PNY Core: Financial Series
... skills to analyze grantee financial documents. What’ s more, they help funders consider the role of financial ... funding institutions, as well as to their grantees. Join us this March and April to explore how...
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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?
Publication date:
04/2014
... of commerce, labor unions, trade associations, and veteran' s organizations. Listed below are definitions and related ... the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking. U. S . private foundations are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) ... are no longer governed by members of the original donor’ s family but are run by boards made up of community, .....
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know
Release Date:
09/10/2014
... This post originally appeared on the Ford Foundation' s Equals Change blog. It’ s that time of year again: My son starts fourth grade today ... to recognize that having an educated society was good for...
04
Dec
2014
Big Ideas for Short Videos
Thursday, December 4, 2014 -
8:00am to 10:45am
... work with creatives who only work with foundations. Join us for a dialogue with two dynamic experts in multimedia ... program is being reproduced for Philanthropy New York’ s members, due to its popularity at...
15
Dec
2014
Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color
Monday, December 15, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
... the live recording here . Part of Philanthropy New York’ s “Spotlight on Diversity” Series. Across the United ... to girls and young women of color, what would they tell us ? To find out, African American...
The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs
Release Date:
06/30/2011
... Indicators—have become routine features of the funder’ s landscape. But does a total embrace of a culture so reliant on numbers make us better? Measurement, by itself, is neither good nor bad, .....
Reflections from Foundations on the Hill
Release Date:
03/24/2011
... to several specific legislative issues on the Council’ s agenda, we focused on enhancing Congress’ awareness of ... were 3 kinds of activities that will enhance our sector’ s ability to effectively inform...
On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary
Release Date:
11/05/2009
... provide only a rough picture of the complexity of people’ s lives and communities and what it takes to make them ... people who experience it every day. Close listening helps us learn, and it often helps...
Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?
Release Date:
07/29/2009
... for Special Projects at the Foundation Center, to provide us with a recap of the program. The program began with a ... by Loren Renz on key findings from the Foundation Center’ s new study, Perpetuity or...
16
Mar
2015
Food Systems and Movements
Monday, March 16, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... public sphere without addressing the issues which divide us . For many communities this means addressing racism in the ...
Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... Public Safety. As our colleagues and I survey America’ s landscape of intractable, intolerable affronts to social ... even as crime rates steadily fall. Our government’ s steady construction of more prisons is...
29
Apr
2015
What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -
2:15pm to 4:30pm
... programs to assist the children who settled here. Join us to hear from grantmakers who were early investors in this ... Medical Director, Community Pediatric Programs, Children' s Hospital at Montefiore...
CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... CSR/CCI goals. It is based on research about recent U. S . corporate giving patterns and trends, as well as telephone ... Arts President and CEO Robert Lynch notes that, “today’ s most innovative businesses are...
Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/20/2015
... health, and digital technology," said Foundation Center' s president, Bradford K. Smith. "Their combined wisdom will strengthen our organization' s ability to identify, understand, and...
16
Sep
2015
Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Industry Partnerships - Current and Future Strategies
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
... with a focus on low-wage workers in the latter two. Join us for an update on the two existing industry partnerships ...
The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing the Greek Crisis
Release Date:
08/21/2015
... originally appeared on the European Foundation Centre' s In Dialogue Blog . What is philanthropy’ s appropriate role in the midst of the Greek socioeconomic ... end, it is in times of crisis that our...
Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 2
Release Date:
09/21/2015
... post discussed the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund’ s racial justice leadership training for arts and cultural ... where racial inequities are most prevalent in the City’ s arts and culture sector. They...
Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term
Release Date:
10/29/2015
... December 2010. His term of Chair included the Foundation’ s Centennial in 2013, an historic opportunity to reflect on ... since 2007. I am certain that under Dick and Judith’ s leadership the Foundation will...
For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... obsessively follow every change on Philanthropy New York’ s website, you may not have noticed that this month the ... Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy . It’ s not just a new name, but a new...
NY Life Marks Fifth Year of Partnership to Provide Bereavement Services
Release Date:
01/20/2016
... received since the program began five years ago has helped us to meet the growing needs of the providers. We not only ... nearly $5 million have been awarded since the program’ s inception in 2011. The New...