02
Nov
2017
New York City Vision Funders – Fall Meeting
Thursday, November 2, 2017 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Join the New York City Vision Funders Group for its next quarterly meeting.
Issue-Based
01
Nov
2017
Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
International grantmakers often find ourselves working in areas where laws and conditions for grantmaking are challenging to navigate. Recent times have seen an increase in laws and regulations in many areas that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and...
30
Oct
2017
Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum
Monday, October 30, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
"If you underfund the Census, you get an undercount," says Kenneth Prewitt, who directed the bureau during the 2000 Census.
12
Oct
2017
Census 2020: Funders Are Getting Ready Now
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
What is philanthropy’s role in ensuring that the 2020 Census is adequately resourced, equitably deployed, and capable of generating accurate and reliable information?
12
Oct
2017
ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
When President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its controversial predecessor the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), each state was given more power and tasked with producing its own framework for...
05
Oct
2017
Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education
Thursday, October 5, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
The social policy goals of our time are as big as they are important. Achieving them requires both robust research about what interventions work, for whom, and under what circumstances, and a collaborative approach where different stakeholders have...
04
Oct
2017
Big Hunger with author Andy Fisher
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Chronic hunger and food insecurity trends across the U.S. have not changed, despite the rise of charity.
26
Sep
2017
New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Arts and culture funders, come together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the field so as to inform our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months.
20
Sep
2017
New Definitions of Peace & Security Funding: How Your Grantmaking Fits - Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
You don’t have to be a Peace and Security funder to fund “peace and security” work. In fact, increasingly foundations are understanding just how critical the existence of peaceful and stable societies is to the success of other areas of work,...
19
Sep
2017
Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film Unrest , which exposes deep flaws in the U.S. healthcare system in its treatment of patients afflicted with rare, orphaned diseases.
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