9/21/15 - What Does it Mean to Serve on a Nonprofit Board? - PPT and Resources
Publication date:
09/2015
Resources from Philanthropy New York's 101 program on board service.
Governance
What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?
Publication date:
08/2015
This report is the newest entry in GEO's Smarter Grantmaking Playbook.
Philanthropy New York's By-Laws
Publication date:
04/2015
Governing by-laws for Philanthropy New York.
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2015
Publication date:
12/2014
Annual blueprint anticipates the future for philanthropy and the "Social Economy."
Boards as an Accountability Mechanism
Publication date:
06/2014
This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance . It discusses areas of board weakness and considers different approaches to improving them, including regulation, self-regulation, policy-oriented strategies, and management-oriented strategies.
Conversations with Remarkable Givers
Publication date:
04/2014
GiveSmart.org’s Conversations with Remarkable Givers is a free video series of frank and candid conversations with more than 60 philanthropists (including Charles Bronfman, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nancy Roob, the Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker, The New York Community Trust’s Lorie Slutsky, the NoVo Foundation’s Jennifer and Peter Buffett, and Pete Peterson) providing access to their strategic thinking, insights and wisdom.
2014-2016 PNY Strategic Plan
Publication date:
01/2014
This plan lays out the vision and goals that Philanthropy New York will pursue for the three-year period of 2014 through 2016. The ambitious work we envision for the next three years builds on the successful accomplishments over the last three years, based on our current strategic plan. Those successes are a direct result of the strong and vibrant partnership between Philanthropy New York and our members.
Re-Envisioning the New York City Workforce System
Publication date:
02/2013
This report presents the “design principles” and recommendations of the independent Strategy Group created by the New York City Workforce Funders to articulate a vision of a new labor-market driven workforce system that meets the needs of both jobseekers and employers.
Real Results: Why Strategic Philanthropy is Social Justice Philanthropy
Publication date:
01/2013
This National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy report argues that strategic philanthropy is limited by its top-down, technocratic approach and recommends the use of approaches familiar to social justice philanthropy to address these limitations.
Rebound: Building a More Resilient World
Publication date:
01/2013
In this Rockefeller Foundation report, leaders from various disciplines share their lessons of what resilience means and what it requires of us. Through the lens of their own experiences, readers can begin to explore some of the ways we can help prepare for, withstand and emerge stronger from the acute shocks and chronic stresses of the 21st century.
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