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NYC Foundation Grants: Three Funding Paths for Nonprofits
New York nonprofits do not face a shortage of philanthropic language. They face a shortage of unrestricted cash.
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Corporate foundation funding in NYC: pre-proposal checklist
I have spent enough years working alongside executive directors, board chairs, and program managers across the five boroughs to…
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How the David Rockefeller Fund is Overhauling Grantmaking to Prioritize Nonprofit Staff Well-being
Per DRF's own write-up on Candid, the four-person outfit spent 2025 testing what it calls "Caring for the People" — a…
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NYC family foundation grants: pre-application checklist
The first hurdle in an NYC family-foundation application is often not the proposal. It is a pre-application gate: confirm…
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Mayor Mamdani Overhauls the Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC by Dismissing Entire Advisory Board
According to City Journal, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has dissolved the entire advisory board of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York…
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Protecting Your Donations: How to Spot Fake Charities After the Colombia Earthquake
Another disaster, another gold rush for scam artists — and yes, we need to talk about it.
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Collective giving in NYC: choosing your funding path
New York City has no shortage of people who want to move money toward public good. It has a shortage of agreement about how that…
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NYC Donor-Advised Fund Pitches: Pre-Contact Checklist
When I sit down with executive directors across the five boroughs, the conversation about donor-advised funds almost always…
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Community trust grants vs family foundations in NYC
The New York Community Trust marked its centennial in 2024 with roughly $3.5 billion in assets and a Rolodex of more than 2,200…
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NYC foundation matching grants: three common traps to avoid
A matching grant can multiply a fundraising result, but the multiplier applies only to eligible dollars. The Staten Island…
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Philanthropic intermediary fees: hidden costs in NYC grants
Nine percent. That is the fee Philanthropy New York charges on new income received by a project under its fiscal-sponsorship…
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NYC Philanthropic Grants: A Pre-Application Checklist
New York State’s transition from the Grants Gateway to the Statewide Financial System changed more than the login screen for…
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How State Policy Shifts Are Redefining Philanthropic Funding Landscapes
As The NonProfit Times reports, there are now measurable best and worst states for philanthropy, and the dividing line isn't…
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NYC Foundation Funding Alerts: Wasted Hours and How to Bypass Them
Roughly 70% of the more than 87,000 active independent, community, and corporate foundations in the United States do not accept…
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Why Rising Revenue Masks a Shrinking Donor Base in NYC Nonprofits
According to The NonProfit Times, the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s Q1 2026 report found that charitable giving rose 4.3%…
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Donor-advised fund news: outreach traps for NYC groups
Nonprofits receive 2.2 times more donor-advised fund gifts when they ask for them. The figure exposes a basic operational failure…
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How New York Cares Leveraged Celebrity Philanthropy into Long-Term Donor Engagement
As City & State New York reports, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's July 3 Madison Square Garden nuptials came pre-loaded with a…
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
According to The Guardian, Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts after months of review by its…
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Philanthropy news tracking: three traps that waste staff time
A single broad alert can produce dozens of items a week and still miss the grant announcement that matters. That is the central…
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NYC Foundation News: Official Alerts vs Press Aggregators
Most nonprofit teams do not have a news-monitoring problem. They have a filtering problem.
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Foundation grant reporting: common compliance pitfalls in NYC
There is a particular kind of anxiety that settles over private-foundation offices in New York every spring. It has very little…
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NYC Corporate Grants: Three Funding Paths for Nonprofits
Corporate giving in America crossed $44 billion in 2024, up from the year before, and your mid-sized Bronx youth nonprofit can…
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NYC Community Foundation Grants: Pre-Application Checklist
When a small arts collective in the South Bronx or a housing-services nonprofit in central Brooklyn sits down to pursue community…
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NYC Foundation Funding: Direct Pitch vs. RFP Route
Here is the math that should keep every executive director in this city up at night: when Candid's 2025 Foundation Giving…
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NYC Philanthropic Paths: DAFs, Foundations, or Circles
Here’s the uncomfortable truth about New York philanthropy: most donors pick a giving vehicle the way they pick a restaurant in…
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NYC Launches Sports and Technology Innovation Challenge for Youth
According to NYC.gov, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Department of Youth and Community Development, New York City FC and its nonprofit…
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New York Funding News: Common Pitfalls in Grant Comparison
New York Foundation typically makes about five new core grants in a cycle while receiving hundreds of requests. Its 2026…