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Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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05/17/2018

Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Dean for Medical Education at the University of Chicago, has been selected as the next president of the...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

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05/30/2018

Jennifer March, Ph.D., Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York writes "The future health and well-being of the next generation of New Yorkers demands that we all do more to prevent homelessness in the first instance, and...

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23 May 2019

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm

Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place. However, they don’t always practice what they preach in terms of evaluation. Philanthropy New York introduces a new three-part program series that encourages...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, and The Whitman Institute Launch the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

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01/22/2020

Today, the Headwaters Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Whitman Institute announce the launch of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, a five-year, peer-to-peer funder initiative with the goal of bringing greater vulnerability,...

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What's the Secret to Responsive Grantmaking?

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01/28/2020

At the risk of sounding so uncool, it’s always been a guilty pleasure of mine to log onto Guidestar and read through 990s—the federal tax form that all 501(c)(3)s are required to file each year. I suppose I feel guilty because it makes me feel like...

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

American Express and The New York Women's Foundation Partner Together on The Ambition Project

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02/11/2020

An open letter from the six women of the American Express Executive Committee reflects on the company’s progress, shares new commitments and programs and calls on leaders everywhere to proudly back women’s ambition.

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The New York Women's Foundation

Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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03/30/2020

This is a public health crisis that threatens to become a humanitarian disaster.

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9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

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04/02/2020

A group of nine philanthropic membership and advocacy organizations called on foundations to increase their giving in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even if their endowments take a big hit.

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... for free at disasterphilanthropy.foundationcenter. org . Donors, foundations, corporations, journalists, NGOs, ...

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund turned its back on the source of family wealth—and reaped the returns.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation Announce $1.2 Million Grant to Support the Fresh Air Fund’s New NYC Summer Spaces and Youth Employment Programs

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07/24/2020

The programs will provide 26,000 play slots for kids ages 5-13 and employment for over 200 youth.

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Joanne Berger-Sweeney Joins the Henry Luce Foundation’s Board of Directors

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09/23/2020

The Henry Luce Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut , to its Board of Directors.

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Sozosei Foundation Announces Inaugural Summit in December

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11/19/2020

At the Summit, participants will have the opportunity to collaborate, create, and explore pathways to decriminalize mental illness.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

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12/18/2020

The Rockefeller Foundation announces a commitment to divesting its $5 billion endowment from existing fossil fuel interests while refraining from future fossil fuel investments.

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Lessons From Time Square

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12/05/2018

As soon as we moved into our current space at 1500 Broadway, we wondered whether or not we would ever host a New Year’s Party given our perch overlooking Times Square...

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The End of Currents

Release Date:

06/11/2014

As we mentioned a few weeks ago when we launched our new website, we are rebranding our e-news distributions and letting you get our content in variety of ways.

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Why New Yorkers should be proud of the 2020 Census Results

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05/06/2021

The unprecedented coalition of New Yorkers who came together to get out the count for this census have much to be proud of

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Celebrating Promotions and Welcoming New Staff

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09/28/2021

In 2021, four Philanthropy New York staff members stepped into greater levels of leadership at PNY.

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Tow Foundation Commits $2 Million to Multiple Myeloma Research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

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04/27/2022

This will support multiple myeloma research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and in particular, the work of C. Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned hematologic oncologist.