Past Events

20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Storytelling helps social-change groups do better at everything that they do—enlist members, raise funds, take the pulse of their communities, change policy and behavior.

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Workshop

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Social Justice

19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a discussion with the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI), the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) and the Human Services Council (HSC) about an exciting new project to develop a sector-wide career ladder program for 80,000...

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All Funders

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Workforce Development

19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Robert Hughes, the President of New Visions for Public Schools since 2000, and long-time advocate and champion of public education in New York City, will be joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the new K - 12 Strategy Director in June...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

Funding Area

Education

14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.

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14 Apr 2016

Coming to a Close: Lessons From Two Spend Down Family Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

If your foundation decided to spend down and cease operations in a defined period of time, what might the process look like? It’s a question more family foundation boards are facing, as entrepreneurs pursue philanthropy the way they conducted...

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

13 Apr 2016

Legal Series - Self-Dealing (Family Foundations & Family Offices)

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The self-dealing, conflict of interest and related party transaction rules for private foundations are among the most complex and important considerations in foundation operations and governance.

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Professional Development

Format

Audience

HR & Operations Staff

Finance Staff

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

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.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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...

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Professional Development

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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...

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Children, Youth and Families

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...

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Site Visit

Audience

All Funders

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...

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Professional Development

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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.

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Network Building

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

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...

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Professional Development

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

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...

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Panel

Audience

All Funders

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.

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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.

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Panel

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Children, Youth and Families

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...

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Professional Development

Format

Audience

HR & Operations Staff

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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.

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Network Building

Audience

All Funders

Executive Support Staff

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

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...