Past Events

Finance & Asset Management

Tools & Strategies

Format

Panel

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

HR & Operations Staff

Finance Staff

Topic(s)

13 Apr 2016

Meet the Women and LGBT Activists on the ISIS Frontlines

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

In early April, more than a dozen local women’s organizations will convene in Iraq to share strategies to confront ISIS occupation, sectarian conflict and pervasive gender-based violence, including systematic sexual slavery.

Find More By

Funding Area

Gender Justice

06 Apr 2016

New Pathways for Building Immigrant Women’s Leadership

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Women are more than half of the immigrant population in the United States. They start businesses at higher rates than American-born women, and research shows they are often the ones that propel their families toward obtaining American citizenship...

Find More By

Event type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Funding Area

Immigration

Gender Justice

06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Community Development

30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

Join grantmakers from across New York State committed to learning more about how the social, economic, and political landscapes of the state’s fascinating and diverse regions connect to statewide grassroots campaigns & policies. Long Island’s...

Find More By

Format

Site Visit

Audience

Funding Area

Community Development

30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...

Find More By

Event type

Audience

Finance & Asset Management

Topic(s)

Nonprofit Financials

29 Mar 2016

International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) for networking and conversation.

Find More By

Event type

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

Funding Area

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Do you understand and take advantage of all of the options that are available to you when choosing to make grants around the world? Do you have unwarranted fears? Learn how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the...

Find More By

Event type

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

Public Policy

Funding Area

24 Mar 2016

NYC’s Food Policy Director on Hunger, Health & Equity

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Missed this session? View recording here. The mission of the Office of the Director of Food Policy is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of healthy foods, and support economic justice and...

Find More By

Format

Panel

Audience

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

Public Policy

23 Mar 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Who is Dayani Cristal?” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for an online OVEE screening featuring clips and conversation from Who is Dayani Cristal?, one of the five powerful films selected for our 2015 Media Impact Festival.

Find More By

Format

Audience

Funding Area

23 Mar 2016

Family Engagement: Partnering for Student Success

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join us for this conversation which will explore and recognize the importance of developing successful partnerships among families, schools, and communities to support the development, learning, and success of our youth.

Find More By

Format

Panel

Audience

Funding Area

Education

22 Mar 2016

Foundation Archives: How Changes to the Way We Work is Sparking Innovation in the Way We Record Our History

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

We invite CEOs, trustees, records managers, and other senior staff to join foundation leaders and seasoned experts in an intimate discussion on recent work and innovations in preserving foundation records, particularly as organizations begin the...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

HR & Operations Staff

Topic(s)

Transparency

22 Mar 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Navigating Different Communication Styles in Your Workplace

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

In your role both as support staff and project managers, effective communication is critical.

Find More By

Event type

Audience

Executive Support Staff

Topic(s)

18 Mar 2016

Learning from FEGS: Are Your Grantees at Risk?

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

When FEGS shocked the world by closing down almost overnight, the Human Services Council brought together seasoned nonprofit human services executives, experts in nonprofit financial management and oversight, philanthropies, academics and others...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Audience

Topic(s)

18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 2:00pm

As American philanthropy grapples with local challenges, how do our solutions and experiences link to challenges elsewhere around the globe?

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Conference

Audience

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Food Systems

Health

Social Justice

Gender Justice

17 Mar 2016

Changemakers: National Networks Engaging Next Gen Philanthropic Leaders - Webinar

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Family foundations are poised to see an unprecedented change in leadership over the next few years as the next generation of philanthropists begins to take over governance roles.

Find More By

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

17 Mar 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Optimizing a Multigenerational Workplace

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

It isn’t uncommon in today’s workplace to work alongside colleagues from four, even five generations.

Find More By

Event type

Audience

HR & Operations Staff

Topic(s)

17 Mar 2016

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

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Experienced grantmakers often use two financial documents to review potential and current grantees: financial statements and IRS Form 990.

Find More By

Event type

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Topic(s)

Nonprofit Financials

16 Mar 2016

Young Leaders Breakfast Club and EPIP-NY: Happy Hour

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Join the Young Leaders Breakfast Club and The New York Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP-NY) on Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at One Star Bar (147 West 24th Street) to just be peoples for a night!

Find More By

Event type

Audience

16 Mar 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the third webinar, of a four-part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Funding Area

Education