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Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

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06/04/2012

Cassius O. Johnson, an education policy analyst, will join the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Program Officer working on the foundation’s New Designs for K-16 Pathways program. Johnson is an experienced education reformer, whose tenure at...

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Education

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Ms. Foundation for Women Selects Deborah Jacobs as Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

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06/04/2012

The Ms. Foundation for Women is pleased to announce the launch of their first Advocacy and Policy department and, after a lengthy search, have selected renowned civil rights advocate and champion Deborah Jacobs to lead the new department as the Vice...

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Gender Justice

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Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State

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02/29/2012

In July 2009, New York Governor David Paterson asked Richard Ravitch to serve as Lieutenant Governor and develop a plan that would not only solve the state’s immediate budget crisis, but prevent new fiscal emergencies in later years.

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Finance & Asset Management

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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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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

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02/06/2012

On November 29th, Philanthropy New York hosted a funders briefing to discuss the rise of political attacks against social justice advocacy and the roles that foundations can play in responding.

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Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF

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12/21/2011

As foundation communications become more and more strategic, the 990-PF—an annual information return filed by exempt private foundations—has become an essential tool, not only for grantmakers, but for the media, policymakers, and grantees as well.

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How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

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09/28/2011

In this essay accompanying a new Foundation Center study on the impact of state budget cuts on nonprofits, Doug Bauer, Executive Director of The Clark Foundation and Chair of the Board of Directors of Philanthropy New York, provides insights on how...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

In our latest blog post, Philanthropy New York's Executive Coordinator, Nur Ibrahim, shares her experiences from this year's edition of Foundations on the Hill and talks about ways to effectively promote the work of the philanthropic sector to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

We recently held a program (presented by our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee and The NYC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy) which focused on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those...

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