Past Events

24 Mar 2022

Financial Series: Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 24, 2022 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Financial statements and an organization’s 990 each tell a story. This session will show how using the two financial documents together can yield so much more information than the financial status of the organization.
10 Mar 2022

Financial Series: Looking at the 990 Part I (March 10) and Part II (March 17)

Thursday, March 10, 2022 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
This session will focus on the IRS Form 990, which is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. The form creates a level playing field for an otherwise diverse...
03 Mar 2022

Pursuing Meaningful Change in a Hyper-partisan Environment

Thursday, March 3, 2022 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
Join us for a conversation on advocates and funders have achieved progress on a range of issues—immigration, criminal justice, and climate—at the state and federal levels by working with groups from across the political spectrum, and hear how their...
16 Feb 2022

Haitians and Afghans in Crisis: Lessons for Rapid Resettlement

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Join us for a discussion of how advocacy groups and service providers are serving new arrivals, the relevant government policies and programs, and the role of philanthropy in helping those who arrive today—and improving the infrastructure for those...
26 Jan 2022

Flexing Your Biggest Muscle: Shareholder Engagement for Foundations

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
There is increasing awareness about the importance of foundations having a positive impact with their investments by aligning their endowments with their grantmaking. Shareholder engagement is one way that foundations can influence a company’s...
02 Nov 2021

HERO Act and Other Compliance Considerations Amidst the Pandemic – A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:00am
As organizations begin transitioning to a new hybrid environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions come up frequently about how to stay compliant, what trainings are required, and how to navigate employee wellness amidst masking and...
27 Oct 2021

Beyond the Classroom: How Sports and Arts Support Social Emotional Learning

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Join us for a discussion on how both sports- and arts-centric youth development programs approach SEL cultivation and measurement. We will hear from both program practitioners and measurement & evaluation experts on what makes these programs...
26 Oct 2021

Investing in Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Models: What is the True Cost?

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
A year and a half into the pandemic, funders are continuing to explore ways to better support the nonprofit sector. In this virtual conversation, join our panelists as we discuss how to focus on supporting nonprofits in their decisions to transition...
20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
During this time of racial reckoning, foundations are increasingly interested in various forms of impact investing. Over time, this should translate into more place-based investment into nonprofits and social enterprises that have not traditionally...
13 Oct 2021

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
At this time of major transition—to a new gubernatorial administration, a new mayor, and a restructured labor market—many New York City funders are poised to invest in strategies to strengthen the public workforce development system. How do we...
13 Oct 2021

Integrating DEI from “A Thing We Do" to "How We Do All Things”

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
As we look with cautious optimism into this year, there are innumerable DEI lessons that 2020 showed us and that organizations must commit to in order to be sustainable. What many organizations recognize is that making external commitments to equity...
12 Oct 2021

It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health – Why Now and How?

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join us for a discussion on the sheer scale and far-reaching implications of the children’s mental health crisis, and how funders can join forces and step up our commitment to the wellbeing of our young people and social equity.
05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
This session will help funders understand the available research on tutoring interventions and what kind of dosage and structure has been shown to lead to meaningful impact.
01 Oct 2021

Philanthropy 101 - So You're Working For A Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 1, 2021 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Philanthropy 101 is a five-part series that helps all staff new to philanthropy better understand the sector. This interactive course will help participants gain the working knowledge they need to understand and navigate the field of philanthropy,...
23 Sep 2021

What Does the Future of Work Look Like for Communities of Color in NYC?

Thursday, September 23, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, a term coined by the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum in 2019, represents entirely new ways in which technology becomes embedded within societies and even our human bodies. Advanced digital...

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