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Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals
Thursday, April 7, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
... can have strategic importance and can provide lasting benefits to grantees and society that go far beyond the grant ...
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2022
New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Workforce development funders and stakeholders will gain a better understanding of the numbers and types of clean energy jobs NYSERDA researchers project for New York City and New York State in the coming years, and the skills training and other on-...
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"
Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building
Release Date:
09/15/2014
... as in-person and web based workshops. Through quarterly topic -based networking meetings such as using evaluation to ...
Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress
Release Date:
10/24/2018
... interest, which lead to a commitment to focus on this topic for PNY’s 2016 Annual Meeting, and then another year ... funder briefing in which members express interest in a topic to the development of...
It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health
Release Date:
04/15/2021
... few exceptions, corporate givers are not engaged on the topic . The situation is worsening: COVID-19 has evolved into ...
When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/15/2012
What does Jeremy Lin have to do with the future of philanthropy? Nathan Cummings Foundation President and CEO Simon Greer talks about how philanthropy can benefit by taking risks on the unconventional.
Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners
Publication date:
01/2013
Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders together.
Council of Community Services of New York State, Inc.
Publication date:
04/2014
... and an array of group purchasing, insurance and employee benefits in the context of membership. Council of Community ...
2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality
Release Date:
02/06/2020
... 2017, the fellowship has invited proposals around a single topic , which allows these individuals to work independently ... will co-create private equity fund prototypes to narrow compensation ratios between...
Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency
Publication date:
03/2016
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share with those audiences.However, foundation practice lags behind CEOs’ beliefs.
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
01/29/2013
The recently created New York State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for future natural disasters and emergencies. We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the...
Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards
Release Date:
06/07/2010
... many funders are not certain about how to address the topic of governance with their grantees. In an attempt to ...
The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs
Release Date:
06/30/2011
How has the increasing influence of business techniques affected the world of philanthropy? Can corporate tools effectively measure success at foundations and nonprofits?
To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing
Release Date:
08/16/2012
Hydrofracking has become a contentious topic across the country, and many eyes are trained on New ...
Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future
Release Date:
05/09/2013
At our Annual Meeting, we held three member engagement sessions focusing on topics related to rebuilding and resiliency post-Hurricane Sandy.
World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations
Release Date:
06/02/2013
... the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by 2030. The topic : climate change. Around the table: representatives of ...
Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency
Publication date:
01/2014
"Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency" explores how transparency can strengthen credibility, improve grantee relationships, facilitate greater collaboration, increase public trust, reduce duplication of effort, and build communities of shared learning.
Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System
Release Date:
03/31/2015
... to make the case for the value of the 20 gardens. The benefits of urban agriculture cover so many areas ranging ... in our latest book, Five Borough Farm II: Growing the Benefits of Urban Agriculture in NYC ...