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Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

Release Date:

06/07/2010

Despite the billions of dollars distributed to nonprofits in our region each year, and the tremendous ... board of directors can exert over an organization, many funders are not certain about how to...

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Governance

Leadership Development

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United Way of New York City

Sample Job Descriptions: Accountant

Publication date:

10/2013

The following jobs descriptions for program assistant professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Renewing Philanthropy's Commitment to Local Journalism

Release Date:

01/06/2020

... collapse of local news. Far fewer local journalists are working today in the United States than existed at the turn ... (transportation, housing, immigration, criminal justice, education , health) with an “eyes...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Brenda Henry-Sanchez Joins the Foundation Center as Director of Research for Special Projects

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... the Foundation Center in the D5 Coalition of organizations working to grow diversity, equity and inclusion in ... where she worked on improving programs that served youth of color. Her...

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Appointments & Transitions

Ford Foundation doubles investment for trans organizations, makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities

Release Date:

06/02/2022

... for trans organizations, makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities New York – Today the Ford ... stands as a benchmark of global significance. Demand IX is working to celebrate...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

LGBTQ

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Ford Foundation

Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... Fund , a $30 million philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES), awarded over $1.2 million in ... Center for New Pennsylvanians . All are U.S. organizations working to support...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

26 Oct 2011

Raising the Bar for Students and Schools: Chancellor Walcott’s Strategic Priorities

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Bank of America Tower, One Bryant Park (6th Avenue and 42nd Street)

... as he presents his strategic priorities and plans for the NYC Department of Education , followed by a Q&A session with senior Department ... of Portfolio Planning . Designed for All interested ...

13 Feb 2019

Can Data + Organizing Drive Policy? Prospects for Strengthening Tenant Protections in New York City and Statewide

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 -

8:45am to 10:00am

... real estate market, how civic data is used (and needed) to support that work, and the changes to housing policies ... at stake in the current fight over rent regulation in NYC How housing...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

Funding Area

Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

24 Jun 2020

Service for Impact: Results of Corporate Volunteering

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... partners and meet community needs. The Service for Impact working group , rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , ... released later in 2020. Designed for Corporate funders and CECP-...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Corporate Funders

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

22 Jul 2020

Service for Impact - July Conversation

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... partners and meet community needs. The Service for Impact working group , rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , ... the conversation we will have. Designed for Corporate funders...

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Network Building

Format

Breakout Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Corporate Funders

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

Release Date:

05/15/2015

... with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The map shows ... South Bronx Healthy and Livable Neighborhoods program, is working in three neighborhoods in the...

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Insights

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Community Development

Education

Food Systems

Health

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New York Health Foundation

The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

Release Date:

09/18/2012

... Network —the Tides Foundation ; women’s and LGBT funders such as the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice ; ... broad community including government, business, labor and education , and to...

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Insights

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All Funders

Fund for 2025 Testimonials

... York has made over the past ten years in support of the NYC foundation community is the reason I volunteered to ... to be impressive. Whether on Hurricane Sandy recovery, education...

New York Grantmakers in the Arts

... information, resources, and networking opportunities for funders to invest strategically in growing and sustaining a ... communicate within its own membership and with other working groups...

Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York to help support the NYC Housing & Neighborhood Recovery Donors Collaborative and ... to make grants within its longstanding areas of...

Co-Impact Launches New $1 Billion Gender Fund to Advance Global Equality and Women's Leadership, with Support from The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

03/17/2022

... the Gender Fund , and share the growing pool of partners, funders and advisors coming together to advance the ... will fund locally-rooted partners to ensure that health, education...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

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Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds, Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies

The Rockefeller Foundation

Diversity Is a Core Commitment for Philanthropy New York

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... reaffirmed our core organizational values: a commitment to the greater social good, integrity, transparency, ... to diversity. We talked about PNY’s history of working on diversity, which was...

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President's Message

PNY News

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

BoardServeNYC: Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

Release Date:

06/07/2010

... of these investments, I think it’s fair to say that funders , whether they’re foundations, government agencies, ... of grantmakers may take a more “hands on” approach, working directly with...

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Insights

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All Funders

A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

Release Date:

12/13/2024

A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit ... ways to bridge increasing polarization and uplift ways of working that center people’s interconnection and common .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Bold Stories For Big Challenges

Release Date:

12/17/2013

by Paul VanDeCarr, Managing Director, Working Narratives Conscription of child soldiers. Mass ... such huge challenges? That’s the question that a group of about 60 Philanthropy New York members tackled last .....