Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply
Release Date:
01/27/2023
“We need a unicorn.” That’s what we hear nearly every week from organizations seeking their next development director.
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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice
Release Date:
04/25/2023
Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) is an emergent practice that strives to rebalance power between funders and their grantees, drive insight and collaborative engagement around “wicked” problems and make efficient use of limited resources. Sounds...
School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler says that unless we examine the relationship between privilege and access to markets, we will ignore the constraints that many families face in a market driven education system.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship
Release Date:
11/16/2021
... interested in applying can visit www.letrasboricuas. org for more information and to submit applications in ... cultural organizations. http://www.flamboyanfoundation. org About Flamboyan Arts Fund The...
NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More
Release Date:
04/12/2017
... especially those most in need. See nycommunitytrust. org NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic ...
Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!
Release Date:
12/18/2009
For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...
There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding
Release Date:
11/16/2015
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Saadia Madsbjerg says the future of successful development lies with financing and not with giving.
NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes
Release Date:
02/07/2017
... resource.) Please contact Amy Wolf at aw (at) nyct-cfi. org or (212) 686-0010 x234 for more. RESPONDING TO FEDERAL ...
Accelerating Your Impact: On-Ramps to Effective Advocacy Funding
Release Date:
10/24/2024
... links to primers and more advanced resources: https://afj. org /wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Focus-on-Foundations-2.pdf ...
Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One
... about Stephanie’s first few weeks on the job: https:// philanthropynewyork . org /news/public-policy-deep-end In her first three months, ... Ronna Brown, President, Philanthropy New York, rbrown@ ...
Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up
Release Date:
12/16/2015
Lisa Cowan, Programming Consultant to PNY's Education Working Group reports on school leaders' discussion about kids who start high school way behind.
The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors
Release Date:
02/01/2012
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that Nancy Kete, Scott Leeb, and John Irons have been appointed to the role of Managing Director.
Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season
Release Date:
02/21/2012
By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...
How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises
Release Date:
09/28/2011
By Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation Chair of the Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York ( This essay originally appeared in Foundation Leaders Address the State Budget Crisis , Copyright © 2011 The...
Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing
Release Date:
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...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative
Release Date:
10/15/2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation announces grants to four expert restorative justice providers to launch full-time, in-school programs in four Brooklyn public schools.
Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
11/11/2015
America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.
The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... training, and led the project to develop strongnonprofits. org , where the tools and resources are among the Top 10 ...
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship
Release Date:
01/22/2020
he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...
The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition
Release Date:
04/16/2020
The three new Institutional Challenge Grants are awarded to encourage partnerships between universities, school districts, and community organizations.