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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Environment and Climate Change

Human Services

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Children, Youth and Families

31 Jan 2017

Built to Scale: How and When to Help Grantees Replicate Their Work

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us to learn how two different youth-focused funders—The Wallace Foundation and the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust—have helped out-of-school-time providers replicate their programming.

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Children, Youth and Families

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25 Jan 2017

Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

James Sheehan was appointed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead the New York State Charities Bureau in January 2014, and his first focus was the implementation and enforcement of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 , The NPRA was the...

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24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

What happens if Obamacare – the Affordable Care Act – is repealed? Will reforms stop in their tracks? Can we go backward and forward at the same time?

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18 Jan 2017

Peer Learning: A Key to Successful Capacity Building

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Spurring the momentum for sustained change within organizations is a challenging aspect of any capacity building effort. Peer learning can be an effective tool for enhancing organizational change by providing an opportunity for peers to share their...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

HR & Operations

18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

As the movement to understand and address income inequality gains momentum, policymakers, practitioners, and funders face the challenge of confronting growing wealth gaps by race and ethnicity.

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

18 Jan 2017

Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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Leadership Development

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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International/Foreign Affairs

18 Jan 2017

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (All day) to Friday, February 3, 2017 (All day)

ESS orients new program officers and directors to their role as funders. This three-day intensive course helps philanthropy newcomers build a framework for understanding and implementing ethical and effective grantmaking. It is a part of our PNY...

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12 Jan 2017

Family Philanthropy Stories- Capture the Legacy of your Giving with NCFP and The History Project- Webinar

Thursday, January 12, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Why, in 2017, are we still relying on grandma’s photo albums and poorly scanned Facebook uploads to preserve our family histories?

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Board & Trustees

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09 Jan 2017

David vs. Goliath: How Arizona Advocates Won Victories in the Fight Against Extremism - Webinar

Monday, January 9, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Despite a 2016 election season which saw the rise of xenophobic rhetoric, advocates in Arizona have surprised many by successfully pushing back against anti-immigrant bills in the state legislature, defeating leading anti-immigration figure Sheriff...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The political landscape nationally and in many states appears increasingly hostile to action on climate change. All indications are that we will be faced with attempts to roll back progress on climate change and clean energy. Given that communities...

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Legal Issues

Environment and Climate Change

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Social Justice

14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Approximately 636,000 incarcerated individuals leave federal and state prisons each year (U.S. Department of Justice, Prisoners in 2014), making reentry into the community a major concern for federal, state and local governments. Many face uphill...

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14 Dec 2016

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and School and Career Pathways: The Role of Employers as Partners

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The economy continues to evolve to require a more skilled workforce. At the same time education and training systems struggle to keep pace and the most economically vulnerable young people fall further behind

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Workforce Development

13 Dec 2016

School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

As we look at how to improve high school graduation rates and outcomes, we’ve come to realize that instead of addressing a “drop-out” crisis, we have to address our public education system’s biases, policies, and practices that exclude and alienate...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Gender Justice

09 Dec 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 4: Great Debates in Philanthropy

Friday, December 9, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Join Philanthropy New York as we pit seasoned philanthropists, one-on-one, in robust debates around the philanthropic topics of the century. From impact investing vs. divest/activism, to perpetuity vs. spend-down, be ready to take a side!

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Presentation

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New Staff

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08 Dec 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Working with a Professional Employer Organization

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) provide services to organizations that enable certain management tasks, such as some employee benefits, filing, and training, to be outsourced. This especially may benefit smaller organizations that have...

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Network Building

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

08 Dec 2016

Trends in Family Philanthropy: A Conversation with NCFP Fellows Katherine Lorenz and Doug Bitonti-Stewart - Webinar

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

As 2016 comes to a close, we invite you to participate in a special conversation with two of the field’s emerging leaders, NCFP Fellows Katherine Lorenz & Doug Bitonti-Stewart. Doug and Katherine will reflect on a variety of issues they have...

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Board & Trustees

Family Foundation

08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

There is an intricate relationship between food, culture, and society that we do not often think about as we make our daily meal choices and eat together or apart from one another. How do we take advantage of that relationship by using food as a...

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Food Systems

07 Dec 2016

Rock Your Panel! How to be a Great Moderator

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

How many panels fail to engage the audience? What is the role of the moderator in facilitating a compelling panel discussion? Embrace the responsibility of great panel moderators: think of moderating a panel like hosting a dinner party!

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Leadership Development

01 Dec 2016

Grantee-Centered Capacity Building Is What You Think It Is – And More

Thursday, December 1, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:30am

All funders want the organizations they support to have the infrastructure and capacities necessary to deliver on their respective missions. Indeed, according to a recently published study by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), a majority...

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