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A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy

Publication date: 
12/2015
... leaders, as well as advocates—to advance concrete local and national reforms. Throughout 2015, they engaged in ... short of adequately and meaningfully engaging the very communities most impacted by the issues we address: most ... and infrastructure needs? The report also includes resources and links to readings to help funders think further ...
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Report
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Economic Security
Social Justice
Related Organizations 
Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative

Release Date: 
02/20/2018
... in activities that ensure stable housing in thriving communities ,” pledging to invest $4.9 million to provide ... in part, from recognition from members that federal and local assistance isn’t fully addressing...
18 Nov 2025

Social Impact Strategies: People and Place - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... for achieving impact at scale in urban, rural, and Tribal communities . We will examine the commonalities that connect ... challenges related to economic development, access to resources , and social equity—...

20 Issues, to Be Specific

Release Date: 
07/19/2017
... March of this year. This slate – 20 federal, state and local issues, to be exact – provides background and basic ... to have the Committee and Board approve this language to guide our policy work: At...
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PNY News
Funding Area 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

Release Date: 
08/16/2010
... possible projects that we could pursue to support Haitian communities in New York State, and they more than rose to the ... the grants to meet the needs of the Haitian communities in Brooklyn...
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Insights
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All Funders
27 Nov 2018

Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
... and inclusion. For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities , especially low-income communities and ... That data should be used to assess practices and drive decision making. Less...
03 Nov 2022

Building Partner-Centered Grantmaking Infrastructure (PEAK Oral and Alternative Reporting Working Group)

Thursday, November 3, 2022 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
... reflective of its mission and vision. Kataly moves resources to support the economic, political, and cultural power of Black & Indigenous communities and all communities of color. There...

NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M

Release Date: 
01/10/2017
... of collaborative philanthropy where organizations pool resources to better leverage collective use of their ... and Young Women of Color are the Andrus Family Fund , Brooklyn Community Foundation , Cricket...

How to Fund in the Fog of War

Release Date: 
06/02/2016
... funds and make it difficult to identify clear inroads for action . In Iraq, I heard repeatedly how obtuse US and EU ... financing regulations are paradoxically stripping resources away from the very people in...
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Insights
Funding Area 
Gender Justice
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MADRE

For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

Publication date: 
04/2014
... from large, national corporate giving programs to small, local family foundations. The terms "grantmakers" and ... the board. Trustees usually serve locally, in their communities . An example is The Cricket Island Foundation . ... foundations include The New York Community Trust and the Brooklyn Community Foundation . Number of Private/Public .....
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Article
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Job Seekers
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American Express
Brooklyn Org
Casey Family Programs
Ford Foundation

Recordings of Philanthropy New York's 45th Annual Meeting - Power With: Building A Shared Future

Publication date: 
05/2024
... individual and collective roles within philanthropy. Every decision - from how we manage assets to how we engage with communities to what value we place on different forms of ... like for philanthropy, followed by inspiring stories of local and national funder strategies for building power in ...

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