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Our August e-newsletter features new initiatives, member transitions, resources, and more.
Members have free access to the Foundation Center’s interactive mapping tool, Philanthropy In/Sight.
Starting in September 2010 we will launch the 3rd season of our Documentary Film Series. Check back in August for our 2010/2011 line up.
Our new blog is a forum for members to discuss issues affecting the sector and the practice of philanthropy.
Our members make grants in a vast number of areas, including community development, the environment, education, and health and human services. More...
New Member Benefit! Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center
Philanthropy New York is excited to announce a new member benefit: free access to the National Center for Family Philanthropy's Online Knowledge Center, an invaluable resource for family foundation staff, trustees, and advisors. FP Online includes both resources and programming that help family foundations learn how other family foundations have handled similar challenges, stay ahead of the curve on relevant public policies, find creative ways to engage the next generation of family members, and much more.
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D5 Request for Proposals: Organization to Serve as Program Office
D5 is a coalition of foundations and philanthropic organizations (including Philanthropy New York) embarking on a five-year plan to galvanize philanthropy's work on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The D5 initiative is an intensive, timelimited effort to increase diversity in the sector through the coordinated activities of its core infrastructure groups.
D5 has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to find an organization to serve as its program office and the home for its coalition management structure. The deadline for proposals is September 7, 2010.
Learn more about D5 and read the RFP.
The Floods in Pakistan: Philanthropic Response
More than 1,600 people have died and up to 20 million have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years. The floodwaters have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and now cover one-fifth of the entire country. There are fears that outbreaks of water-borne diseases could create a health crisis. Shelter, food, clean water, and medical help are priorities across the country.
In addition to lowering the minimum donation for its 1:1 employee matching gift program to $1 (until October), Bank of America intends to support the on-the-ground responses of Midland Doctors MDAUK, Save the Children, and the World Food Program.
The Open Society Foundations have supplemented an earlier $50,000 relief gift in the region with an additional $5 million in aid.
The State Street Foundation has directed $50,000 to the American National Red Cross to help support relief efforts in Pakistan.
We encourage our members to contact us directly about their current or potential plans for emergency assistance and support.
New on our Blog—How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a change in approach is needed in order to deal more effectively with the roots of the problem.
Read more on our blog, Smart Assets.
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