Clear and Present Danger - Reframing Risk: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham
Release Date:
09/13/2024
... risk capital to challenge racist and sexist lawsuits, if strategic analyses are not deeply thoughtful about the ...
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Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony to Improve Contracting for Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/30/2025
Ariane Cruz, our Sr. Manager of Public Policy & Collaboration, testified in front of the New York City Council to support their leadership in streamlining NYC's nonprofit contracting process.
Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Spring 2022 Grants
Release Date:
06/28/2022
... Center For Family Representation Citizens Housing and Planning Council of New York City Report Coalition for the ...
Take This Opportunity to Understand Disaster and Resilience through a Gender Lens
Release Date:
10/28/2015
... efforts, and the role that philanthropy can play as a strategic funder and partner. We invite you to join us for a ... Nurse Service of New York Erin McDonald , PhD. Director of Strategic Learning, The New...
Private Assets and Public Space: A Conversation with John Tyler, Steve Johnson, and William Dietel
Release Date:
09/25/2009
One of the philanthropic sector’s most intriguing debates is on the nature of charitable funds
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Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons: Main Convening
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... and access 5. Sustainable infrastructure and environmental planning (anticipation of climate change) 6. ...
For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?
Publication date:
04/2014
Foundations are just one type of nonprofit organization that make up a portion of the total nonprofit "sector" (which is composed of an estimated 1.4 million organizations and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good.
The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution
Release Date:
09/26/2014
Independent philanthropic advisor, Mafruza Khan, recaps the People's Climate March and the need for an ambitious climate change agenda.
Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?
Release Date:
06/18/2013
... a worst-case scenario and learned invaluable lessons about planning for, mitigating and managing an organizational ...
The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey
Release Date:
06/13/2013
... housing and mental health services, coastal and urban planning , and environmental justice, along with a host of ...
Gender and Transformative Giving
Release Date:
05/23/2013
by Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, TrueChild As an action tank focused on promoting gender analysis, we were recently approached by another organization with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U.S. funders with a...
Foundations as First Responders?
Release Date:
04/18/2013
By Marilyn Gelber, President, Brooklyn Community Foundation When I was in city government (a quite remarkable time in New York City extending from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and some disaster befell us — blackouts, hurricanes,...
The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors
Release Date:
03/14/2013
By Susan L. Solomon, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, The New York Stem Cell Foundation Nonprofits play a critical part in the national economy. The nonprofit sector employs 10 percent of workers nationwide...
Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United
Release Date:
10/04/2012
By Becky Rafter , Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Funding Exchange As Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance always says: “We’re in a fight for the soul of our country.” Such an epic struggle calls for big ideas...
Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network
Release Date:
02/07/2012
By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On January 25th, the experiences of funders and grantees in Africa were used as a lens on funding organizational capacity as part of the first session of our...
Random Reflections By A New Author
Release Date:
05/24/2010
By Jeffrey R. Solomon President, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies I recently heard the esteemed Israeli author, Amos Oz, remind us that when we dream we dream of perfection—whether of a person, an experience, or a...
Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing
Release Date:
06/25/2009
At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...
New Member Spotlight: The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
Release Date:
05/08/2009
We are delighted to feature one of Philanthropy New York’s newest members, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), in the first edition of our Member Spotlight. We asked Jeffrey R. Solomon , ACBP’s President, about...
Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/27/2015
Maria Mottola, Gail Nayowith, and Jon Pratt give their thoughts on the Council on Foundation competition for nonprofit organizations.
Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/20/2015
... the globe. She is also a professor of international urban planning at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of .....