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Philanthropy Must Act Now — Vulnerable Communities Can’t Afford to “Wait and See”

Release Date:

04/01/2025

... $1.2 million for the communities we serve in New York City . Now, we and thousands of other nonprofits are ... managers and therapists on a bit longer and to keep making more phone calls to funders, hoping...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Human Services

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

20 Jun 2023

Cannabis, Communities and Real-World Reparations: What Funders Need to Know about How It’s Playing Out

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... were issued to “justice-involved” individuals, with more to be issued in the coming year, giving people affected ... intentions of New York’s cannabis legislation and the resources necessary to give justice-...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

03 Dec 2019

New York Environmental Funders Network – Winter Meeting

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... sustainability, climate and conservation in New York City and/or State. Philanthropy New York members funding or ... sustainability, climate and conservation in New York City and/or State are invited to join...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development

Release Date:

06/02/2014

New York City Change Capital Fund Launches New Initiative to Support ... Scherman Foundation; and United Way of New York City .] CCF is funding five New York CDCs to help them retool ... and business models to...

Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

Release Date:

08/08/2017

... invest in Texas. Texas social justice organizations need more resources to deepen capacity and expand reach. Texas ... to champion progressive policies. With sufficient resources ,...

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Insights

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... (February 2017) New York Immigrant Coalition ($25,000) for city -wide collaboration and the “This is Our New York” ... (Brooklyn Recovery Fund) and the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 ( NYC Haitian Community Hope and...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

Release Date:

05/13/2014

... to help lift Detroit out of bankruptcy, and this July, the city ’s retirees will be voting on the bankruptcy plan. As this date nears and more and more retiree groups support the plan, the...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, ... lose their money if the disaster happens, leaving the city or government borrower with...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

Release Date:

03/12/2018

... Foundation The Better Bike Share Partnership has awarded more than $410,000 in grants to help increase access to bike ... is now in its third round. The partners include The City of Philadelphia, Bicycle...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Freedom Together Foundation

Sample Job Descriptions: Grants Management Assistant/ Grants Assistant

Publication date:

10/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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HR & Operations Staff

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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

... foundations have invested over $2 billion in New York City public school reform efforts over the last decade and ... by one question: How can we improve on what's working in NYC ? This program is the...

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Education

12 Dec 2017

Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed, Part II

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... policy reform, and the creation of robust pathways at the city level Presenters Denise Hinds , Associate Executive ... Foundation Liz Northcutt , Executive Director and Founder, City Living NY Maryanne...

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Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna

Release Date:

12/22/2014

... identified as core concerns by the community and New York City to advance its sustainability efforts. She also served ... where she managed a grant portfolio with programs in more than 15 countries, providing...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... discussed a wide variety of proposals including creating more public banks like the state-owned Bank of North Dakota; ... lot of discussion and excitement. The basic idea is that a city (or state) can...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Roosevelt Institute

Commonwealth Fund Releases Study on Making Health Data Useful to Patients Through Open APIs

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... Health Data Useful to Patients Through Open APIs While more and more doctors’ offices, hospitals, and other providers are ... allows test results from a specialist’s office in one city to be...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city ’s architects are designing buildings that are more resilient than even building codes require. There’s ... (commonly known as WEDG) that aims to...

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Sector News

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Community Development

Sample Job Descriptions: Grants Manager / Grants Administrator

Publication date:

10/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... and expulsions, are not uncommon in pre-K. Statistics show more children of color are punished in classrooms versus ... Bill de Blasio , the mayors of San Antonio and New York City , respectively, are just two...

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The Century Foundation

14 Feb 2017

Social and Emotional Intelligence: Insights on Creating Effective Learning Communities for Staff Who Work with Young People

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join the NYC Youth Funders in a discussion focused on how those who ... and opportunities for the youth-serving field Costs and resources needed to promote effective adult SEL practice in ... log in and click the...

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Children, Youth and Families

Beyond the 990: Effective Nonprofit Financial Data Analysis - WEBINAR

Publication date:

04/2012

In this webinar, financial experts from the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) provided instruction on what to look for when reviewing nonprofit financials—imparting five steps for assessing financial health.