The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives
Release Date:
11/13/2019
... Through Funding Collaboratives Unbound Philanthropy. This article was originally published by the National Committee ...
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An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations
Release Date:
10/21/2021
... why not just fund what they have already built? (Helpful article from Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity) Our ...
Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition
Transition is inevitable. Justice is not. What will it take to move us into a just and sustainable future?
Recording: Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum
Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum The NYC Charter serves as the city's constitution, outlining the powers and structure of its government. Charter Revision is a powerful, yet often misunderstood,...
Recording: Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC's Nonprofit Crisis
Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC's Nonprofit Crisis New York City's safety net is under immense strain. Nonprofits dedicated to serving those affected by the criminal legal system are grappling with overwhelming demand and the inability...
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Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil
Friday, October 31, 2014 -
8:45am to 12:00pm
Recent documentary films are conveying incredibly powerful stories and imagery around environmental destruction -- from flaming faucets and endangered species to eviscerated landscapes and communities uniting against polluters.
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...
Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political
Release Date:
08/08/2013
by Jenny Rempel, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Food systems funding is hot right now. Foundations are supporting everything from food hubs to community...
From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss
Release Date:
01/15/2015
Africa Region Associate Director, C.D. Glin examines how the Rockefeller Foundation is addressing food loss worldwide.
Program Recap—American Journalism: Views on Reconstructing the Falling Industry
Release Date:
03/19/2010
By Vincent Stehle Consultant, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation On February 23rd, Philanthropy New York hosted a debate between Michael Schudson , co-author of The Reconstruction of American Journalism and...
Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... For further information, visit www.gishprize. com . Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori ...
Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives
Release Date:
11/03/2016
While archivists, technologists, librarians, and others continue to make progress in capturing, preserving, and providing access to various forms of digital expression, email has remained resistant to a variety of efforts at preservation.
What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today
Release Date:
01/30/2017
Prachi Patankar, senior program officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, writes that many immigrant rights groups are now sharing stories similar to what communities felt almost two decades ago.
United Hospital Fund Establishes Learning Collaborative with Altman Foundation and NY Community Trust
Release Date:
03/08/2017
The participating pediatric primary care practices serve more than 26,000 children annually in New York City, and UHF expects they will refer more than 7,000 children and their caregivers to services during the coming year.
TCC Group Welcomes Strategic Communications Leadership and Research Partner
Release Date:
03/22/2017
TCC Group welcomes Susan Wolfson as New Director of Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Practice and Steven Lawrence as Senior Research Affiliate.
Listening for Bits of Truth in DC
Release Date:
03/22/2018
If you’ve ever spent a day or two pounding the hard terrazzo floors of the U.S. House and Senate office buildings talking with legislators and their staffs, you know that the artifice of political exchange presented in the now classic HBO television...
Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.
Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative
Release Date:
05/24/2018
Loni M. Bordoloi Pazich, Ph.D., Program Director, The Teagle Foundation and Tony Banout, Ph.D., Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Interfaith Youth Core write "Philanthropy works best when it advances solutions to that which seems...
These Leaders Are Rallying to Stop New NY Taxes on Tax-Exempt Nonprofits
Release Date:
08/22/2018
If you’ve worked in philanthropy for a little while, you probably already know many of the local leaders who fly the flag on behalf of New York’s nonprofit sector, but you might not be as familiar with the big issue they are working on right now –...
Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months
Release Date:
09/19/2019
Earlier this month, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, a $30 million philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES), awarded over $1.2 million in funding to five inaugural grantee partners.