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Enacted in September 2010, the New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (NYPMIFA) makes important changes to the laws concerning the expenditure of charitable endowment funds. It also includes new provisions concerning the prudent management and investment of funds held by charities and the delegation of management and investment responsibilities to outside advisors, along with new protections for donors. This Guide summarizes key provisions of the Act and provides practical guidance in response to frequently asked questions.

Grantmakers for Southern Progress commissioned this report exploring how Southern and national funders support social justice work in the South; how local, regional and national foundations think and talk about social justice work in the South; and the major barriers and facilitating factors for foundations to support social justice work in that region.

This new white paper outlines the theories underpinning the Nathan Cummings Foundation's shareholder activities work and reports on the numerous concrete changes in corporate behavior that NCF has helped to promote through its shareholder activism.

This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and recommends ways to improve coordination and strengthen collaboration between the humanitarian and technology communities during future emergencies.

Part of the Philanthropy Roadmap series, this guide aims to explain how diversity and inclusion can be used as practical considerations for getting better and more impactful results in philanthropic giving.

This series of guides examines all aspects of hiring, supporting and evaluating a family foundation chief executive and the issues unique to them, their foundations, and their trustees.

This survey of 155 foundation communicators shows that U.S. foundations are making use of all forms of digital communications, especially social media, a top priority. The survey results suggest the growth of social media and other emerging digital technologies is changing the way foundations communicate with target audiences and that the role of communications is becoming more central to forging and implementing foundation strategies.