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23 Mar 2023

Financial Series: Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 23, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... to answer questions about a grantee’s trajectory, its governance , its financial stability and even how it is strategically deploying its resources . These documents can help a grantmaker tactically deploy...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Brooklyn Community Foundation Partners on $2.2M "Welcome NYC" Initiative for Nonprofits Serving Asylum Seekers

Release Date:

03/03/2023

... the specific gaps that exist in services, and the need for resources and support to help fill them. “Every New Yorker seeks information and resources from trusted advisors—whether that’s a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Org

Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance

Release Date:

07/02/2009

... for communities in the Global South—can leverage more resources to augment their grant dollars. Travelers’ ... travelers’ philanthropy, please see the collected resources from Philanthropy New York’s June 16th...

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Foundation Administrator's Network: Internship Programs

Publication date:

04/2010

Annette Ensley and Shelly Harper (Nathan Cummings Foundation) and Jason McGill (Philanthropy New York, and formerly at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) shared their knowledge and experience in developing internship programs at a Foundation Administrator's Network meeting.

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Program Presentation

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

Release Date:

06/07/2010

... funders are not certain about how to address the topic of governance with their grantees. In an attempt to provide ... and grantees with a solution to improving nonprofit governance in a manner that respects...

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Governance

Leadership Development

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United Way of New York City

Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State

Release Date:

02/29/2012

In July 2009, New York Governor David Paterson asked Richard Ravitch to serve as Lieutenant Governor and develop a plan that would not only solve the state’s immediate budget crisis, but prevent new fiscal emergencies in later years.

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Become a Philanthropy New York Member

... and support within the philanthropic ecosystem. Digital resources such as a dedicated library of program recordings, ... sustaining more racially equitable culture and practices. Resources that help members...

Taking a Stand for New York

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... only if there is an opportunity to share information and resources on how to implement advocacy strategies. Many of ... to convince their boards to support advocacy to sharing resources on how to evaluate...

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New York Foundation

Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

Release Date:

09/25/2017

The United States champions itself as a beacon of democracy, yet nearly a century after granting its women citizens the right to vote, it clocks in behind ninety-eight other countries with regard to women’s participation as representatives in...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace

Publication date:

03/2023

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network of HR and operations professionals at member grantmaking organizations. FAN hosts quarterly meetings on a broad range of topics relevant to HR and operations administration. How common is it for foundation staff to be back in the office? What platforms and tools are others using for remote and grantmaking? How can I leverage peer benchmarking to advocate change within my organization? To assist in answering these questions, in July 2022, Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) conducted a...

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HR & Operations Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

Information Technology

Private Assets and Public Space: A Conversation with John Tyler, Steve Johnson, and William Dietel

Release Date:

09/25/2009

... public may impose rules concerning their expenditure and governance of the entities that hold them. This view affords ... questions on the table here: What are private foundation resources really about? Whom...

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Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

Release Date:

11/23/2012

By Michael Hamill Remaley, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York No matter where you live, disaster can strike. If not a major hurricane like we had here on the east coast it will be an...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

Release Date:

04/18/2017

Steven Pacheco, inaugural John Jay College of Criminal Justice/David Rockefeller Fund Fellow, writes, "Though Germany has its own unique set of issues regarding its homeless population, it has long dismantled any laws that criminalize certain acts...

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Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

Release Date:

06/21/2017

... in Brooklyn—particularly those with complex immigration matters , at risk of being removed from the United States. ...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Puerto Rico's Governor Calls for Greater Federal Response to Hurricane Maria

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... to provide more search-and-rescue help and humanitarian resources to help the beleaguered island recover from ... devastation” from Hurricane Maria. “We need more resources from the Department of Defense so we...

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... challenges and solutions. They also tackle inequality, governance and corruption. The SDGs require governments and ... finally thawed, more efficient economies, more effective governance , greater social...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

... necessity of seeking community input – and the lack of resources dedicated to the task – to rethink incarceration ... Executive Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance Glenn Martin , Founder...

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Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony to Improve Contracting for Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/30/2025

... alone cannot compensate for shortfalls in public sector resources . Consistent and prompt government contracts, which ...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Public Policy

Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment

... Assessment Read about how a small foundation, with limited resources for assessment and impact evaluation, approached ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Cricket Island Foundation

How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

Release Date:

09/28/2011

... operating support. In a time of seriously constrained resources , our grantees need as much flexibility as possible ... low-cost, can yield high returns. Having access to resources for capacity building can...

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