Past Events

02 Oct 2014

How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis

Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
The CDC estimates the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million within just four months, in a worst case scenario. Join us for a timely conversation with the experts in the field.
24 Sep 2014

Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
The City of New York delivers most human services through $5 billion in annual contracts with non-profit providers. However, there are insufficient opportunities for lower-level social service case workers at these providers to acquire the education...
23 Sep 2014

Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Join us for a discussion that will focus on immigrant youth issues in New York City. We will hear from the NYC Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, the Department of City Planning Commission and youth leaders from several organizations serving...
12 Sep 2014

The Power of Arts and Culture as a Crossover Grantmaking Approach

Friday, September 12, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
When many funders think about arts and culture grantmaking, they put it in a separate box. While promoting the arts and revitalizing culture are important ends in themselves, what would happen if we invested more in arts and cultural approaches to...
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22 Jul 2014

The Rollback on Reproductive Rights and Justice

Tuesday, July 22, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
The opposition to reproductive rights in this country employs many different tactics that target a variety of communities, from the criminalization of pregnant women, to promoting myths like Asian American women are giving birth to more boys than...
17 Jul 2014

Pulitzer Winner Barton Gellman on Philanthropy’s Role in Better Balancing Competing Demands on Civil Liberties and National Security

Thursday, July 17, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
In the wake of 9/11, government actions have led to an ongoing national debate about how to strike the right balance between civil liberties and national security in the U.S. From the swift enactment of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and creation of...
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15 Jul 2014

Art, Technology and Intellectual Property: How Funders Can Help Artists and Arts Institutions Navigate this Changing Landscape

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
The digital age has transformed the way we produce and consume culture. For artists and arts institutions, new and changing technologies have given them the means to reach new and wider audiences, but also they bring new challenges as art,...
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10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
After 20 months of supporting and working closely with community-based organizations in neighborhoods most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, North Star Fund published: "From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of...

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