Site Search

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

Release Date:

12/06/2012

Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group, in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a recent briefing to bring greater clarity to New York City’s efforts to...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Philanthropy New York

The New York Community Trust

Insights from “The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership”

Release Date:

02/03/2023

Last Fall, we hosted a conversation exploring the journey toward greater racial equity on boards. In order to recruit and retain board service from Black leaders, it is imperative to examine and evaluate internal operating systems and practices.

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Topic(s)

Governance

Strengthening Community in the Face of Antisemitism and Injustice: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

08/01/2025

Strengthening Community in the Face of Antisemitism and Injustice A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham Dear Members, I started this letter several months ago after conversations with Jewish members who shared that they were...

Find More By

News type

President's Message

PNY News

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.

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

Design and Health: Back Together Again?

Release Date:

06/21/2017

New York State Health Foundation's Nupur Chaudhury writes about the historical connection between design and health, and what funders can do to support reuniting the two fields.

Find More By

News type

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Community Development

Health

15 Mar 2022

In the Time of COVID - Building Relationships with Grantees Virtually

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... share promising practices, and walk away with tools and resources that you can implement in your own grantmaking. ...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

Release Date:

03/11/2013

... action funds. With so many organizations competing for resources , we believe we need to be proactive in expanding ... not as part of the larger conversation. And the final area we’ll be focusing on is employee...

Find More By

News type

Audience

All Funders

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge

Release Date:

09/24/2020

... the funders to double the planned award of $1 million to a final total of $2 million. The awardees were selected from a ... impacts of the pandemic. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), six...

Find More By

News type

World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Funding Area

Immigration

Related Organizations

Winning Was Just Part of the Reward

Release Date:

09/17/2013

Brooklyn Community Foundation President and CEO Cecilia Clarke talks about her firsthand experience with The New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

Find More By

News type

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

15 Nov 2016

School Discipline is Changing. For the Better?

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... – when schools enforce punitive disciplinary systems. On November 15 th , Philanthropy New York invites you to join ... 12:00 - 2:00 PM Program Registration is required by November 14. Members: To register...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Funding Area

Carnegie Funded Commission Releases Report on Financial Aid & The Future of Undergraduate Education

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... challenges and opportunities facing Americans. In a final report to be released in fall 2017, the Commission will ...

Find More By

News type

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

The new initiative — created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony and the League of American Orchestras — will train musicians for auditions, pair them with mentors, showcase their work in concerts and give them stipends to travel to...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

The New York Women’s Foundation Elects New Board Co-Chairs and Welcomes Five New Board Members

Release Date:

06/26/2019

The New York Women's Foundation announces new leadership of its Board of Directors.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The New York Women's Foundation

Related Organizations

15 Nov 2011

The Impact of the 28 Percent Cap on Charitable Giving

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -

12:00pm to 2:30pm

Webinar

... Y.W. Herrold , Vice President, Communications and Public Policy at the Ohio Grantmakers Forum Chatrane Birbal , ...

Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work

Release Date:

10/07/2015

... Honors Our Roots and Empowers Communities (18 pages, PDF ), found that between 2004 and 2012 family foundations — ... of grassroots advocacy, community organizing, and public policy change work during that...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Social Justice

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys (36 pages, PDF ), the fluctuations in funding explicitly designated to ... 41 percent of the grant dollars tracked supported policy , advocacy, and systems reform — a...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations

Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

Release Date:

07/18/2019

Alberto Retana, Rukia Lumumba and Lorella Praeli join the Hazen Foundation’s board of trustees, bringing new experience and energy as the Foundation goes all in for racial and education justice.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

Release Date:

11/01/2019

As Americans face troubling new barriers to vote, is philanthropy ready to help?

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Public Policy

Related Organizations

New York State Health Foundation Awards United Hospital Fund Grant To Study Ways To Improve Discharge Planning

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... and communication. The one-year project, which begins November 1, will focus on 1) the difficulties patients and ... training needs, innovative tools and approaches, and policy levers that hold potential for...

Find More By

News type