Location: New York, NY

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy’s (CECP) mission is to lead the business community in raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy.  Co-founded in 1999 by civic leaders including Academy-Award winning actor and philanthropist Paul Newman and John C. Whitehead, Former Deputy Secretary of State and Co-Chair of Goldman Sachs, the organization has grown to prominence with an invitation-only membership of over 150 CEOs and chairpersons of Global 500 firms.  CECP advances best practices in corporate philanthropy by: publishing in-depth research; providing closed-door forums for members to discuss emerging trends and implementation strategies; and working with national media outlets to spotlight exceptional corporate philanthropic initiatives.  Members of CECP’s highly-engaged Board of Directors include the current CEOs of Alcoa, Bloomberg, Macy’s, McGraw-Hill, Travelers and State Farm. CEOs in the CECP membership represent companies including: GE, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Target, Dow Chemical, Time Warner, Verizon, Walgreen, and Best Buy.  To learn more, please visit: http://www.CorporatePhilanthropy.org. 

Location: New York, NY

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy’s (CECP) mission is to lead the business community in raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy.  Co-founded in 1999 by civic leaders including Academy-Award winning actor and philanthropist Paul Newman and John C. Whitehead, Former Deputy Secretary of State and Co-Chair of Goldman Sachs, the organization has grown to prominence with an invitation-only membership of over 150 CEOs and chairpersons of Global 500 firms.  CECP advances best practices in corporate philanthropy by: publishing in-depth research; providing closed-door forums for members to discuss emerging trends and implementation strategies; and working with national media outlets to spotlight exceptional corporate philanthropic initiatives.  Members of CECP’s highly-engaged Board of Directors include the current CEOs of Alcoa, Bloomberg, Macy’s, McGraw-Hill, Travelers, and State Farm. CEOs in the CECP membership represent companies including: GE, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Target, Dow Chemical, Time Warner, Verizon, Walgreen, and Best Buy.  To learn more, please visit: http://www.CorporatePhilanthropy.org.

Location: New York, NY

The Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a comprehensive, non-profit supplemental education and youth development organization that helps dedicated public school students from Harlem and the surrounding communities develop the intellectual curiosity, academic ability, social values and personal resiliency they need to ensure success in school, career and life. HEAF identifies students in middle school and supports them until they are successfully admitted to four-year colleges through a variety of afterschool, Saturday and summer educational and youth development programs. An entrepreneurial organization with an eye towards growth, HEAF is currently in the process of identifying the best opportunities for increasing the organization’s reach and impact. For more information, please visit http://www.HEAF.org

Location: New York, NY

Leveraging Investments in Creativity is a 10-year initiative to improve artists’ ability to make work, build social capital and contribute to democratic values. LINC builds on recent research by the Urban Institute (http://www.usartistreport.org) that identifies more than 5,000 programs and services for artists but points to the need for new efforts that:

• Expand financial supports for artists’ work;
• Improve artists’ access to essential material supports such as live-work space and insurance; and
• Bolster knowledge, collaborations, and public policies that affect the work of artists and their contributions to communities.

Funded in 2004, LINC seeks to assist the people, organizations, and communities already at work in supporting artists, and to address needs not being served. Efforts include funding community-wide strategies to improve conditions for artists; building online information concerning live-work spaces and health insurance for artists; and working with field leaders to advance knowledge and best practices.

Location: New York, NY

Public Allies, a growing national nonprofit with local programs in 18 cities throughout the country, advances diverse young leaders to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation. Since 1992, Public Allies has led a powerful model for identifying, training and supporting talented and diverse young adults to lead positive community change. Through the Allies program, young people, ages 18 to 30, serve in full-time apprenticeships creating, improving and expanding services at local nonprofit organizations and participate in a rigorous leadership development program that combines weekly training, coaching, team projects and reflection. Since its establishment, Public Allies has graduated approximately 2,800 dynamic leaders and continues to invest in their skills, networks and initiative through structured programs, grants, and networking opportunities for alumni. The graduates of its signature program are passionately leading social change: they are board members for not-for-profits, executive directors, lawyers, foundation leaders, doctors, and government-appointed officials. Learn more about Public Allies at http://www.publicallies.org.