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What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?
by Kenneth W. Austin Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Wallace Foundation For years, The Wallace Foundation has worked for beneficial change in our areas of interest: school leadership,...
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Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation
by Ellen Liu, Director, Women’s Health, Ms. Foundation for Women Women have a lot to celebrate this month. March is Women’s History Month, and March 23 marks the fourth anniversary of the passage of...
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Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone
by Carla Washington, Executive Director, Direct Care Alliance I have had some funders tell me that while they feel Direct Care Alliance (DCA) does worthwhile work, that they just don’t fund advocacy...
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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?
by Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications Network. The idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What...
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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges
By Nicole Rodriguez Leach, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Research shows the increasing importance of the post-secondary credential to one’s ability to participate in the labor market in this...
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From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?
By Kevin Ryan, Program Director, New York Foundation On April 2 and 3, Neighborhood Funders Group hosted From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?, a two-day learning tour that focused on...
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Perpetuity, continued
By Tony Proscio, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by Philanthropy New York billed as ‘The...
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The Perpetuity Debate
By John Hoover, Senior Vice President, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies PNY convened four foundations whose boards had considered the question of spending down. But by most accounts, this...
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Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors
By Judith Rodin, The Rockefeller Foundation and Margot Brandenburg, the Nathan Cummings Foundation For the General Service Foundation, created and endowed by Clifton R. Musser and his wife Margaret...
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What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?
By Laura Wolff, Acting Executive Director, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation At this time last year, many Philanthropy New York members and grantees were taking advantage of the first campaign season...
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