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27 Mar 2012

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Working with Vendors

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 -

8:30am to 10:30pm

... the FAN meeting on March 27th. We will facilitate the discussion to allow attendees to quickly present their ... after the meeting. We look forward to a lively discussion among FAN members. All are encouraged...

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Perpetuity, continued

Release Date:

04/24/2014

... Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by Philanthropy New York billed as The ... it was no surprise when he came away from the perpetuity discussion with a take somewhat...

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Governance

Make Room for Makerspaces

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... featuring a conversation with a researcher, a corporate funder , and a maker. Here are some of key ideas that came out ...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York Why would a funder focused on education, health, or criminal justice ... Funders for Gender Equity steering committee invites any funder who wants to deepen their...

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Gender Justice

For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

Publication date:

04/2014

In your job quest, you may find it useful to become more knowledgeable on the nonprofit sector. The statistics provided on this page are designed to broaden your understanding of the sector but in no way offer a complete picture of the intricacies within the sector.

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Job Seekers

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... tracing, enhance data infrastructure, and accelerate screening and case finding in high-risk populations. Dr ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

United Hospital Fund Report Finds Some 2.6 Million New Yorkers Face Hunger this Holiday Season

Release Date:

12/15/2021

New Report by UHF and Boston Consulting Group Analyzes Food Insecurity in New York State, and Possible Interventions

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Member News

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Food Systems

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United Hospital Fund

Race Forward Announces Roster of Participants for NYCT-funded Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... culture sector. Among the 59 participants are the Tribeca Film Institute, Whitney Museum of American Arts, Brooklyn ...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $30 Million International Digital Accelerator Program to Help Arts Organizations Invest In & Use Technology to Speed COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Release Date:

07/14/2021

Provides funding and training for digital technology infrastructure, helping organizations improve operations to generate new revenue, grow fundraising, and reach broader audiences

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Arts

Disaster Relief

International/Foreign Affairs

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs

Release Date:

07/21/2021

... the Nantucket Historical Association, and Nantucket Film Festival. He previously served on the boards of the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mellon Foundation

"Unveiling the Illusion: How DEI Roles Echo the 'Magical Negro’ trope in Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/01/2024

... a crisis.” This trope appears often in literature or film — Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Don ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Applied Financial Analysis for Program Officers: A Three-Part Series Program Recordings 2021

Part 1: In the first session, we will introduce a framework for nonprofit financial resilience, explore how to synthesize key metrics into a coherent picture of financial health, and discuss how a race-neutral approach to financial analysis may...

12 Mar 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus

Monday, March 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for a discussion about the effects natural gas drilling has on ...

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Issue-Based

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker On His First Six Months

Release Date:

06/09/2014

Six months into his job as president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker spoke to Alliance Magazine about philanthropy’s role in solving social problems, institution building and his vision for the future of the foundation.

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Member News

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Ford Foundation

Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

Publication date:

06/2014

This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance . It discusses areas of board weakness and considers different approaches to improving them, including regulation, self-regulation, policy-oriented strategies, and management-oriented strategies.

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Board & Trustees

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Governance

NYCT, American Express, Ford Support Launch of Caribbean Cultural Center

Release Date:

09/17/2014

PNY member support the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute renovation to bring a cultural center to East Harlem.

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Arts

Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

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Ford Foundation

08 Dec 2014

New OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs: What It Does and Why It Matters - Webinar

Monday, December 8, 2014 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

The Office of Management and Budget has issued guidelines establishing that a nonprofit's indirect costs (also called overhead or administrative costs) are legitimate expenses that should be reimbursed through federal grants. Join the Forum of...