Site Search

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Donita Volkwijn as Senior Director of Member Engagement

Release Date:

07/08/2021

... Engagement. Donita will play a key leadership role in our work to champion effective grantmaking by building a ... programs. Donita brings to this role great skills in facilitation, an orientation toward...

Find More By

News type

E-Learning: Philanthropy Fundamentals

... Fundamentals is an on-demand, online course for staff in the philanthropic sector . Developed in collaboration with content experts, this ... different types of grantmakers? What is the role...

Staff

... products, including the organization's website, news , resources , commentaries, publications, and other internal .....

18 Mar 2016

Learning from FEGS: Are Your Grantees at Risk?

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the Human Services Council brought together seasoned nonprofit human services executives, experts in nonprofit financial management and oversight, ... to understand the growing insecurity of...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves New Policy Position on a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

Release Date:

09/29/2022

... by advocating for policies that increase the wages of nonprofit workers. On September 27, 2022, the Board of ... positions on issues directly affecting the philanthropic sector or the broadest array of...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/07/2015

... “ Strategic Philanthropy and Its Discontents ” here.) In the past decades, champions of the effective philanthropy ... widower who donated several million dollars to a local nonprofit for a combination of...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

Funding Area

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Related Organizations

Bessemer Trust

Recordings of Philanthropy New York's 45th Annual Meeting - Power With: Building A Shared Future

Publication date:

05/2024

... Sen Power - the capacity to produce change - exists in many forms within our ecosystem. It characterizes all aspects of the philanthropic sector . We exercise power every day in our individual and ... sector to build power with communities and their nonprofit and funder partners? What becomes possible when we ...

Find More By

Resource type

Audio/Video Recording

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice - Presentation

Publication date:

05/2018

View materials of the program "How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice"

Find More By

Resource type

Audience

HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

Topic(s)

Weinberg Foundation Names New Trustee

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... foundation is one of the largest private foundations in the United States, providing about $100 million in grants each year to nonprofits that provide services to ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Related Organizations

Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It's Essential to Partner With Businesses

Release Date:

01/24/2017

Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation speaks out about why it's essential to partner with businesses.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Video

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)

Release Date:

07/14/2016

... new ideas. They become more efficient. They increase resources , and innovation flourishes. End of story. Right? Not so fast. In reality, well-intentioned partnerships often struggle. ... view of the field...

Find More By

News type

The New York Community Trust

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Changing The Conversation Around Mergers and Collaborations

Release Date:

06/13/2018

... sharing and other types of deals. NYMAC was established in 2012 by SeaChange Capital Partners , a group of leading ... But it can also be more difficult given the number of nonprofit board members who, despite...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

SeaChange Capital Partners

Related Organizations

Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Publication date:

04/2013

Learn how the IRS Form 990 and financial statements can best be used together to interpret the financial status of an organization.

Find More By

Resource type

Audio/Video Recording

Program Presentation

Sample Document/Template

Audience

Finance Staff

Grants Managers

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Public Policy

Tiffany & Co. Names Anisa Kamadoli Costa Chief Sustainability Officer

Release Date:

04/10/2015

... Co., was appointed to the newly created position and will report directly to Tiffany’s CEO. She will retain her ... world’s most important luxury houses but also a leader in sustainable luxury,” Cumenal said...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston

Release Date:

11/24/2015

... at Hess Corporation, is leaving Hess at the end of 2015 . Paula built and led the CSR group for over eight years. In light of the shift in the company’s portfolio and relocation of most ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Hess Corporation

Giving Circles in Cross-Cultural Context

Release Date:

11/14/2013

... about the power of giving circles for engaging new people in philanthropy and in the needs of their communities. Giving ... on funding Jewish and Israeli social entrepreneurs and nonprofit...

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Related Organizations

The Natan Fund

“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

Release Date:

01/21/2015

... to write about the implications for the philanthropic sector . There were, as there always are, too many relevant ... can hardly watch such a sweeping speech without hearing in every sentence a policy...

Find More By

News type

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... every hour, billions of people go online for information. In fact, the Internet has become the first place that ... problems, and treatment options. According to a report from the Pew Research Center , one...

Find More By

News type

New York Health Foundation

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... of leadership to the success of organizations, whether in the nonprofit , corporate, or government realms. There are ... Yet, the funding community that supports the nonprofit sector...

Find More By

News type