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... IRS filings to get things started, the establishment of a nonprofit necessitates the creation of financial, legal, and human resources infrastructure that can be a huge challenge for new entities. Fiscal...
Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow
Release Date:
03/01/2013
... intended to deploy all the resources at its disposal in a broad, multi-sector approach that seeks opportunities to ... understanding and availability of “change capital,” a financing practice developed by NFF’...
Wallace Foundation Names Jody Spiro, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership
Release Date:
02/01/2012
... initiative, designed to help school districts build a corps of effective principals and to determine whether this ... to this question will provide education decision-makers a key missing piece of the school...
Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/22/2013
Sheila P. Burke, R.N., M.P. A ., FAAN, a faculty member and former executive dean at Harvard ... Simon Stevens join the Commonwealth Fund Board, bringing a wealth and depth of knowledge about the...
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Sep
2013
Inequality For All - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series
Thursday, September 12, 2013 -
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Members and Non-Members : To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click on the link ... with any questions. Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a...
Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/16/2013
... the Foundation’s Project Space (located in Chelsea) as a complement to its grantmaking based on a number of successful pilot programs led by RRF grantees. ... Rauschenberg Foundation was Program Director for...
August 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
08/28/2013
... Star Fund and the Surdna Foundation. Background: CFF is a philanthropic organizing project formed in 2011 to provide ... at Merck Family Fund If you're interested in joining a CFF working group, please...
Philanthropy New York Names Kathryn O’Neal-Dunham Chief Operations Officer
Release Date:
01/31/2014
... held several roles at PNY member organizations, and has a great familiarity with and respect for our work. Her ... employees will serve us and our members well.” “As a grantmaker, I have appreciated the...
Making Lemonade in February
Release Date:
02/12/2014
... along with Michael and Kristen, and together we mapped out a new staffing structure that we think will produce both ... some of the functions of those two positions into a Chief Operations Officer role would...
Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board
Release Date:
02/12/2014
... Brian Rosenberg . They join fourteen other directors on a board chaired by Walter C. Teagle, III . Foundation ... was responsible were those from the Mellon Foundation for a Center of Excellence supporting...
The End of Currents
Release Date:
06/11/2014
... is the last Currents. No - this is not actually the end of a monthly newsletter, but a heads-up about changes in the coming months. As we mentioned a few weeks ago when we launched our new...
Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2014
... Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has received a two year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation ... expand its Brooklyn Connections program. The program is a school outreach initiative that offers...
We’re Not Just Fighting the Good Fight
Release Date:
09/22/2014
... worth the effort. We knew getting the Act passed was a long-shot from the start. And, even if it did pass, the ... their shut-down for campaigning, we decided that it was a good opportunity to connect with New...
How Philanthropy Can Address the Needs of Our Veterans
Release Date:
11/05/2014
A message from PNY President Ronna Brown, published ... Nonprofits, government and philanthropy are learning a lot about the real problems veterans are experiencing and ... corner. As funders, Philanthropy New...
The Moment I Lost It
Release Date:
11/19/2014
... issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. A lot of Philanthropy New York’s panel discussions, ... and other programming are fairly cerebral affairs. For a guy like me who treasures the rational...
How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?
Release Date:
12/17/2014
... we often examine many complex factors and attempt to apply a certain “lens.” It is an important part of our ... of multiple forms of oppression. But can applying a lens distort the image? That’s a...
Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation
Release Date:
03/30/2012
... at the federal, state, and city levels, and it is taking a toll on the sector, especially in human services and the ... good news, it’s that the state of New York is looking at a $2 billion gap in the coming...
Private Assets and Public Space: A Conversation with John Tyler, Steve Johnson, and William Dietel
Release Date:
09/25/2009
... Thought Leaders post, John Tyler (left) , co-author of a recent monograph examining the issue; Steve Johnson ... benefits such organizations provide to our civil society. A monograph recently published by the...
Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome
Release Date:
04/27/2015
... Charitable Trust Nongovernmental organizations play a vital role in ensuring vibrant societies, but not all ... Peace and Security Funders Group came together to discuss a broad range of issues related to...