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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

Release Date:

01/11/2017

... face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact . We are free to fail, with no external force to punish ... as promises of results. And, we equate programmatic impact with professional performance in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arcus Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

02/15/2018

... also launched the new report Local Leadership, Global Impact : Community Foundations and the Sustainable Development ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

New Citi Foundation Report - Funding from a Place of Trust

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... CB funds to better fulfill a non-profit’s mission and impact . Invest in GOS and CB funding early and for the long ... donors to their grantees. It’s difficult to trace the impact of CB and GOS funding on...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Citi Foundation

Justice Reform Working Group

... in history in which strategically deployed philanthropic resources might make a significant difference. In response to ...

PNY Supports Inclusion of Nonprofits in COVID-19 Legislation

... are deployed above and beyond normal capacity while their resources remain flat or even decrease. Essential community ...

August 2013 Working Group Updates

Release Date:

08/28/2013

... organizing project formed in 2011 to provide information, resources and networking opportunities for funders in the New ...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Philanthropy New York

For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

Publication date:

04/2014

... Staff at Community Foundations: 8.2 Representative Human Resources Data: Benefits, tenure, and promotion Close to ...

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Job Seekers

Serious Policy Between Our Two Ferns

Release Date:

04/23/2014

Philanthropy New York's Michael Hamill Remaley on the April 30th event, CEO Interview with Wallace Foundation President Will Miller.

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

15 Oct 2014

Busting the Business of Trafficking Women and Children

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Human trafficking is often approached as a women and children’s human rights and social justice issue. Rightly so considering the U.S. State Department estimates 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year with...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

A series of Supreme Court decisions; Buckley v Valeo, Citizens United, Shelby v FEC and McCutcheon v FEC, have expanded corporate constitutional rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign...

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26 Feb 2015

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 26, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis.

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

Workshop

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All Funders

New Staff

How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?

Release Date:

12/17/2014

... need to make inferences about the best use of limited resources based on what is known about the populations ...

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PNY News

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

See the Storify and More: Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event

Release Date:

10/10/2013

... of our launch event — you can read it (and several other resources and write-ups) below. The first two full ...

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Insights

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All Funders

“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

Release Date:

01/21/2015

... end aren’t tiny at all. The poor are many, and the resources held by the top are staggeringly large and growing ...

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PNY News

13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

Monday, April 13, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

MIssed this session? View recording here . As in many places in the United States, economic, social and environmental degradation in Puerto Rico disproportionally affects the island's most vulnerable populations. Investments that build community and...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

19 May 2015

Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Since the economic downturn of 2008, increasing media attention on income inequality and its effects on our society has turned up the volume on the public conversation. But has the coverage actually increased the philanthropic sector’s understanding...

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Livestream

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

HR & Operations

Public Policy

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Economic Security

Workforce Development

Location

New York City

Staff Promotions at Philanthropy New York

Release Date:

02/27/2015

... for these programs and events, including: event-related resources , distance learning offerings, program-related web ...

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Appointments & Transitions

16 Jul 2015

IT Security: Combat Advanced Persistent Threats

Thursday, July 16, 2015 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

View presentation here . Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) is a set of continuous computer hacking processes, often conducted by a group such as a government with the capability and intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity...

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Information Technology

Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome

Release Date:

04/27/2015

Jim O'Sullivan, Israel Program Advisor at the Helmsley Charitable Trust, offers takeaways from the PNY program, "Philanthropy in Nations with Weak Civic Infrastructure."