by Anne Hess, CRE Board Member - My husband Craig and I hosted CRE’s 13th Annual House Party fundraiser last month. Several of our clients spoke eloquently about the work CRE had done for them and the impact it had on their organizations. One speaker, Udai Tambar, of South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!) described CRE in a way that I would like to share. Udai talked about the “Three T’s” that characterized his relationship with CRE – Trust, Temperament and Talent. Read more >>
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Reflections on CRE's 13th Annual House Party
Deadline Day
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation - About 16 years ago I sat in the back of an auditorium listening to a panel of foundation executives give grantseekers advice about submitting proposals. They listed a litany of things that one should avoid. They seemed sincerely overwrought about binders and attachments and they especially dreaded single-spaced, 10 point sans sarif fonts. As a newly hired program officer, I promised myself I would never sound that cantankerous. Read more >>
Free Services for CBOs During Hard Times
By Linda Levine, Member of Gray Matters - Has there ever been a time of greater need for NYC’s underserved urban communities? If you direct or work in a CBO, you know the struggle to provide a multiplicity of crucial services at a time when funds are scarce! Many communities suffer from lack of decent housing, medical and legal services, educational opportunities, as well as the impact of environmental injustice, limited access to the arts and the many other benefits enjoyed by citizens in more prosperous communities. Typically understaffed for the services they seek to provide, CBO's are keenly aware of how much more they might do with some professional assistance. Read more >>
That Happy Music Again
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director of the New York Foundation - They played that happy music again on National Public Radio this morning. When Marketplace reports on the stock market performance, it plays either "We're in the Money" if the market went up or "stormy weather" if the market went down. Sometimes it plays "Don't mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing" which reminds us that no one really knows what’s going on with the market’s performance. Read more >>
Is the Nonprofit Sector Missing an Opportunity to Leverage the Talents of Gen X and Gen Y Leaders?
by Richard A. Brown, Vice President, American Express Philanthropy - Today's emerging leaders are the best educated, the most diverse and the most technologically savvy generation in our nation's history. Generation Xers & Yers are committed to serving in the nonprofit sector, are passionate about the mission-driven organizations where they work, and many have been actively serving in the sector as community volunteers since a very young age. Their commitment to "do something" is evident in the associations they have created to organize themselves, the organizations they have established to tackle intractable social issues, and the hard won achievements they have secured supporting established nonprofit organizations. Read more >>
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