Summer jobs have a long-term impact, especially on low-income youth and their communities. Data shows that for every year a young person works, income during their 20s rises by 14-16%.
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced plans to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children remain in the U.S. free from fear of deportation and with permission to work.
Career progression isn’t only about getting a new job and climbing the career ladder of success — it also requires gaining the tools and resources you need to excel and deliver the best results in your current position.
For the first time, Philanthropy New York's CEO Interview Series will feature two newer leaders in philanthropy. Both bring years of experience to their roles at the helm of sizeable philanthropic organizations which make grants of a combined total...
Have you heard the buzz about creating a benefit that offers individualized career planning to your staff? This seems to be one of the hot HR topics right now. We have one of our own members who has recently created and started a program and who is...
Whether you’re a foundation executive director, trustee, junior staff member, or advisor, you’ll come away with insights and ideas on how to strengthen your organization’s leadership capacity.
"CITIZENFOUR" is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents...
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of colleagues at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
What value have grantmakers recognized from engaging or supporting consultants, and that are the characteristics of effective consultants and consulting engagements?
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector.
In this moderated dialogue between two major leaders in healthcare, with audience Q&A, we will explore the implications of macro-level changes occurring in healthcare.
The Department of Labor predicts the nation will add 1.2 million new computer-science-related jobs by 2022, but schools are graduating proportionately fewer computer science majors than in the 1980s. New research has shown that teaching “...
Micro-aggressions can diminish and stigmatize people and according to a recent Gallop poll, micro-aggressions contribute $450 billion to $550 billion per year loss in U.S. workforce productivity. What are they?
The session will focus on the use of data and measurement tools to help young people set goals for themselves and build social-emotional competencies (SEL) essential for academic and life success.
A second part of Philanthropy New York’s program on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa examines how can philanthropy respond with funding that meets immediate needs and invests in long-term solutions.
"Time Is Illmatic" is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas’ 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.