Public Policy Fellowship; PNY

Philanthropy New York, the regional association of grantmakers with global impact, is accepting applications for a two-year fellowship from candidates completing a masters-level or Ph.D. program in public policy, government, social work or related field of study OR recently graduated (May 2016 or more recent) from such a program.

The Philanthropy New York Public Policy Fellowship program aims to identify early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within the philanthropic sector. It is designed to increase our organizational capacity in issue-based organizing and government relations, but also to support our commitment to growing diversity, equity and inclusion in the philanthropic community. Diversity comes in countless dimensions: race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, socio-economic background, physical ability, etc.

Philanthropy New York is interested in understanding applicants’ own definitions of diversity and how their experiences apply to the objectives of the fellowship program.

This is the fourth year of Philanthropy New York’s Public Policy Fellowship program. The incoming Public Policy Fellow will pick up much of the work of our outgoing Fellow and work closely with another Fellow, who started her two-year stint in August 2017.

Philanthropy New York is the principal professional community of approximately 280+ private, corporate, family and public grantmaking organizations based in the New York City region, and provides a broad range of services to over 3,500 individual philanthropic professionals and trustees of those organizations. Taken together, our members provide support totaling over $5.5 billion each year to thousands of nonprofit organizations located in New York and around the world, which in turn focus on an almost endless range of issues and concerns.

Created as a nonprofit organization in 1979 by New York City-based foundations, Philanthropy New York’s primary mission is to support our members’ work to serve the public good.

Philanthropy New York currently:

• Presents 200+ programs, group meetings and conferences each year ranging from short panel discussions to multi-part program series and conferences, including our annual PNY Core programs and our high-profile annual meeting . PNY’s programming covers a vast range of subjects – from the intricacies of interpreting nonprofit 990s to recognizing implicit bias, from New York City workforce development to international advocacy.
• Nurtures professional interest groups for foundation administrators and foundation CEOs and issue-based working groups for professionals focused on education, health, gender equity, justice reform, international grantmaking and others.
• Engages in public policy work by:
• Creating opportunities for dialogue between government leaders with influence over policy on issues of greatest concern to our members,
• Taking official policy positions on key issues affecting the sector and communicating those positions to key government officials, and
• Convening leaders across all sectors to establish common goals and potential solutions.

Philanthropy New York is increasingly recognized by media, government officials and other leaders as an important resource and authority on the philanthropic community. PNY’s voice is amplified by the multimedia associated with the New York Philanthro Post , which has over 5,500 subscribers.

The work to research issues, frame them for the philanthropic audience and convene funders and government officials for conversations that actually drive toward achievable solutions is labor intensive. We are producing dozens of policy-focused programs,…