Philanthropy News Digest

Foundations shape the city’s social fabric long before the first grant check is cut. They set agendas, fund experiments, and keep nonprofits afloat in neighborhoods that commercial capital ignores. Philanthropy News Digest sits at the center of that conversation, publishing daily briefs on funding trends, leadership shifts, and policy debates that ripple across New York’s nonprofit sector. The digest doesn’t hand out money itself, but it gives grant-seekers and donors a shared language and a real-time pulse on what’s moving—or stuck—in local philanthropy.

You’ll find the office on the 24th floor of 32 Old Slip, a Financial District tower where elevator banks hum with the same urgency as the newsroom below. The address places it within walking distance of City Hall and the courts, a geography that mirrors the digest’s beat: where public dollars meet private generosity. For anyone tracking a grant deadline or a new foundation initiative, a call to (212) 620-4230 can clarify what’s already in the pipeline. Directions to the office are pinned on the map at this link; the building’s security desk usually asks for photo ID before sending visitors upstairs. One less thing to figure out on a tight deadline.