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For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

Publication date:

04/2014

In your job quest, you may find it useful to become more ... 31.7 Average Number of Staff at Corporate Foundations: 3. 2 Average Staff at Independent Foundations: 5.1 Average Staff at Community Foundations: 8 . 2 Representative Human Resources Data: Benefits, tenure, ...

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A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard

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02/03/2017

David Biemesderfer of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, writes, "Whenever there is a new Congress and new Presidential administration, it is a critical moment for all sectors to ensure they are being heard—philanthropy included."

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

Philanthropy New York Members Celebrated in Crain's New York Business's '50 Most Powerful Women in New York' List

Release Date:

12/02/2021

To compile the 2021 version of the list, Crain’s editors picked the women making the biggest waves in their respective fields.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

2018 PNY Public Policy Slate

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PNY Issue Guide

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Philanthropy New York

PhilTV: Partner Buy-In Is More Likely When a Funder’s Long-term Commitment is Clear

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12/21/2016

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy explains how transparency with the organization’s board and leadership led to Brooklyn Community Foundation’s commitment to support systemic change in NYC public schools.

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Education

Gender Justice

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Brooklyn Org

What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The report is a result of a six month study conducted with the NYC Nonprofit Board Development Coalition, led by NYC Service, which assessed nonprofit board composition, board policies, as well as procedures. The study discovered that nonprofit leadership demographics do not reflect the diversity of New York City; DEI is valued, but not effectively addressed; representation in leadership matters; board complacency and resistance to change impede DEI; and boards may be perpetuating harmful biases.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Patricia L. Francy and Susan Butler Plum Join Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... a distinguished career in a number of finance and operations roles at the University. Prior to joining the ... Director of the Booth Ferris Foundation . She also was the Associate Director for the...

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Botwinick Wolfensohn Foundation

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

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... diversity. Economic Policy Institute research associate Robert Lynch completed a comprehensive study on the ... Antonio voters agreed to a slight tax increase , close to $ 8 per year for a family earning a...

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The Century Foundation

The Legitimacy of Foundations in Perpetuity

Release Date:

10/14/2014

... Philanthropy New York and Leisle Lin, SVP, Finance & Operations , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Chair of the ... Philanthropy New York Leisle Lin SVP, Finance & Operations , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation...

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Philanthropy New York

18 Apr 2019

Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

The Office of the Inspector General announced in January 2019 that thousands more children than previously reported have been separated from their parents at the southern border by our government. The impacts of this failed and cruel U.S. policy to...

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

31 Oct 2019

Not One More: The Fight to Stop Southeast Asian Deportation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 31, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Between 1975 to 1990, 1.4 million Southeast Asian refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos were resettled in the United States.

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Immigration

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The New Philanthropic Village

Release Date:

09/01/2016

Tamara Lucas Copeland, President of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, writes about a newly interwoven philanthropic sector that will be better positioned to share resources, test new models, provide data on the sector and promptly...

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Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

Dyson Foundation’s Leadership to Change in June

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03/19/2015

... Leadership to Change in June After leading day-to-day operations of the Dyson Foundation for nearly a quarter ... more than 530 charitable funds with annual grants of $3. 2 million. Ms. Reynolds previously...

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

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05/15/2019

Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects Through its Global Medical Grants program, Pfizer supports independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, education) focused on improving patient...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Pfizer

News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... in Final Report New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3. 8 Million for Sandy Relief Recovery Is Choppy in Breezy Point ... Sees Widespread Mold After Sandy In the Wake of Sandy, Job Fair Will Link Employers with...

An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the USA.

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... our ability to strengthen lives, build communities, expand job opportunities, and promote solutions. Both versions of ...

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Public Policy

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Nonprofit Quarterly

The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids

Release Date:

08/25/2014

By Clio Chang, Policy Associate , The Century Foundation This post originally ... child poverty rates would be cut by an additional 22. 2 percent. Given the current U.S. post-transfer poverty rate ... of welfare...

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The Century Foundation

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... New York by filling out this short form and attaching the PDF document or a link. News submissions go directly to ... contact you if we have any follow-up questions. Posting a job? Submit job announcements through this form . Have a funders event to ...

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