Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?
Release Date:
10/23/2014
TCC Group Director of Philanthropy, Chris Cardona, offers takeaways from the PNY program, "Interested in Philanthropic Advising?"
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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities
Release Date:
12/16/2014
Jennifer Jones-Austin and James Parrott explore how the City of New York can address low social service sector wages.
Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season
Release Date:
02/21/2012
By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...
How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises
Release Date:
09/28/2011
By Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation Chair of the Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York ( This essay originally appeared in Foundation Leaders Address the State Budget Crisis , Copyright © 2011 The...
Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart
Release Date:
02/19/2015
NoVo Co-Presidents, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, discuss the importance of love in the philanthropic sector.
Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind
Release Date:
02/20/2015
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, explains the organization's involvement in the Coalition for Public Safety.
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.
Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education
Release Date:
05/19/2015
Loni Bordoloi and James Winebrake make the case for integrated curricula for college engineering programs.
Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
11/11/2015
America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.
Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Meredith Jenkins of Carnegie Corporation of New York stepping down to lead the investment team at Trinity Church Wall Street.
Schott Foundation Welcomes Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte to the Board of Directors
Release Date:
02/26/2016
The Schott Foundation announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors: Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte.
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.
We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Eric Eckholdt of Credit Suisse Americas Foundation writes, "Since the inception of our Board Service Program, we have trained a total of more than 1,100 employees and placed more than 125. While there was a significant number of employees who...
Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Kris Putnam-Walkerly, global philanthropy advisor, writes "Funders, for the most part, want to do the right thing and operate with the best of intentions. But within those good intentions, funders too often suffer from what I call 'delusional...
Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation
Release Date:
06/30/2017
Jennifer March, Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children and Naomi Post, Executive Director, Children’s Defense Fund-NY, write how "enacting Raise the Age into law is a lesson in persistent, effective advocacy and this herculean effort...
The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... training, and led the project to develop strongnonprofits. org , where the tools and resources are among the Top 10 ...
Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability
Release Date:
02/14/2018
Mike Pratt, President, Sherman Foundation and Pat Swann, Senior Program Officer, New York Community Trust on the importance of data capacity
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship
Release Date:
01/22/2020
he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...
The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition
Release Date:
04/16/2020
The three new Institutional Challenge Grants are awarded to encourage partnerships between universities, school districts, and community organizations.
Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19
Release Date:
06/17/2020
Immigrants are among those on the frontlines of the pandemic response. They are also disproportionately suffering from the resulting economic hardship.