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22 Aug 2023

Navigating Disaster: Investing in Climate Resilience for Immigrant and BIPOC Communities in the South - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members .* From forest fires in Canada and Greece to massive ... change. Climate justice leaders and organizations are working tirelessly to develop...

New York Foundation and New York Community Trust Create New Fund Aimed At Supporting A Fair and Accurate Census

Release Date: 
07/02/2018
... Census The New York Community Trust has joined with other funders in the state to create the New York State Grantmakers ... administered by The New York Community Trust and support education...

Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

Release Date: 
04/22/2016
... America to put the brakes on our national obsession with youth and our dismissal of the potential of older adults. And ... by age, a failed experiment of the last century. As funders , we like...
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Working with the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good with Private Partners

Publication date: 
06/2004
... and pull between sectors from the vantage point of those working in independent and corporate foundations, this guide examines efforts to partner with and influence the business world. Grantmakers weigh the case for engaging business, share strategies for working with companies, and identify skills for promoting ...

Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works

Publication date: 
01/2013
Engaging community residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling grantmakers to make more informed decisions, it also helps ensure evaluation efforts are measuring the right things and builds community capacity to use evaluation data to support sustainable solutions. Explore why it matters and what works through five recommendations.
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How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work

Publication date: 
05/2010
This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly different strategies to boost their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

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