Public Policy

Community Organizing and Advocacy Funder Collaboratives

Publication date:

07/2013

This North Star Fund report illustrates how several national and local funders have worked together to support community organizing and advocacy groups working together in coalition.

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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North Star Fund

Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Publication date:

04/2013

Learn how the IRS Form 990 and financial statements can best be used together to interpret the financial status of an organization.

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Audio/Video Recording

Program Presentation

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Finance Staff

Grants Managers

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Public Policy

Reimagining Early-Warning Systems for At-Risk Students in NYC High Schools

Publication date:

03/2013

Susan Fairchild of New Visions for Public Schools discusses how policymakers and educators are rethinking how to measure what matters when it comes to college and career readiness for New York students.

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Program Presentation

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Education

It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate

Publication date:

02/2013

Panelists discussed the expected effects from what has already passed Congress in January 2013 and whether or not the charitable deduction debate is leading to the neglect of even more important issues in the budget battles likely to be beset us for years to come.

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Program Presentation

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Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Issue Guide: Limits on Nonprofit Executive Compensation

Publication date:

01/2013

Philanthropy New York's public policy issue guide on the regulation of nonprofit executive compensation.

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PNY Issue Guide

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Executive Leadership

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Policy Staff

Policymakers

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy

Publication date:

10/2012

This comprehensive study, based on over 100 interviews, three surveys, three case studies and more, identifies five essential approaches to successful advocacy and analyzes the effectiveness of advocacy on issues facing the entire nonprofit and philanthropic sector.

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Issue Guide: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

Publication date:

08/2012

Philanthropy New York's public policy issue guide on simplifying the excise tax on private foundations.

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Philanthropy New York

Evaluating the Charitable Deduction and Proposed Reforms

Publication date:

06/2012

Many recent proposals for budget and tax reform would change the value of the charitable contribution deduction. This Urban Institute report provides context for policymakers who may be considering one or more of these reforms, as well as for other interested observers.

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Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

The legal staff at the David and Lucile Packard, Bill & Melinda Gates, William and Flora Hewlett, and Gordon and Betty Moore foundations have developed this free, first-of-its-kind online resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private foundation, including how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private foundations are allowed to provide and how to fund projects when advocacy and lobbying are involved.

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Needle-Moving Community Collaboratives: A Promising Approach to Addressing America's Biggest Challenges

Publication date:

02/2012

According to this study, multi-stakeholder collaborations that have achieved "needle moving" change share common operating principles and key characteristics of success.