Past Events

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as television coverage increases. Government agencies work closely with nonprofit organizations, private philanthropy and corporations. Yet we know from experience that...

The new media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array of digital devices, a proliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs), alternative credentialing offered with digital badges, and the ubiquity of apps and social networks. Recent...

Called "a grassroots political, journalistic, civic networking collective" by The New York Times , Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) is the world's largest and longest-running gathering of thinkers and doers exploring technology's impact on the way we...

Join us in a conversation with departing CEO Luis Ubiñas as he looks back and offers insider-outsider perspectives on what it was like to run one of the most significant and dynamic foundations in the US, with a global mission. And we’ll also take...

This Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders will focus on current workforce activities in response to Superstorm Sandy and the opportunities for new investments in impacted communities. It will also include an update on a highly...

Please join us for a panel discussion on collective giving and giving circles with EPIP-NY. This skills-building program was designed for foundation staff and the general public and will focus on: The basic definition of a giving circle. The current...

Technology is fundamentally changing the way funders do their work. Knowledge tools help funders track trends in their areas of interest, find resources focused on their issues, build capacity for themselves and their foundation colleagues and...

Part one of a two-part webinar series on the elements of age and ability friendly communities and how philanthropy can support those communities. On average, one U.S. citizen will turn 65 every 7-8 seconds for the next 18 years. Is your community...

The question of how philanthropic organizations should operate has been much debated within and outside of the sector, and especially so since the economic downturn. Come hear your colleagues Lance Lindblom and Jeffrey Solomon, who are leaders in...