New York Area Nonprofits — Save the Date for Our Annual Open House!
Tuesday, November 17, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Join us for a full day of classes, guest presentations, and networking opportunities at our Fourth Annual Open House. We'll have a presentation on the outlook for foundation giving in 2009 and 2010 and a discussion about the New York City budget and how it affects nonprofit funding, as well as Foundation Center free classes.
Fiscal Sponsorship: An Excellent Beginning for Emerging Nonprofits Tuesday, November 24 Learn more and register»
Foundation Center in Your Community
Take a class on grantseeking from foundations, fundraising planning, or proposal writing with Foundation Center staff members at Cooperating Collections in your community.
Grantseeking Basics Monday, December 7
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library Learn more and register»
Grantseeking Basics Monday, December 7
Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library Learn more and register»
Introduction to Fundraising Planning Thursday, December 10
St. George Library Center, Staten Island Learn more and register»
Scholarships are now available to assist representatives of under-resourced nonprofits to attend Foundation Center full-day training seminars in 2009. If you represent a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a budget under $1,000,000, you are eligible to apply. Scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
A blog that spotlights grantmakers, their grants, and the work of the Foundation Center and other nonprofit organizations in the New York metro area and beyond.
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center, but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority. A substantial number of foundations and nonprofits are tracking information about the racial and ethnic makeup of the grantees and populations that they respectively serve. The study is the first of its kind in New York City and the nation to examine "both sides" of the equation — with survey data from 95 grantmaking foundations and 540 nonprofit organizations in the
five boroughs.
Dialogue with Donors: A Corporate View of Arts Funding
New York, NY
October 20, 2009
Will Maitland Weiss, Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of New York, moderates this special event in celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month. This program offers an engaging discussion of the current situation in corporate funding for the arts.
Philanthropy Chat: Tobie Stein Discusses Performing Arts Management
October 8, 2009
Tobie Stein, the director of the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Performing Arts Management at Brooklyn College and author of Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices, describes the fundraising environment for performing arts groups and provides guidance for organizations preparing for their next fundraising campaign.
Funding for Arts Month: Interview with Erik Speakman, Speakman Management Consulting
October 8, 2009
Nikki Estes, program and touring director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Erik Speakman, Speakman Management Consulting, about partnerships and sustainability for arts organizations.
Funding for Arts Month: Interview with Adam Natale of Fractured Atlas
September 16, 2009
Nikki Estes, program and touring director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Adam Natale, director of membership and program development of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations about advocacy for the arts and about his organization.
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center, but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority. A substantial number of foundations and nonprofits are tracking information about the racial and ethnic makeup of the grantees and populations that they respectively serve. The study is the first of its kind in New York City and the nation to examine "both sides" of the equation — with survey data from 95 grantmaking foundations and 540 nonprofit organizations in the
five boroughs.
Will Maitland Weiss, Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of New York, moderates this special event in celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month. This program offers an engaging discussion of the current situation in corporate funding for the arts.
Tobie Stein, the director of the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Performing Arts Management at Brooklyn College and author of Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices, describes the fundraising environment for performing arts groups and provides guidance for organizations preparing for their next fundraising campaign.
Nikki Estes, program and touring director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Erik Speakman, Speakman Management Consulting, about partnerships and sustainability for arts organizations.
Nikki Estes, program and touring director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Adam Natale, director of membership and program development of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations about advocacy for the arts and about his organization.
