Young Leaders Breakfast Club
... Breakfast Club will run from May 2024 through January 2025 . Who should apply? YLBC is open to staff and trustees of ... for the 2024 cohort. Time Commitment: May 2024 - January 2025 Our intention is that the...
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How Evaluations Make Programs Stronger
Release Date:
08/21/2014
By Michael D. Smith, Director of the Social Innovation Fund When funders invest in programs and organizations, ... States. One of the key goals of the Social Innovation Fund is to build the evaluation capacity of...
New York Life Donates $500K Challenge Grant Toward Creation of Central Park's First Statues of Real Women
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue Fund Inc., announced today that a $500,000 Challenge Grant had been awarded to The Statue Fund by New York Life to help create the first statue of real...
Congratulations to the 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club!
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... Foundation Jen Kaizer, Program Associate, Andrus Family Fund Elynna Klink, Program Assistant, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Arielle Kohr, Associate- Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan ... & Co. Pooja Kothari,...
Building Trust and Following the Field
Release Date:
02/11/2020
... like to think of ourselves as immersed in the work that we fund and knowledgeable about the fields in which we operate, ... also means putting complete trust in the organizations we fund to know what they need...
A Unique Nonprofit Lender
Release Date:
08/19/2009
... to credit-worthy nonprofit borrowers. Our Agency Loan Fund (ALF) program was specifically created to help ... they could expand their services or infrastructure. The fund ’s liquidity is managed entirely in-...
3/12/2015 - Looking at the 990 Part 2 - Recording & PowerPoint
Publication date:
03/2015
View materials and the recording of the program,"Looking at the 990 - Part II"
3/10/2016 - Looking at the 990 (Part 2) - Live Stream Recording
Publication date:
03/2016
View materials and watch the live stream recording of " Looking at the 990 (Part II) " below. Missed Part 1? View recording here.
Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation
Release Date:
09/08/2016
... with the voting machines. Ablow: Why is it important to fund voting rights litigation? Mannion : Litigation is ... At NEO Philanthropy there is the State Infrastructure Fund , which is a donor collaborative...
New York Foster Youth Funders Group
COVID-19 Update: This working group is convening regularly to discuss philanthropic responses in the foster youth sector. Interested funders should reach out to the group contacts for additional details. New York Foster Youth...
Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field
Publication date:
04/2012
GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 publication, with 15 new interviews, Scan 2.0 is filled with examples of scans that have helped funders find a strategic direction, hear from key constituencies, understand emerging issues, map the funding environment and synthesize information and find gaps.
How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
... York , the Ford Foundation , and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund . How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their ...
What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help
Release Date:
07/01/2010
... Prospect Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special ...
Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF
Release Date:
12/21/2011
... Director of Communications at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , was the moderator of a recent Philanthropy New York ...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
... with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a ...
Don’t Forget the Small Guys
Release Date:
07/19/2010
... the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than ...
Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
... Food and Environment Program Officer at the North Star Fund and Coordinator of Community Food Funders, talk about ...
How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a...
Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
Our collaborative program on January 10th examined the Reimagining Service and Cities of Service initiatives and how supporting volunteer capacity can strengthen grantees and increase the impact of grantmaking, even in an era of reduced funding. We’...
Working with Start-Ups: Grant Makers and New Organizations
Publication date:
04/2003
In this GrantCraft guide, grant makers from a wide range of funding organizations describe their experiences as supporters of new nonprofits, or start-ups. Find out how they negotiated the path from idea to organization, and what they learned along the way about how to solve problems and help an organization sustain itself into the future. Contributors to this guide also offer their recommendations for capacity-building resources on the Web.