Philanthropy New York Announces New Executive Committee
Release Date:
04/06/2016
... boards with which I have ever worked. Not only do they show up (!) but they attend their quarterly board meetings ...
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DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... legislative director that Rep. Paul Ryan, in an effort to show the seriousness of the Republican Party, would be ...
This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Lola Adedokun of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation says teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline.
Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... by the National Institutes of Health and other journals show that pesticides and toxins may lead to lower IQs, ADHD ...
Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration
Release Date:
06/09/2016
Halley Potter of The Century Foundation asks: How can we translate research into policy? And how can we support and expand burgeoning efforts to diversity schools?
Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?
Release Date:
06/14/2016
Kyle Caldwell of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Donna Murray-Brown of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Rob Collier of the Council of Michigan Foundations all agree that taxes and tax policy matter, especially in the nonprofit sector.
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in...
It’s Time to Define Our New Normal
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... tracked by groups like The Southern Poverty Law Center , show signs of a chilling future to come. These incidents ...
$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice
Release Date:
01/19/2017
... The Foundation’s history of success, these investments show strategic growth and continue to strengthen their ...
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.
Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System
Release Date:
03/08/2017
While New York City has embarked on a series of reforms to divert people from jails and prisons and provide community supervision and community rehabilitation, reforms have primarily focused on men.
Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway
Release Date:
03/27/2017
... the Family,” starring comedian and former “The Daily Show ” correspondent Aasif Mandvi and featuring skits about ...
Forum Tells Congress to Keep Johnson Amendment, Quotes PNY Official Statement
Release Date:
04/05/2017
A broad, nationwide coalition of nonprofits delivered a clear message to Congress today: maintain the current law that protects nonprofit organizations from being hounded for partisan political contributions and endorsements.
We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Eric Eckholdt of Credit Suisse Americas Foundation writes, "Since the inception of our Board Service Program, we have trained a total of more than 1,100 employees and placed more than 125. While there was a significant number of employees who...
Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Kris Putnam-Walkerly, global philanthropy advisor, writes "Funders, for the most part, want to do the right thing and operate with the best of intentions. But within those good intentions, funders too often suffer from what I call 'delusional...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation
Release Date:
06/21/2017
Brooklyn Community Foundation is announcing $72,500 in new grants through its Immigrant Rights Fund, a special initiative created by Foundation donors in the weeks after the 2016 presidential election to build a boroughwide response to unjust...
Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas
Release Date:
08/08/2017
Edward W. Hazen Foundation Intern Juan Cardoza-Oquendo says investing in community organizing in Texas now is a smart investment for the future of social justice nationwide.
At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) - a network of 400 of the biggest consumer goods companies across 70 countries - along with Champions 12.3 has approved a Call to Action to standardize food date labels worldwide by 2020.
Get It Right, Right Now
Release Date:
10/18/2017
It is no coincidence that the communities that are hardest to reach in the decennial census count are also those that are under-resourced and under-represented in federal, state and local government. Systematic undercounting of hard-to-reach...
Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability
Release Date:
02/14/2018
Mike Pratt, President, Sherman Foundation and Pat Swann, Senior Program Officer, New York Community Trust on the importance of data capacity