Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
11/23/2012
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New Member Spotlight: ASPCA
Release Date:
07/10/2009
We recently welcomed the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Philanthropy New York. We asked Michael Barrett, Senior Director of Grants Management at ASPCA, to share details about the organization and its latest initiatives...
Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing
Release Date:
06/25/2009
At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...
17
Mar
2015
The Promise of Community Schools in NYC
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 -
8:30am to 1:30pm
*Registration for this session has reached capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * Join us to explore critical issues around New York City's scaling of community schools as a...
10
Nov
2015
Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
With 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States - and an annual cost of $85 billion to run our prisons- politicians on both sides of the aisle are talking about what needs to happen to reform the criminal justice system.
Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks
Release Date:
06/17/2015
VP of Nonprofit Strategy at Social Impact Exchange, Anne Sherman, discusses how to scale for impact.
04
Nov
2015
Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
The long-term changes in the labor market have disproportionately impacted low-income young adults who do not graduate from high school or pursue post-secondary education. The quality of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders...
18
May
2016
Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
At their core, social impact bonds are about learning from and scaling what works, and discontinuing what doesn’t. With the recent discontinuation of the social impact bond experiment supporting the Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) program at Rikers...
JPMorgan Report: Good, Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women
Release Date:
03/24/2016
Women account for only a third of positions in growing, middle-skill jobs that pay at least $35,000 or as much as $102,000 per year, according to a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), supported by JPMorgan.
Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others
Release Date:
05/06/2016
Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents of the NoVo Foundation, say a philanthropist from on high will never reach down and “empower” a girl in Sierra Leone.
Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders
Release Date:
05/19/2016
Taryn Higashi of Unbound Philanthropy says investing in women leaders is smart, just and strategic, but women’s voices and gender-based challenges are still often buried under the weight of the “bigger” issue we are trying to tackle.
For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner of The Brookings Institution encourage philanthropic actors to consider the high potential impact of contributing outcome funds to supplement government funding.
As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Gisela Alvarez, Esq., Coordinator, Donors’ Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust, says funders who believe in equity and the power of education must support the choir that is preaching about school integration.
25
Jan
2017
Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
James Sheehan was appointed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead the New York State Charities Bureau in January 2014, and his first focus was the implementation and enforcement of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 , The NPRA was the...
Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures
Release Date:
01/11/2017
Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, writes, "Unlike our colleagues in government, business, and civil society, foundation executives face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact. We are free to fail, with no...
A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard
Release Date:
02/03/2017
David Biemesderfer of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, writes, "Whenever there is a new Congress and new Presidential administration, it is a critical moment for all sectors to ensure they are being heard—philanthropy included."
Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2017
Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.
Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Ann Maldonado, Office Manager at Altman Foundation, writes about the three "Ms" that may help you navigate your next difficult conversation: Mindful preparation, Monoriting and Meta-conversations.
Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges
Release Date:
07/18/2017
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Associate Kristen C. Ratanatharathorn on the US-UK task force currently developing a framework to address the challenges of preserving email correspondence.
Get It Right, Right Now
Release Date:
10/18/2017
It is no coincidence that the communities that are hardest to reach in the decennial census count are also those that are under-resourced and under-represented in federal, state and local government. Systematic undercounting of hard-to-reach...