Kristen M. Ruff
Kristen Ruff serves as the Senior Vice President of Philanthropy New York, a trusted community of nearly 300 philanthropic organizations. PNY develops forward-thinking guidance, programming and advocacy to address the unique...
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Human Resources Leadership Group
The Human Resources Leadership Group is a Philanthropy New York peer network.
Food Funders Working Group
Community Food Funders (CFF) is a philanthropic organizing project that supports the growth of an equitable, ecologically sound, and economically robust food system in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources, and...
Yi-Ching Lin
Yi-Ching Lin serves as the Vice President of Learning at Philanthropy New York, a trusted community of nearly 300 philanthropic organizations. PNY develops forward-thinking guidance, programming, and advocacy to address the unique...
Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Release Date:
06/03/2013
Laura Wolff, currently the Senior Program Officer of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, has been named as Acting Director. She succeeds Margaret Ayers, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, who after 38 years of extraordinary...
Katherine Bleich Joins American Express as Corporate Philanthropy Intern
Release Date:
07/02/2012
Katherine Bleich has recently joined the staff of American Express, supporting their philanthropic initiatives as an intern. In addition to her role there, Bleich is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at NYU’s Wagner School of...
27
Sep
2012
Mapping: Data visualization tools to convey knowledge and bring your foundation’s work to life
Thursday, September 27, 2012 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Webinar
Locating the most appropriate information, and managing it strategically, becomes a challenge when we are increasingly bombarded with seemingly limitless streams of data. This webinar series will help foundation staff navigate the information...
29
Nov
2012
Social Media: Promising techniques used by social media-savvy funders
Thursday, November 29, 2012 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
Locating the most appropriate information, and managing it strategically, becomes a challenge when we are increasingly bombarded with seemingly limitless streams of data. This webinar series will help foundation staff navigate the information...
31
Jan
2013
Knowledge Management: Strategies for making sector knowledge more accessible
Thursday, January 31, 2013 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
Locating the most appropriate information, and managing it strategically, becomes a challenge when we are increasingly bombarded with seemingly limitless streams of data. This webinar series will help foundation staff navigate the information...
11
Feb
2013
Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC
At this conference post-2012 election, foundation executives, individual donors and civic leaders will come together to examine what philanthropy’s evolving relationship with public policy and government means in the context of the rapidly changing...
01
May
2014
E-TEAM - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series
Thursday, May 1, 2014 -
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary E-TEAM and a brief panel discussion. Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the boots on the ground division of a respected...
More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation
Release Date:
06/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Simon Greer, who was hired to give the Nathan Cummings Foundation a more prominent profile, "was apparently fired just as he began to put in place a radical overhaul."
Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color.
Moira Flavin Named Program Officer At Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
06/27/2014
Moira Flavin has joined the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation as a program officer.
Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development
Release Date:
07/01/2014
Jacqueline Jones, a national leader in the movement for high-quality early learning, has been named president of the Foundation for Child Development.
Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83
Release Date:
07/08/2014
Claire Tow, who founded The Tow Foundation with her husband, Leonard, in 1988, died Monday at age 83, following a 14-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).
Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.
New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets
Release Date:
07/15/2014
A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.
Chen, Kidvai Named First Paul Rapoport Law Fellows
Release Date:
07/17/2014
Eugene Chen and R.M. Kidva, who have been named the first two Paul Rapoport Law Fellows, will be focusing on issues of asylum and housing discrimination against LGBTQ people of color.
Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...