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The Westchester Community Foundation

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2024 PNY Membership Report to the Board

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2019 PNY Public Policy Fellowship Application

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Philanthropy New York

The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

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04/03/2012

... Cricket Island Foundation When the financial crisis hit, foundations endowments were hit hard. We all knew the ... slow and unsteady recovery of the economy. I hear from our grantees almost daily about the...

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

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10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of ... current state of decision making at large, private, U.S. foundations . Through in-depth interviews with CEOs and ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Understanding and Benchmarking Foundation Payout

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09/2012

... detailing the payout practices of the largest U.S. foundations . Understanding and Benchmarking Foundation Payout ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Essentials of Foundation Strategy

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12/2009

... ones? This research explores the state of strategy at foundations today and identifies behaviors and practices ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Leadership Development

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices For foundations , there are lots of questions to reflect on when ... questions in light of benchmarking data about what other foundations are doing can be informative and important. The ... infographics on crucial topics related to evaluation at foundations , such as evaluation staffing and structures, ...

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19 Feb 2014

Interested in Working at a Foundation?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 -

2:15pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

Learn about the field of philanthropy from two foundation staff members’ personal perspectives! Bob Canace, program officer at The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, will discuss the ins-and-outs of grantmaking at a family foundation, and...

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Foundations as First Responders?

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04/18/2013

... and its communities well following Hurricane Sandy. Foundations as First Responders? ...

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Disaster Relief

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Brooklyn Org

Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... shares her experiences from this year's edition of Foundations on the Hill and talks about ways to effectively ... sector to elected officials. Reflections from Foundations on the Hill .....

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Philanthropy New York

28 Jul 2022

Funder Briefing with the Energy Foundation

Thursday, July 28, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Join us for a discussion with the Energy Foundation as we learn about their work in continuing to position New York as a leader in the climate change movement, including the opportunity to provide feedback on their impact strategy.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Spending Down the Family Foundation

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03/10/2014

... Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations . Minneapolis financial adviser Cassidy Burns ...

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Family Foundation

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arabella Advisors

Inside the Russell Sage Foundation

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04/15/2015

One of the foundation's main focuses is fighting economic inequality.

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Community Development

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Russell Sage Foundation

06 Feb 2013

Family Foundations Briefing

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Teleconference

... conversation reporting on participation at the Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, in San Jose. ... Fund Designed for All interested funders. Family Foundations Briefing ...

The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

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01/05/2018

Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work.

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Video

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Disabilities

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Ford Foundation

Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy

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06/2014

This interactive data platform defines what "democracy funding" means for philanthropy, establishes a baseline for such funding, and allows users to quickly grasp, in terms of both major trends and detail, who is funding what and where, across the nation.

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.

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Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here's How We Can Do It

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03/18/2020

... basic medical care—putting an even bigger strain on the limited childcare and healthcare infrastructure in the U.S. Philanthropy must adapt quickly to this crisis. Our grantees need us to respond immediately...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Disaster Relief

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United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Release New Report: Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter

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11/19/2018

United Hospital Fund (UHF) conducted a year-long inquiry, supported by the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), to better understand why hospital discharge planning can fall short despite well-intentioned efforts by hospital staff, and...

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