For our 40th Anniversary annual meeting we were delighted to celebrate our work together with our membership and to create space for intriguing and challenging conversations. Throughout the day we were presented with discussions that illuminated our...
NYC Charter Amendments on the Ballot: Housing, Democracy, and the Future of the City The NYC Charter serves as the city's constitution, outlining the powers and structure of its government. In this November’s general election, a set of key...
In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor Bloomberg took office. Eighty-seven percent of those stopped were Black...
Online registration is now closed. Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org . A Philanthropy New York program presented by its policy committee Philanthopy Connects , co-sponsored by Asset Funders Network and the New York...
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Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Executive Director of the Communications Network, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as of December 31, 2013.
When many funders think about arts and culture grantmaking, they put it in a separate box. While promoting the arts and revitalizing culture are important ends in themselves, what would happen if we invested more in arts and cultural approaches to...
Grappling with how to make the case to support immigrant-related work within your foundation? Wondering how other funders are connecting immigration issues—including implementation of the new executive actions—to diverse grantmaking priorities, from...
Recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates an alarming trend! Suicide is the leading cause of death in teenage girls, ages 15-19, outside of Africa.
You’ve heard of the term healthy food deserts, but did you know that New York City – the health care capital of the world – also has primary care deserts?
Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis. Walk through a set of sample financial statements, focusing on definitions and relationships of numbers. What are some “red flags...
Many private foundations and public charities have programs for making grants to individuals. The purpose can range from recognizing or enabling human achievement (such as through award programs or scholarships and fellowships) to disaster or...
In the absence of federal legislation or a national will to put a price on carbon, the federal government is unlikely to make progress on climate action over the next four years. Recognizing that we can’t afford to wait that long, activists in some...
With so many food system interventions focused on either production (agriculture) or consumption (food access), the way that food gets from one to the other is frequently left out.
This program is a part of the Financial Series from our PNY Core : February 22 – Financial Series: Intro to Financial Statements March 1 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement March 8 – Looking at the 990 Part 1 of 3* March 15 –...
Many funders say racial and gender equity strengthens their grantmaking and aligns perfectly with their philanthropic mission. Thus, more foundations are interested in assessing the equitability of their operational practice.
The administration has engaged in a wide range of policies that are causing immigrant and refugee families to be separated. The detention of community members and the recent raid in Tennessee demonstrate how mothers and fathers are being separated...