Nonprofit New York
A relentless, collective force for good.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
There are currently more than 42,000 registered nonprofit organizations in the eight-county New York City area, representing not only one of the largest and most diverse nonprofit communities in the country, but also a significant part of the economy; accounting for over 18% of New York City's total private workforce and more than $118 billion in annual expenditures. However, the sector is vulnerable because we are underfunded and overburdened, lacking a unified voice to protect our interests or forward the principles that we know are critical to our work and societal good. Nonprofit New York believes that through our strategy of member-building and movement-building, we can address both needs.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Membership Services
Nonprofit New York's Member Vendor Program (MVP) provides members with cost-savings group buying programs, including significant discounts on Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, retirement plans, office supplies, communication tools and more. We also respond to member questions and provide tailored information for member nonprofits. Last year alone, these services helped members save more than $2.5 million.
More specifically, these benefits include:
Bank OZK: Banking & Loans services
BoardLead: Board resources
Coeus Global: Background Checking Services
Empower Retirement: Retirement Plans
FMA Institute: Finance/Accounting Courses & Accreditation
Globechain: Furniture/HR Solutions
JDM Benefits: Employee Benefits
Lamb Insurance Services: D&O Liability Insurance
Mutual of America: Retirement Plans
Nationwide: Retirement Plans
Nonstop Wellness: Health Insurance
Paychex: Employee Benefits/Payroll
RoundTable Technology: IT Services/Technology
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Subscriptions
Staples Business Advantage: Furniture/Office Supplies
Theatre Development Fund: Subscriptions
TicketsAtWork: Employee Benefits/Subscriptions
TriNet: Employee Benefits/HR Solutions
Unemployment Services Trust: Insurance
Zoom: Communication/Event Managemnet
Education and Training
Nonprofit New York informs, guides, and educates nonprofit leaders on a variety of management and governance issues through more than 50 workshops each year, which are free for member organizations. These workshops center on Nonprofit New York's Key Areas of Nonprofit Excellence, which guide nonprofits to excellence in nonprofit management.
We partner with area experts to provide our members with much-needed technical and managerial expertise and information. We regularly update and add topics, and evaluate member interest in future topics.
Policy
Nonprofit New York serves as the voice of the nonprofit sector, promoting and protecting nonprofits’ ability to survive and thrive. We organize nonprofit leaders to use their expertise on behalf of the entire sector, to address systemic and regulatory issues that can create instability in nonprofits, and to advocate for policies that foster nonprofits’ stability and impact. Nonprofit New York convenes the Government Relations Council (GRC) to analyze legislative issues and meet with government officials to discuss the impact of laws and regulations on the nonprofit sector and the Coalition to Advance Nonprofits, which informs and guides Nonprofit New York's policy platform and subsequent advocacy campaigns.
Knowledge Management
Nonprofit New York Knowledge Center contains a vast resource of articles, templates, and other resources that nonprofits need to manage their organization. We also issue regular reports, including our popular Salary Study, that reflect trends in the nonprofit sector.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of requests for advocate products or information, including downloads or page views of online material
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Education and Training
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Views of tools & resources in the Knowledge Center
Number of organizations accessing technical assistance offerings
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Education and Training
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of individuals served
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To be able to meet their missions in ever-changing times, nonprofits must be excellently managed internally and able to respond to the external environment. Nonprofit New York believes that through our strategy of member-building and movement-building, we can address both needs. Member building supports our nonprofit members in understanding and achieving excellence in nonprofit management, so that they have more time and resources to focus on their mission. Through our education and trainings, both knowledge building and skills building, we help nonprofits more effectively manage their organization. Through our cost-savings programs, we help them identify and save money on services they need every day. Through our knowledge management, we give nonprofits the resources, tools, and templates that they need to implement their management practices without having to recreate systems that Nonprofit New York has already identified. Movement building supports the sector and protects each nonprofit in it. Through convening, we are able to identify needs of the sector and craft strategies and goals that will create a more sustainable environment. Through advocacy, we can assure that regulation and legislation is as fair and efficient as possible, saving nonprofits time and money by reducing duplication and unnecessary bureaucracy. In combining the two approaches, Nonprofit New York helps to create stability internally through best management practices, and externally through a fair and reasonable environment in which nonprofits operate.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Nonprofit New York encourages strong, transparent, and informed management and advocates for fair and reasonable nonprofit public policy. We have two primary goals, as established by our 2018-2020 Strategic Plan: member-building and movement building:
Member-Building – Nonprofit New York leads and encourages best practices in nonprofit management using our transformational Key Areas of Nonprofit Excellence. Our theory of change is that by implementing the standards of each Key Area, nonprofits will be strong, nimble, and stable, and better able to achieve their mission. We endeavor to assist our members to collaborate and learn from one another's work, remain aware of evolving policies and practices that govern the nonprofit sector, and gain excellent management practices to navigate and flourish in this uncertain and changing environment.
Movement-Building – Nonprofit New York serves as the voice of the nonprofit sector, promoting and protecting nonprofits' ability to survive and thrive. We organize nonprofit leaders to use their expertise on behalf of the entire sector, to address systemic and regulatory issues that can create instability in nonprofits, and to advocate for policies that foster nonprofits' stability and impact.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Nonprofit New York is in the third year of a three year strategic plan that clearly outlines how Nonprofit New York will accomplish their goals. Part of that plan has been to streamline technology and workflow practices to increase staff capacity and allow them to focus on the goals at hand, instead of data entry as well as restructure the team to create new positions and increase staff capacity.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Nonprofit New York has recently embarked on a three year strategic plan. Due to the technological improvements made and realignment of our programming under Member-building and Movement-building, Nonprofit New York has made the following accomplishments:
1. Developed and launched the Nonprofit New York's Declaration of Nonprofit Rights, Nonprofit New York's bold vision for a powerful nonprofit sector. These guiding principles form the basis of our worldview of the sector's needs and potentials, guiding our day-to-day public policy work to meet those needs and potentials;
2. Provided a rich selection of information and guidance to nonprofits, including 46 free workshops and webinars; launching The Community, our online platform containing our Referral Center, Knowledge Center, and HelpLine; and creating new informational resources, such as the 2019 Nonprofit Salary Survey Report;
3. Saved member nonprofits over $4 million dollars through Nonprofit New York's Member Vendor Program; and,
4. Sold out our second Annual Best Nonprofit Conference. The only full-day conference focused on nonprofit management practices in the NYC-area.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To learn how policies are affecting our clients
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Nonprofit New York
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2024
Ms. Lisa Pilar Cowan
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Term: 2023 - 2025
Jo-Ann Yoo
Asian American Federation
Term: 2022 - 2024
Ian Benjamin
Interim Executive Director
Jo-Ann Yoo
Asian American Federation
Robert Acton
Cause Strategy Partners
Barbara Schatz
Columbia Law School
Richard Suoto
LEAP
Sarah BJ Sung
Pinnacle Consulting
Tuhina De O'Connor
New Attitude Consulting, LLC
Kamesh Moola
Barclays
Mariko Tada
Communications Consultant
Meridith Maskara
Girl Scouths of Greater NY
Carol Bullock
Staten Island Pride Center
Gary Bagley
Consultant
Alejandra Duque Cifuentes
ADC Consulting LLC
Jill Bregenzer
Pinkerton Foundation
Lisa Pilar Cowan
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Amarah Sedreddine
Sedreddine & Whoriskey, LLP
Morgan Monaco
Prospect Park Alliance
Brooke Richie-Babbage
Bending the Arc
Joanne Smith
Girls for Gender Equity
Yesenia Mata
La Colmena
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.