Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement
Release Date:
09/20/2013
The grants were to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums.
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Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care
Release Date:
09/19/2013
The three grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation include an award of more than $5 million to the Gerontological Society of America to create the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, and a grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award...
Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund
Release Date:
09/18/2013
With support from MetLife and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, among others, the fund will provide long-term fixed-rate loans to mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented projects that promote density, diversity, vibrancy and...
Sample IRS Form 990
Publication date:
04/2014
A sample of IRS form 990, which is an annual reporting return that certain federally tax-exempt organizations must file with the IRS. It provides information on the filing organization's mission, programs, and finances.
Exempt Organization Sample Financial Statement
Publication date:
04/2014
From the Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees event, this is a sample of an except organzation's finiancial statment.
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Jul
2010
More than a Wage: Building the Economic Security of Women and Families in New York City
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 2:00pm
Philanthropy New York
Working 9 to 5 is no longer enough to support a family and make sure basic needs are met in a changing economy. Today, it is possible to work 40 hours a week and earn only $13,920 per year before taxes--a figure barely above the federal poverty line...
15
Sep
2011
New York's Diverse Muslim Community: Building Civic Engagement and Responsive Social Services - Learning Tour
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 8:00am
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on all New Yorkers who still recall a deep sense of loss and dislocation. Also vivid ten years later are memories of coming together. People across the city formed strong networks of mutual...
28
Mar
2013
Looking at the 990 Part I (March 28) and Part II (April 4)
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:45am to Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 8:45am
Philanthropy New York
The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be gleaned from the form? What has changed within the form since prior years...
09
May
2012
Citizenship: New Pathways to Economic Opportunity, Civic Participation, and Immigrant Integration
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 11:00am
Carnegie Corporation of New York
In the United States, an estimated 8.2 million immigrants are currently eligible for citizenship. After California (2.5 million), New York is home to the second largest naturalization-eligible population in the United States (950,000).* Immigrants...
October 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
10/23/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, Funders of Women and Girls and the Health Policy Working Group.
September 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
09/25/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.
August 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
08/28/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders and the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative.
13
Nov
2013
Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Each year, Opportunity Nation releases new data for the Opportunity Index , the nation’s only composite measure of economic opportunity at the state and county level. In addition to traditional economic measures like unemployment and wages, the...
14
Nov
2013
A Quantum Leap Forward: How Funders Can Go from Building “Capacity” to Building “Resilience” in Their Grantees and the Nonprofit Sector
Thursday, November 14, 2013 -
7:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York
Please join us for an important conversation that will explore how funders can help both their grantees and the broader nonprofit sector become more resilient. Philanthropy New York has convened a number of its member foundations during the last...
14
Nov
2013
The Affordable Care Act: Essential Implications for Women & the Uninsured
Thursday, November 14, 2013 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York
There has been much talk in the news over the past several months about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what its implementation will mean for Americans. Women will be particularly affected by these changes because they are the biggest consumers of...
15
Nov
2013
Reflections on Young Males of Color in New York City: Changing the Narrative about Black and Latino Young Men Through Media
Friday, November 15, 2013 -
7:30am to 10:30am
We invite you to join us for the second discussion in this two-part briefing. This session will focus on: The impact of media in developing and changing images of Young Black and Latino Males Curricula which have been developed by programs to convey...
20
Nov
2013
Power of Giving Arts Forum: Arts and the Millennial Generation
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -
7:30am to 10:30am
Con Edison Headquarters
Widespread cuts to arts education over the past decade now mean we have an entire generation of young people with little exposure to the arts. Fewer members of the millennial generation go to the theater, concerts, dance performances, or operas. How...
21
Nov
2013
Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools
Thursday, November 21, 2013 -
7:45am to 11:00am
Ford Foundation
The Education Funders Research Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have pursued a diverse array of education reform strategies. These and other private foundations have invested...
04
Dec
2013
Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Understanding and Evaluating Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 -
7:45am to 10:30am
Philanthropy New York
The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) brings together HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources, to test complex ideas with peers about administrative issues related to managing a foundation, and to strengthen...
05
Dec
2013
Ripple Effects: DACA’s Impact on DREAMers and Their Families
Thursday, December 5, 2013 -
11:45am to 3:00pm
Philanthropy New York
Almost 600,000 young immigrants have applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Their applications and approvals have generated unexpected and exciting legal, financial, career, and other new opportunities for these DREAMers and...