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Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit

Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit This Toolkit is the first practical, comprehensive framework providing guidance to funders on how to implement best practices in risk management. The Toolkit includes ten adoptable and adaptable tools that cover a spectrum of practice including how to determine your organizational risk profile and how to integrate specific financial, governance, and other procedural risk management activities into daily philanthropic practice. The tools are designed to be used in total or a la carte. Ultimately, the Toolkit is meant to facilitate...
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Giving While Living

Publication date: 
09/2017
The common quest of all who seek to achieve lasting improvements in our communities and in our world—whether we are individual donors, foundations, nonprofits or government agencies—is to make the highest and best use of our resources. It requires us to ask questions like: What are our best opportunities to make a difference? What impact can we have and how do we know what impact our grants are having? What are grantee organizations accomplishing? What’s working… what’s not? Or, as Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, never hesitated to ask, starting with the foundation’s...
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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... Sandy workers from hazardous conditions. Pro Bono Net , $120,000 to provide online legal resources on insurance ... Sandy recovery efforts. Jefferies will donate all net trading commissions earned on November 7...

38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

*/ /*--> */ New York City - On June 16, 2017, Philanthropy New York held its 38th Annual Meeting, "The Power of Participation: Democracy Building Now." The programmatic elements of the 38th Annual Meeting focused on the interrelated...

Resources for Racial Equity

Resources from Leaders in the Field A multitude of resources exists -- from recorded Philanthropy New York programming to articles to guide -- to support your racial equity learning. Thought Leadership Internal Operations ...

New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action

Publication date: 
02/2016
The state Commission to Examine Nonprofit Human Services Organizations Closures published this report, New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action. The Human Services Council (HSC) convened the commission to examine the systemic problems contributing to the instability of so many nonprofit human services organizations, and we brought together stakeholders from philanthropy, academia, direct service, nonprofit coalitions, and others with nonprofit expertise to reflect on the sector in an effort to deliver thoughtful and succinct recommendations through a nine-month process...
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Human Services Council of NYC

PNY and Other Sector Leaders Respond to Callahan OpEd in NYTimes

Release Date: 
06/05/2015
... the latest scandalous headlines with lots of holes in his net , but wide enough to ensnare tons of philanthropic ...

A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy

Publication date: 
12/2015
This touches upon key issues to help analyze grantmaking strategies. How does your definition of “winning” fit in a broader democracy reform agenda? How do we authentically connect with communities of color to develop a new framework of equity, diversity, and inclusion? How do we build effective collaborative relationships towards victory, without losing sight of long-term capacity and infrastructure needs?
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Civic Engagement
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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector

This report reveals that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the barriers faced by white women and men of color. Education and training are not the solution—women of color with high levels of education are more likely to be in administrative roles and are more likely to report frustrations about inadequate and inequitable salaries. BMP’s call to action focuses on systems change, organizational change, and individual support for women of color in the sector.

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