller Brothers Fund ...
Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?
Release Date:
07/02/2014
William T. Grant Foundation President Adam Gamoran discusses the role high-quality social science research can play in identifying programs, policies, and practices that can combat mounting inequality in the United States.
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know
Release Date:
09/10/2014
The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.
Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities
Release Date:
12/16/2014
Jennifer Jones-Austin and James Parrott explore how the City of New York can address low social service sector wages.
Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season
Release Date:
02/21/2012
By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...
Program Recap—Philanthropy New York’s Documentary Film Series: Advise and Dissent
Release Date:
10/16/2009
Philanthropy New York created its Documentary Series to get our members thinking about alternative mediums for promoting their missions and the work of their grantees.
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What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?
Monday, March 23, 2015 -
11:45am to 2:00pm
In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified food-service as one of six priority sectors for workforce development - a surprise given the traditional perception of food service as being limited in career...
Take Us To Your Leaders
Release Date:
03/10/2015
Teagle Foundation President, Judith R. Shapiro, explores the importance of leadership in the philanthropic community.
Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... (VMS) on all ships, stowage of fishing gear, and stronger reporting requirements. Establishing the sanctuary also will ...
Taking the Long View on Health Care – A Note to Congress
Release Date:
01/30/2017
Christopher Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, writes a letter with three suggestions Congress should consider when debating next steps for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today
Release Date:
01/30/2017
Prachi Patankar, senior program officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, writes that many immigrant rights groups are now sharing stories similar to what communities felt almost two decades ago.
United Hospital Fund Establishes Learning Collaborative with Altman Foundation and NY Community Trust
Release Date:
03/08/2017
The participating pediatric primary care practices serve more than 26,000 children annually in New York City, and UHF expects they will refer more than 7,000 children and their caregivers to services during the coming year.
Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far
Release Date:
05/09/2017
Brooklyn Community Foundation's Prachi Patankar talks about what it really takes to build a movement.
Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH
Release Date:
05/16/2017
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis on why the NEH remains unique in rallying private support, supporting rural and urban communities equitably, and bringing the humanities to the national forefront.
Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Online attackers may be able to purchase - for as little as a few thousand dollars - enough personal information to potentially alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard...
Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.