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Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... she's aligned all of their assets around mission - impact investing is the default. How do you train your staff ... occasion that brought us together was a presentation of initial findings from...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

The Wallace Foundation

TIAA-CREF

F.B. Heron Foundation

Episcopal Health Foundation

Program Officers as Champions

... practice, peer-to-peer learning, and mobilizing for impact . The program challenges participants to hone their ...

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

... funders determine how to better align their work with the impact they wish to see in the world. Through a combination ...

COVID-19

Philanthropy New York & Funder Programming PNY has moved to virtual programming, utilizing Zoom webinars and meetings. We are hosting weekly webinars for members to share information on philanthropic responses to COVID-19. The calendar of events...

Brooklyn Community Foundation Introduces New Board Trustees and Staff

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... York City philanthropic community approaches giving and impact ,” said Silberman. “Brooklyn has so much to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Paul Connolly Joins Bessemer Trust

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09/03/2013

... their grantmaking strategies and achieve greater social impact . Bessemer Trust is a century-old wealth management ...

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Bessemer Trust

TCC Group

07 Jan 2014

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 7:00am to Friday, January 10, 2014 - 6:00pm

... • Managing the Grant Portfolio • Maximizing Grant Impact • Managing Personal and Professional Changes A ...

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Professional Development

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Program Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

After 20 months of supporting and working closely with community-based organizations in neighborhoods most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, North Star Fund published: "From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of...

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

Community Development

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

... whose purposes look far into the future and aim at big impact . Not all the clarifying decisions about GOAL have ...

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Governance

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

27 Jan 2015

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

... Decisions Managing the Grant Portfolio Maximizing Grant Impact (Since PNY offers an extensive course on financial due ...

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Professional Development

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Program Staff

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

Release Date:

03/27/2014

... chief aspects of our approach is to “catalyze broad impact ” — which we describe as improving practice and ...

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The Wallace Foundation

Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

Release Date:

05/10/2012

... One big challenge in philanthropy today is in measuring impact : is my focused effort moving the needle on issues I ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Names Terry Fulmer President

Release Date:

02/10/2015

... of medicine, nursing and social work, creating a lasting impact in all these disciplines. Additionally, she led ...

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Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... will play. Community-based organizations that have a major impact on individual and family health but that have not been ...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Health

Takeaways From the Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

Release Date:

06/25/2015

NYSHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman writes a Huffington Post column on New York State’s achievements to date under the ACA; the implications of the Supreme Court ruling for New York and the rest of the country; and the health care coverage...

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Public Policy

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Check Out the Other Action on Times Square Everyone Is Talking About

Release Date:

09/01/2015

... which means broadening the audience and the potential impact of our programs, as well as those you bring to us. We ...

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President's Message

PNY News

Come Help Me Be Less Racist

Release Date:

10/21/2015

While the vast majority of those working in philanthropy are committed to ameliorating the effects of our unjust history, we are nonetheless subject to implicit bias in our lives and in our work. But even though implicit bias operates at a...