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08 Feb 2024

Beyond Breaking News: Local Journalism’s Role in Disaster Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, February 8, 2024 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Join this webinar as panelists will discuss the critical role of the media in long-term recovery, including one that is often overlooked: To monitor recovery activities and hold to account the government, funders and others involved so that no...

What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?

Release Date: 
10/21/2021
We have always believed that knowledge can make a difference in the world—and in order to do so, it must be in the world, in the hands of those who can make use of it. But we have also been prompted by our partners and by the work we’ve funded to...
26 Apr 2018

Shifting the Power: Applying Community Philanthropy to Sustainable Development Here and Abroad (Brown Bag Lunch)

Thursday, April 26, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
While slogans like “think globally, act locally” have been around for decades, still so much decision-making about philanthropy and development aid happens by stakeholders outside communities. Even those funders that care deeply about championing...
16 Mar 2017

Funders-in-Action: Grantmaking During Times of Political Change & Uncertainty

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The past three months have witnessed dramatic shifts in federal policy, and many New Yorkers have found themselves living in greater fear of discrimination, deportation, arrest, and poverty.

A Nobel Prize For The Voluntary Sector

Release Date: 
11/15/2009
A few words about a recent Nobel Prize and its relevance to philanthropy. No, this isn’t about the Peace Prize to President Obama, which I think was a timely reminder of the value of hope. The United States’ international image is changing and that...
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31 May 2012

Saving Energy: New York City’s Leading Innovations

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -
8:45am to 10:30am
New York City modified its 100-year old zoning law this month in order to promote energy efficiency and the installation of solar and other renewable power technology. Called Zone Green, it is recognized as the nation’s boldest green building plan...
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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -
7:45am to 11:00am
Ford Foundation
The Education Funders Research Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have pursued a diverse array of education reform strategies. These and other private foundations have invested...
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Education

Philanthropic Advisors: Membership Eligibility and Dues

... is defined as a staff member at or above the title of “Program Officer,” “Philanthropic Advisor” ... is defined as a staff member at or above the title of “Program Officer,” “Philanthropic Advisor” ...
14 Apr 2026

A Bound Imperative: American Democracy and the Fight for Immigrant Rights - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Over the last year, Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act to disappear immigrants to the CECOT facility in El Salvador notorious for torturing detainees, issued a secret memo instructing ICE agents to violate the Fourth Amendment by forcibly...
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Public Policy
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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

Racial Equity Working Group

The Racial Equity Working Group, a facilitated peer group, will bring together philanthropic professionals who are building practices, shifting power, and changing systems to advance racial equity within their organizations.

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