Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook
Release Date:
07/28/2011
... from Red Hook’s public housing in gaining access to affordable housing, as well as receiving the education and ...
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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing
Release Date:
06/25/2009
At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...
Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures
Release Date:
01/11/2017
Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, writes, "Unlike our colleagues in government, business, and civil society, foundation executives face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact. We are free to fail, with no...
Listening for Bits of Truth in DC
Release Date:
03/22/2018
If you’ve ever spent a day or two pounding the hard terrazzo floors of the U.S. House and Senate office buildings talking with legislators and their staffs, you know that the artifice of political exchange presented in the now classic HBO television...
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May
2023
Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
Thursday, May 25, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
... that ensure fresh, healthy food is accessible and affordable in marginalized communities, Equity Advocates ...
Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Three New Board Members
Release Date:
07/06/2023
... urban development initiatives to make housing more affordable , promote more equitable land use practices, and ...
Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance
Release Date:
07/02/2009
... for communities in the Global South—can leverage more resources to augment their grant dollars. Travelers’ ... travelers’ philanthropy, please see the collected resources from Philanthropy New York’s June 16th...
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Nov
2019
Judy Belk: Moving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion From Buzzwords To Integrated Practice
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... 1992 when Health Net, one of California’s largest health care and insurance providers converted from nonprofit to ... status, establishing one of the largest “health care conversion” foundations at the time...
Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership
Release Date:
02/10/2022
... my job or reminded that my perspective -- on issues that I care deeply about -- was flawed because it lacked the ... for myself, but for the people, communities, and issues I care about. I feel comfort and...
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Mar
2015
Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -
7:00am to 10:00am
... around increasing job opportunities for low-income populations Common challenges of implementing youth ...
Reflections from Foundations on the Hill
Release Date:
03/24/2011
... the differences between foundations and charities; the populations that are served by the sector; and its economic ...
Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/20/2015
... and empower communities so that even the most vulnerable populations can thrive," said Dr. Christopher. "The idea that .....
Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win
Release Date:
10/22/2015
Pacific island nation now leads the world in highest percentage of its exclusive economic zone set aside for full protection of marine wildlife.
This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking
Release Date:
03/04/2016
Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, speaks on the challenges and successes of participatory grantmaking.
What Philanthropy Can Do to Stabilize Homeless Families and Break the Cycle of Homelessness
Release Date:
03/13/2018
Christine Quinn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Win (formerly Women in Need) writes "We must work to break the cycle of homelessness from an intergenerational perspective and make sure that people do not return to shelter, because a...
Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership
Release Date:
04/05/2018
Christopher F. Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund writes " The far greater impact of advocates like my sister and the articulate students now speaking up is to create space for previously impossible legislative and campaign discussions."
The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner
Release Date:
10/08/2019
The New York Women’s Foundation honored two of the nation’s leading champions of social justice on October 7 at its 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner at The Essex House on Central Park West.
Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?
Release Date:
11/17/2022
After the 2020 election, the issue of how (and even whether) American democracy would survive rose to the top of many Americans’ concerns.
Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations Announce New $5M Initiative Designed to Advance Latinx Art in Museums
Release Date:
02/13/2023
Institutions Receive Critical Funding to Create and Support Curatorial Positions with Expertise in Latinx Art
Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System
Release Date:
02/15/2023
... governance and the captivity of its most vulnerable populations . It is an honor to be among the grantees and in ...