Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts
Release Date:
02/20/2018
Aditi Srinivasan, a consultant at FSG, on how to incorporate a gender lens into your work.
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Oct
2018
The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Experienced funders often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually build their technical skills and content expertise but how do funders keep getting better at the ‘art’ side?...
COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future
Release Date:
04/07/2020
in acting quickly and decisively to COVID-19, it is vital that philanthropic responses don’t inadvertently perpetuate and exacerbate existing bias, racial inequity, and injustice through their giving.
Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Susan Olivo of Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation says that the starting point for more inclusive philanthropy is simply to reframe your thinking.
8 Characteristics of Successful Venture Philanthropies
Publication date:
03/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation hosted the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the launch of a new study on venture philanthropy.
Driving Behavior Change Through Communications
Publication date:
11/2016
Commissioned by the Arcus Foundation and designed as an open resource for grantees and the wider conservation and social justice movements, the report showcases the issues often faced by those in both sectors. It includes an overview of behavior change theories, a compilation of successful behavior change campaigns, lessons learned, and tools for planning new initiatives.
We Can’t Force Philanthropy to Talk About Power Dynamics, Can We?
Release Date:
11/05/2015
Jen Bokoff, Director of GrantCraft at the Foundation Center, says humor can be an effective tool to address power dynamics in philanthropy.
Philanthropy New York's 2022 - 2027 Strategic Framework
Publication date:
10/2022
With this Strategic Framework, we are embarking on a journey to become an anti-racist organization while accompanying our members in their equity journeys, wherever they find themselves in this work.
Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by UPenn
Release Date:
05/19/2014
Barbara and Donald Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Original Instructions: A Challenge to Philanthropy to Expand Health and Educational Opportunities for Native Youth
The Schott Foundation for Public Education in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, with support from Nike N7, recently released a set of recommendations for helping Native youth live healthy lives. These recommendations came directly from Native American leaders who hold expertise across health, physical fitness, education and youth development sectors. The report, Original Instructions , outlines both challenges and opportunities to philanthropy. It’s a first step towards using our resources to recognize and learn from the resilient Native youth
37th Annual Meeting Re-Cap: Rethinking American Justice
*/ /*--> */ New York City - On May 10, 2016, Philanthropy New York held its 37th Annual Meeting, the programmatic elements of which focused on justice reform. The themes of the day's programming on "Rethinking American Justice"...
22
Mar
2017
Harnessing the Power of Youth Organizing: Impact on Resiliency, Social-Emotional Development, and Academic & Career Success
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... funders. Registration 2:45 - 3:00 PM Check-in 3:00 - 5 :00 PM Program Registration is required by March 21st . ...
PNY Joins Philanthropy Groups in Calling on Funders to Keep Equity at the Forefront of Philanthropy’s Response to COVID-19
Release Date:
03/20/2020
The following statement is signed by philanthropy-serving organizations under the umbrella of the United Philanthropy Forum.
Surdna and the Andrus Family Fund Join PNY Member Foundations and Other Donors in Pledging to Redouble Commitments to Puerto Rico
Release Date:
09/30/2020
... Rico related issues since 2013; and project to spend $ 5 million more in the next coming years. Oxfam America ...
How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction
Release Date:
11/24/2015
... in the winning groups receiving overhead payments of 5 percent—an absurd and self-defeating outcome. The ...
ESS Reading Materials
Publication date:
02/2022
The following materials are referenced in the program overview for Philanthropy New York's 2022 Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers course. Please see the curriculum overview for details about required pre-work versus optional pre-reading.
Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit
Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit This Toolkit is the first practical, comprehensive framework providing guidance to funders on how to implement best practices in risk management. The Toolkit includes ten adoptable and adaptable tools that cover a spectrum of practice including how to determine your organizational risk profile and how to integrate specific financial, governance, and other procedural risk management activities into daily philanthropic practice. The tools are designed to be used in total or a la carte. Ultimately, the Toolkit is meant to facilitate...
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
Publication date:
10/2009
This report examines the racial, gender, sexuality, and disability staff demographics of participating New York City-area foundations and nonprofits. It also looks at grantmaking policies and data collection around diversity and inclusion, examines the institutional capacities of nonprofit organizations, and looks at the range of ways that nonprofits define themselves as “minority-led.”
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015
Publication date:
11/2015
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015 is the second report from the Foundation Center's Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funds
... are depleted. The average amount of any one grant is $ 5 ,000. Multiple requests from a single organization are not ...