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Today is #GivingTuesday, which you no doubt are aware of from the staggering number of year-end donation requests you’re receiving. If you are thinking about making a personal donation in the coming weeks (no pressure at all!) the Fund for 2025 is...

Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice - A New PNY Core Series for Programming Staff

... grantmaking peers, who are eager to support peer-to-peer learning on equity-centered philanthropic practice. ...

23 Jan 2012

Building Resilient Communities Through Systemic Change

Monday, January 23, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:45am

Disadvantaged communities within the United States, whether urban or rural, are continually struggling to address basic human needs in the areas of housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and jobs. Yet these populations are being overlooked as many...

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24 Apr 2012

Post Penn State: Strategies for Ending Child Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

In the wake of the Penn State child sexual abuse case, the issue of child sexual abuse has entered the national spotlight like never before. A wave of legislative activity has followed this story—and with 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys sexually abused...

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19 Jun 2013

Infrastructure at Risk: How to Protect Public Investments from Stronger Storms and Tidal Surges

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene made New Yorkers painfully aware of the effects of tidal surges and storms on the transit, wastewater and power infrastructure on which we all rely. This subject was one of the most popular topics of the 2013...

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29 Nov 2011

Funding Advocacy in Increasingly Polarized Political Times

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

... This event will be a timely opportunity for funder learning and exchange about the unique challenges and ...

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25 May 2011

The Assault on Fair Courts: Why the Politicization of the Judiciary Is Harming Our Justice System and Democracy as a Whole

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 -

8:45am to 11:00am

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing, sponsored by Open Society Foundations - U.S. Programs, Transparency & Integrity Fund , Carnegie Corporation of New York , and Rockefeller Brothers Fund . WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Funders...

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30 Mar 2011

Trend or Tipping Point: Arts and Social Change Grantmaking

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing, sponsored by the Nathan Cummings Foundation , Open Society Foundations , and Surdna Foundation , with Lambent Foundation and CrossCurrents Foundation . WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Private and public...

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Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

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11/26/2013

Media Impact Funders recaps our PNY event on the fraught relationship between democracy and media and the critical role foundations play in ensuring that our media system serves our democracy.

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See the Storify: Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons

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10/29/2013

... storm early next year and providing the opportunities for learning and collaboration that are still necessary as our ...

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

by Amara Foster Community Food Funders Steering Committee Senior Program Associate, Sustainable Environments, Surdna Foundation As it turns out, quite a bit. In August 2011, farmers upstate lost...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

By Patricia Jenny, Program Director, Community Development & the Environment, The New York Community Trust On July 19th, a group of funders met at Philanthropy New York and learned about the people and the passions behind a new...

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03 Mar 2015

Expanding Your Advocacy Toolbox - Webinar

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Funders have a critical role to play in advocacy – but what are your options for engagement?

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03 Jun 2015

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Effective Workforce Strategies for Immigrants

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting will focus on effective workforce strategies for Immigrants in NYC. Join us for this discussion, as our expert panelists address the challenges, trends and current workforce services for...

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Workforce Development

12 Nov 2015

I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With a Family Foundation

Thursday, November 12, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Learn about how your family foundation can move beyond basic grantmaking, from grants to non-charities, scholarships, and international grants, to program-related investments (PRIs), and even advocacy and policy engagement.