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5 Questions for…Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2012

... this organization or program continue in perpetuity?” My practical advice for other foundations considering this ... grantees real notice before funding is shifted or ends. My philosophical advice is to work...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

... our door that prompted NYSHealth to act, and it wasn’t my idea as CEO. This series of grants came about because a ... program officers, associates, and assistants popped into my office and said, “We have to do...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/09/2010

... nonprofits touch people’s lives. Reflecting on the ways my life has been touched by nonprofits, I realize I would be ... the power dynamics inherent in nonprofit funding. During my 17 years in the nonprofit...

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The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

... the organization, there would be no Program X. The Not- My -Money convention: When multiple funders fund a project ... to support the indirect costs. It might seem that Not- My -Money is inconsistent. After all...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

Release Date:

08/19/2020

... that many, regardless of race, don’t: I have a job, my organization is allowing us to work from home, I have a ... care, food, transportation and other basic human needs? My friend and colleague, John Hovell...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... this perspective to a foundation where I served as CFO. My program colleagues were dismissive, and said that wasn’t ... funders interested in taking on a trust-based approach? My cautionary advice? Don’t try...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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

Release Date:

03/01/2024

... 2020 Catapult article Nadia Owusu wrote, “Early in my tenure as a CDO, despite having been charged by higher-ups ... and EbonyJanice Moore, Moore says, “I have been asking my closest friends, including you, if...

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Clinton, Roberts and Three Other Amazing Women Leaders at PNY’s Annual Meeting

Release Date:

05/21/2014

In conversation with Robin Roberts, Sec. Clinton discussed the No Ceilings initiative, #BringBackOurGirls, education, presidential politics and strategies to full equality. Philanthropy New York’s 35th Annual Meeting also featured Anu Bhagwati,...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

The Pinkerton Foundation

Muslim Advocates

Ford Foundation

Philanthropy New York

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

Independent philanthropic advisor, Mafruza Khan, recaps the People's Climate March and the need for an ambitious climate change agenda.

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Environment and Climate Change

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

Director of Grant Compliance and Communication, Adam Liebling, showcases ASPCA's unique brand of philanthropy.

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/30/2013

By Dr. Irwin Redlener Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness , Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Co-Chair, NYS Ready Commission As we move beyond the immediate response to...

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A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

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04/18/2012

By Patricia Jenny, Executive Committee Chair, New York City Workforce Funders & Program Director, The New York Community Trust and Bret Halverson, Staff Consultant, New York City Workforce Funders The loss of...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...

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17 Mar 2015

The Promise of Community Schools in NYC

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 -

8:30am to 1:30pm

*Registration for this session has reached capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * Join us to explore critical issues around New York City's scaling of community schools as a...

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Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

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05/17/2017

Yale School of Management announced that $10 million has been raised to expand the Yale Program on Financial Stability and launch the “Crisis-Response Project," which will codify best practices and provide training that can help governments fight...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

Release Date:

11/08/2017

Judith Smith, Program Director and Erica Brody, Program Officer at The Poses Family Foundation deliver part two of their series on funding creatively.

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Disabilities

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Poses Family Foundation

Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

Release Date:

02/22/2018

Michael Bzdak Executive Director, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson reflects on the turning point of Larry Fink’s ‘BlackRock Letter’ to business leaders and the urgent need to embrace large-scale collaboration to meet each of the 17...

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Johnson & Johnson

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

Release Date:

03/22/2018

If you’ve ever spent a day or two pounding the hard terrazzo floors of the U.S. House and Senate office buildings talking with legislators and their staffs, you know that the artifice of political exchange presented in the now classic HBO television...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

Release Date:

05/01/2018

Maya Winkelstein, Executive Director, Open Road Alliance writes "When is an organization no longer a ‘start-up’? Is it age, size, or some other acquired wisdom that moves it out of the ‘test and experiment’ stage into the ‘institutional’ one? When...

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Open Road Alliance

18 Apr 2019

Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

The Office of the Inspector General announced in January 2019 that thousands more children than previously reported have been separated from their parents at the southern border by our government. The impacts of this failed and cruel U.S. policy to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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