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29 May 2025

Major Changes in Federal Disaster Relief and Recovery: What Funders Need to Know - Hosted by Unbound Philanthropy

Thursday, May 29, 2025 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
... from disasters. Yet the federal government’s role and resources for disaster-related efforts are shrinking instead ...

COVID-19 PNY Member Webinars

Publication date: 
05/2020
Over the past two months Philanthropy New York has hosted six member webinars to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the philanthropic sector and how philanthropy can respond and work together. We have recorded each webinar and they are available to watch below. Philanthropy's Response in Times of Crisis This webinar is designed to let funders share decisions about funding in the face of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and exchange questions and up-to-the-minute knowledge with one another. Speakers Michael Barrett , Vice President of Grantmaking, ASPCA Laura Butzel , Partner, Patterson...
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Reimagining Reporting for Greater Impact

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02/16/2024
At the end of 2023, a group of eight funders* with common New York City-based grantees** came together to test a new reporting approach - giving grantees the opportunity to define the scope and style of reporting for one year.
21 Mar 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, March 21, 2024 -
9:30am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York 320 East 43rd Street; James Baldwin Room
This in-person convening of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative will focus on strategies to help immigrants, migrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees connect to employment.

Occupy The Box

Release Date: 
03/21/2012
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation (This post was adapted from a keynote address given at the Better Business Bureau Charity Symposium on February 28, 2012.) When I heard the title of today’s symposium, “...
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Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013
by Neill Coleman , Vice President, Global Communications, The Rockefeller Foundation Family, neighborhood and community are vital components of responding to shocks and stresses and bouncing back stronger. The...
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15 Jan 2016

The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC

Friday, January 15, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:30am
In 1977, New York decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Yet between 1995 and 2010, the NYPD made more than 530,000 arrests for low-level possession, including 50,000 in 2010 alone.
18 Jan 2017

Peer Learning: A Key to Successful Capacity Building

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Spurring the momentum for sustained change within organizations is a challenging aspect of any capacity building effort. Peer learning can be an effective tool for enhancing organizational change by providing an opportunity for peers to share their...
25 Feb 2019

Census Jobs: How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years?

Monday, February 25, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years? This question is the theme of the Census Funders Working Group’s first 2019 briefing. In 2010, the Census Bureau recruited, trained and deployed a temporary...
13 Nov 2020

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 13, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we review the ethics and legal guidelines of a foundation.

Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date: 
12/05/2013
ASPCA's Michael Barrett explores how supporting animal welfare benefits human welfare — and why the connection between the two may be more of a philanthropic opportunity than most of us realize.
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Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date: 
04/18/2013
... foundation could also play a vital role by connecting resources to people and communities most affected by this ... and fathers in New Jersey who had lost a loved one. Our resources were tiny compared to other...
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