Past Events

Mobile apps and computer games often spark images of teenagers in basements battling sci-fi creatures. But gaming now goes well beyond pure entertainment and is at the nexus of learning, advocacy and social change. Game makers are creating games for...

Learn about the field of philanthropy from two foundation staff members’ personal perspectives! Bob Canace, program officer at The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, will discuss the ins-and-outs of grantmaking at a family foundation, and...

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Strategic volunteerism, when carefully designed to match expertise to need, is a critical component of supporting nonprofit partners. Join corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer coordinators for a peer-to-peer conversation about harnessing...

Darren Walker was instrumental in developing Philanthropy New York’s CEO Interview Series and served as our very own James Lipton for the first several immensely successful programs. His charm, humor and nimble probing made him the perfect...


Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Twenty Feet From Stardom and a brief panel discussion.

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.

When President Obama visited P-TECH in Brooklyn this October, the focus was on how the school – a public-private partnership par excellence – prepares young people for the 21st century workplace. But it does so much more than that! P-TECH and the...