Past Events

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Evaluation

01 Nov 2018

Planning Your Path for the Future: Your Professional Evolution in Grants Management

Thursday, November 1, 2018 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

The role and function of grants management continues to evolve in organizations across the philanthropic sector. Participate in two highly-interactive sessions, focused on reflecting on your current role in your organization and strategizing how...

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Network Building

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Workshop

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Grants Managers

31 Oct 2018

Funding Our Future – the ABCs of Early Care and Education Financing in New York

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Today, 82% of children in the U.S. live in households with working parents, and more than 5 million (or approximately 1 in 5) under the age of 6 live in poverty. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, expanding access to high-quality early care...

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Education

29 Oct 2018

Is It Time to Embrace Participatory Grantmaking? – A Webinar Hosted by PACE and GrantCraft

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

Like many established institutions today, foundations are subject to a heightened demand for greater transparency and accountability. Participatory grantmaking can be a vital practice for building trust and enhancing relationships between organized...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Ibram X. Kendi is one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, a New York Times Bestselling Author and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. His book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive...

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24 Oct 2018

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Innovation - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Novel and creative ideas are needed to tackle the greatest challenge that has faced humanity - climate change. Yet there is significant disagreement about what constitutes innovation, and where that innovation is coming from. In this online...

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Environment and Climate Change

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23 Oct 2018

Making The Case For Equity And Grassroots Organizing: Funder Stories and Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by HEFN

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Philanthropy is abuzz right now about racial and gender equity and the grassroots. Some of this reflects deepening recognition of moral and political imperatives. For funders focused on issues like toxics, fracking, or drinking water, it also...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

Social Justice

23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Experienced funders often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually build their technical skills and content expertise but how do funders keep getting better at the ‘art’ side?...

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Leadership Development

19 Oct 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 19, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

So you are working for a foundation. People are drawn to the field of philanthropy to make a difference. While philanthropic organizations may have a broader commitment to strategy, many individuals may lack an explicit strategy for effectiveness,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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18 Oct 2018

What Funders Need to Know about “Public Charge”: An Analysis of the Published Rule and How Funders Can Take Action - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 18, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

The “public charge” rule overhaul introduced by the Trump administration would be the most radical change to our nation’s immigration policy in decades. Immigrant families who use any type of public benefits, from medical care to food assistance to...

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Health

Immigration

17 Oct 2018

Comprehensive, Long-Term Supports for NYC Foster Youth: Part III of “Helping Foster Youth Succeed” Series

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This is a follow-on session to last year's “ Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed: Skills and strategies that support the transition to adulthood " and " Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed, Part II ".

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Education

Housing and Homelessness

17 Oct 2018

A New Paradigm for Justice: Centering Women and Families

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

While there has been much activity throughout the U.S. and in New York City on criminal justice reform in recent years, including consensus among local policymakers to close Rikers Island and cut the number of people involved in the system by half...

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Gender Justice

Justice Reform

Public Policy

16 Oct 2018

The Philanthropic Closet - New Research on LGBTQ People in Philanthropy

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Do you know how many LGBTQ people work in philanthropy? Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ new upcoming report, The Philanthropic Closet: LGBTQ People in Philanthropy finally answers that question - and the results might surprise you! The report notes that...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

HR & Operations

16 Oct 2018

Promoting Long-Term Financial Health through Community Wealth Building

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 -

9:00am to 10:30am

In December 2017, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment released a white paper entitled How Neighborhoods Help New Yorkers Get Ahead . The report shares the work and findings of the Collaborative for...

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Community Development

Economic Security

15 Oct 2018

Census Funders: Coordinating with NY Counts 2020

Monday, October 15, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance and...

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Roundtable Discussion

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15 Oct 2018

Hurricane Michael: How to Respond - A Webinar Hosted by Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Monday, October 15, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph. It was the strongest storm to make landfall in the continental U.S. since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The devastation from the Hurricane...

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Environment and Climate Change

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11 Oct 2018

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results - A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP (Part 3 of 3)

Thursday, October 11, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

The Funders Census Initiative is pleased to present the first three briefings on census messaging results in partnership with the Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup.

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Census 2020

11 Oct 2018

Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 11, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Join our speakers from Alliance for Justice and RESULTS Educational Fund for insightful information on how you can develop a strong advocacy plan. Learn the importance of advocacy work and how to legally use your funding and your voice to shine...

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Family Foundation

10 Oct 2018

Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

With a full 40% of crimes attributed to poverty and 80% of incarcerated persons identified as low income, if you are poor in America there’s a good likelihood that you may become justice involved. This is especially true if you are Black or Latino...

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