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Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season

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02/21/2012

Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, offers her suggestions on how funders can promote important issues to political candidates during the upcoming election season.

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Public Policy

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Simple and Fast City Contracting

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07/17/2013

The HHS Accelerator is a new initiative designed to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit health and human services providers.

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Health

Six Months Later

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05/08/2013

As philanthropy looks back on the last six months of Hurricane Sandy recovery, Health and Environmental Funders Network Communications Associate Lauren Linville shares some of the challenges, opportunities and advice collected from recent calls...

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Disaster Relief

Start a Giving Circle This Summer

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06/15/2011

Dr. M. Starita Boyce Ansari, President and Chief Change Officer at MSBPhilanthropy Advisors LLC, talks about how the different groups and social occasions you’re involved in this summer can provide a great philanthropic opportunity—the creation of a...

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/19/2012

Michael Seltzer, Trustee at EMpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation and past President of Philanthropy New York, explores the history of social justice and grantmaking and explains how foundations can effectively practice social justice philanthropy.

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Social Justice

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The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

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06/13/2013

At the end of May, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers held a bus tour that visited storm-affected communities in Northern New Jersey — an opportunity for funders from around the region to learn more from experts involved in the recovery and...

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The Three Roads to Building Volunteer Value

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07/17/2013

PNY Executive Coordinator Nur Ibrahim discusses the three themes of successful volunteerism that have emerged from regular meetings with our members, the Service for Impact working group and Reimagining Service.

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

Bruce Trachtenberg, Executive Director of The Communications Network, and Philanthropy New York's new Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Michael Hamill Remaley, discuss the changing responsibilities of foundation communicators as...

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Three Essentials for Accelerating Funder Collaboration

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03/07/2012

Lisa Philp, Vice President for Strategic Philanthropy and Director of GrantCraft at the Foundation Center, provides examples of tools for increasing collaboration among grantmakers. (Lisa will also be speaking at two upcoming Philanthropy New York...

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Understanding Muslim America

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08/11/2011

Our February 14th members briefing—sponsored by the Daphne Foundation, the New York Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Open Society Foundations, the Proteus Fund, and the Trinity Church Parish Grants Program—provided our members with an...

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We Can Make Changes to the Charitable Deduction that Benefit Nonprofits

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03/07/2013

Urban Institute Fellow Eugene Steuerle, a presenter at our recent program on the ongoing charitable deduction debate, shares some interesting ideas from his Congressional testimony on tax reform and charitable contributions.

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Finance Staff

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

Why should people give money to nonprofits responding to the Gulf Coast oil spill? Isn't BP paying for the clean-up efforts? Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, the Executive Director of the Prospect Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for...

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Environment and Climate Change

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

On February 8th, Philanthropy New York held a program, presented by our Health Policy Working Group, which focused on strengthening primary care and the biggest challenges facing primary care providers.

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Health

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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

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03/15/2012

What does Jeremy Lin have to do with the future of philanthropy? Nathan Cummings Foundation President and CEO Simon Greer talks about how philanthropy can benefit by taking risks on the unconventional.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

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07/20/2012

TCC Group Senior Consultant Alice Hill shares her experience managing the Challenge Fund for Journalism (a funder collaborative of the Ford, Knight, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations) and learning some of the most...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

Why Bring People Together In Person?

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08/13/2013

Robert Garris, Managing Director of the Bellagio Programs at The Rockefeller Foundation, answers that question while talking about Gather, the new Rockefeller guide for planners and change agents interested in harnessing the potential of collective...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, 52 percent of black males, 58 percent of Latino males, and 78 percent of white males graduate from high school in four years

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Education

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

The recently created New York State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for future natural disasters and emergencies. We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the...

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