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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

Release Date:

01/16/2014

... hoped I might just write a check to support their work. What I hadn’t fully anticipated were the many requests to ... difficult to say how effective it has been. Board members do , however, pay far more...

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Surdna Foundation

11 Jul 2023

State of Nonprofits 2023: What Funders Need to Know - A Webinar Hosted by CEP

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... nonprofit organizations began with the COVID-19 pandemic, what do individual and institutional donors need to know about how nonprofits are faring today, how they are...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Heads Up: These Tax Reform Proposals Could Help or Hurt Nonprofits

Release Date:

08/16/2017

Heads Up: These Tax Reform Proposals Could Help or Hurt Nonprofits by Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, ... important that the philanthropic sector understand what is at stake and participate in the...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Missed the program? View resources and the live recording here . Leaders in nonprofits , government and philanthropy are united on the ... Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and...

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

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New York State

26 Oct 2021

Investing in Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Models: What is the True Cost?

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... our panelists as we discuss how to focus on supporting nonprofits in their decisions to transition to an alternative ... collaborations The nonprofit perspective on how and what they have...

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All Funders

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

Release Date:

06/04/2015

... U.S. embassy in Havana. Some expressed trepidation about what explosive private-sector development in Cuba could do to its people and its ecology. Among them is Kate Barnes, ... Cuba "has a really good...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Philanthropy New York Stands in Solidarity With The Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Philanthropy New York Stands in Solidarity With The Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Philanthropy New York stands in solidarity with our colleagues and members who are grieving and outraged over the vicious and violent...

24 Oct 2019

The Capacity Building Blind Spot: What’s Holding NYC Nonprofits Back?

Thursday, October 24, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Every year, the nonprofits we support are forced to choose. Do they budget ... growth of their small donor or fee-for-service programs? What they ultimately are choosing between is performing...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

11 Sep 2013

What’s Looming Overhead? The Current Debate Around Funding Indirect Costs of Nonprofits

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... costs in grant funding, arguing that such expenses do not contribute to the impact of the grant. Philanthropy ... A better understanding of the issues of overhead — what it covers and why it’s such a big topic...

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Issue-Based

How Chatbots Are Helping Nonprofits Do More for Less

Release Date:

03/22/2018

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade

Release Date:

10/07/2021

New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade By: Neill McG. Coleman, ... and Norah McVeigh, Managing Director, Financial Services, Nonprofit Finance Fund. This piece was originally published ... rely on prompt...

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... business model for the current era of scarce public resources . Initially, we hoped that our grantees – among ... investments for many reasons, most notably, because they do not have adequate internal capacity...

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The Scherman Foundation

The New York Community Trust

24 Sep 2015

Hands-on Workshop: Communications Evaluation for Foundations and Nonprofits

Thursday, September 24, 2015 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... you could expect to gain 19 new followers in April.) What do these statistics mean for your communications-related ... Media Impact Funders Public Policy Communicators NYC Resources Suggested...

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The Three Core Values Every Nonprofit Leader Needs to Excel

Release Date:

12/04/2017

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

These New Funds Let You Invest According to Your Values – And Help Nonprofits

Release Date:

12/08/2017

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step Up

Release Date:

08/05/2025

... to recommit to our missions and protect civil society. We do not seek to dictate what other funders should do , but because we are such a ... frontline organizations and make the case for...

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Foundation for Child Development

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

New York Foundation

The Scherman Foundation

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

26 Sep 2011

What We Can Do for Our Returning Veterans

Monday, September 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... last summers pullout of combat operations from Iraq. What happens when these men and women return? What issues ... families. Join in a conversation where foundation and nonprofit leaders...

30 Oct 2014

A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?

Thursday, October 30, 2014 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

Missed the program? View resources and the live recording here . Part of Can ... food, a burgeoning food “movement” has emerged. But what is the movement towards? And how will we know when we ... Justice and...

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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date:

03/2016

... always clear who the audiences for information are—or what is meant, exactly, by the word. The Center for ... transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share ... especially in the area of sharing information about what works. The researchers drew these conclusions from ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Ford Foundation Takes Another Stand On Census

Release Date:

10/19/2018

... census data. The census is in trouble. Here’s why, and what you can do about it. The American Constitution mandates that once ... coalition of foundations and advocates are leveraging resources...