Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... finance, and academia. Three-quarters of contributions to US -based nonprofits are from individual donors. About 15 ...
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Dec
2017
Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers
Thursday, December 14, 2017 -
9:00am to 3:30pm
Long before Jeff Sessions took the helm at the U.S. Justice Department, the leaders of the movement to end mass incarceration knew that the most meaningful efforts had to take place at the state and local level.
Recording: 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence
The Program A participatory discussion on revising language, practice, and purpose for a values-aligned and grantee-centered process in a rapidly changing environment As the funding landscape and operating environment undergo rapid change, many...
2025 Financial series - Intro to Financial Statements
The Program In this primer to the Financial Series, participants will get a peek into how a grantee assembles the financial statements and the stories they tell. This session will provide a foundational understanding of nonprofit financial...
Intro to Financial Statements: A Hands-On Guide to Understanding Nonprofit Financial Health and Reporting
The Program In this interactive primer to the Financial Series, participants will get a peek into how a grantee assembles the financial statements and the stories they tell. This session will provide a foundational understanding of nonprofit...
Right-Sized Reporting: Gathering Essential Financial Information Without Overburdening Grantees
This session moves beyond compliance to focus on practical, equitable approaches: how to request financial information that is meaningful, complementary, and reduces unnecessary burden. Through case studies and peer discussions, you...
NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General
Release Date:
08/07/2015
... That directory – posted at http://www.charitiesnys. com /Transactions/jsp/home.jsp - provides various search ... of transactions is posted at http://www.charitiesnys. com /nonprofit_rev_act_guidance.jsp and...
Centering Black voices and visions for a Nonprofit Wakanda
Release Date:
08/10/2021
Centering Black voices and visions for a Nonprofit Wakanda What does it sound like, look like, feel like to imagine a New York City and nonprofit sector where “Blackness is centered, elevated, celebrated, and well resourced”?...
10/30/2014 - A New Food Economy - Live stream Recording & Materials
Publication date:
10/2014
View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?"
Understanding and Benchmarking Foundation Payout
Publication date:
09/2012
This report demystifies the concept of foundation payout while addressing common misperceptions. It also delivers first-ever trend information detailing the payout practices of the largest U.S. foundations.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition
Release Date:
04/12/2016
... Challenges The fiscal future of our generation is up to us — or at least this is the ideal that a team from the ... uphold. The College’s team won the fourth annual Up to Us competition, which sought to...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... the work of the last 25 years and what the world calls us to do now. We are enormously grateful to the many people ... who shared their time and valuable insights, who pushed us and challenged our assumptions...
16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/30/2014
Lyle Matthew Kan of Funders for LGBT Issues on why Pride Month is a great opportunity for the LGBTQ community to reflect on just how far it has come in a relatively short period of time.
Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce
Release Date:
08/01/2013
... and second-largest in the nation. I hope you will join us . Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology ...
Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families: Early Lessons From the Work Support Strategies Initiative
Release Date:
06/25/2013
... Solving such a challenge goes to the heart of what all of us in the philanthropic community do on a daily basis: ... broken system” has been greater than any of us could have imagined. In some cases, the...
Random Reflections By A New Author
Release Date:
05/24/2010
... heard the esteemed Israeli author, Amos Oz, remind us that when we dream we dream of perfection—whether of a person, an experience, or a country. Reality never gives us that same perfection. Since Charles...
A Unique Nonprofit Lender
Release Date:
08/19/2009
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” is a well-known early seventeenth century sound bite (from Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Polonius’ advice to his son, Laertes). Yet sound bites or one-sentence quotes found in cute management books are no way to manage a...
Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart
Release Date:
02/19/2015
... our narcissistic tendencies may be getting the best of us . It’s imperative that we see ourselves in a loving ... and hard, but we can find very few indicators that tell us things are truly getting better for...
10
Nov
2015
Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
... economic and political movements of the past. Join us to learn from frontline Southern leaders who are activists ... by which organizer you were invited. Can't join us in-person? Watch live stream here:...
The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt
Release Date:
05/01/2018
... are ‘round numbers’? Or do we watch the world around us and continuously react? How do you know when to grow? Five ... as we’ve evolved, we've been watching the world around us evolve too. We’ve taken...