Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone
Release Date:
04/03/2014
... will set a national paid sick days standard. Safety net programs We must urge Congress to oppose cuts to the ...
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Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation
Release Date:
03/28/2014
In honor of Women’s History Month, and the fourth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Ms. Foundation for Women Director of Women’s Health Ellen Liu talks about the lessons her foundation has learned during its advocacy outreach to...
Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots
Release Date:
01/09/2014
... and investment management firm that serves ultra-high- net -worth families and their foundations and endowments. ...
What Makes a Good CSR Leader?
Release Date:
09/26/2013
American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon talks about the attributes that leaders in corporate social responsibility should cultivate and offers some advice for young people who want to enter the field.
Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce
Release Date:
08/01/2013
by Hollis Headrick, Program Consultant, Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, The New York Community Trust The new media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array of digital devices, the proliferation of massive open online...
Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families: Early Lessons From the Work Support Strategies Initiative
Release Date:
06/25/2013
... the desire for ideas and resources to modernize the safety net — in both red states and blue — is overwhelming. With ...
Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
By Ramtin Arablouei, Program Manager, Health and Environmental Funders Network The word “fracking” has been all over the media over the last few years. Hydraulic fracturing , or “fracking,” is the technical shorthand for the...
Foundations as First Responders?
Release Date:
04/18/2013
By Marilyn Gelber, President, Brooklyn Community Foundation When I was in city government (a quite remarkable time in New York City extending from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and some disaster befell us — blackouts, hurricanes,...
Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now
Release Date:
11/26/2012
By Dr. John H. Jackson , President and CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education In April 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King reminded the country that “We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now….Life often leaves us standing...
How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises
Release Date:
09/28/2011
... grantees—the day-to-day managers of the social safety net in the United States. As we and our grantees cope with ...
Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley
Release Date:
01/07/2010
... is pouring almost $800 billion into existing safety- net programs, creating various competitive innovation funds ...
PRIs and Effective Intermediaries
Release Date:
06/30/2015
... the good intentions of all parties, the result can be a net drain on the resources of the non-profit sector. ...
Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations
Release Date:
07/16/2015
Ford Foundation's Philanthropy Program Officer, Chris Cardona, examines the structure and capacity of philanthropic organizations.
Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... —Until recently, most American families enjoyed a rising net worth, but this pattern has disappeared. Earnings are ...
What Am I Doing Here?
Release Date:
03/01/2016
In response to interest in this year's round of applications, Stephanie Chrispin, inaugural Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, talks about what it’s really like in the trenches.
DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story
Release Date:
04/20/2016
What is the point of going to Washington to talk to our congressional delegation when legislative gridlock and election-year politics mean that nothing is going to happen this year?
Build Trust With A Purpose Statement
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Tom Knowlton of TCC Group writes that as we enter a new era in US politics, there is increased pressure on companies to build trust with customers, and both deliver and communicate their broader value to society and their employees.
Taking the Long View on Health Care – A Note to Congress
Release Date:
01/30/2017
... of any health care system and society. Providing a safety net health care provider system for the uninsured does not ...
Law & Order Politicians Don’t Care About Your Programmatic Silos
Release Date:
02/06/2017
Shiza Pasha, Philanthropy New York Public Policy Fellow, writes that young people who should be learning in schools, receiving treatment or expressing themselves through the arts are instead targeted and caught up in the system’s dragnet.
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.