Past Events

In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that time could be a valuable tool to improve schools. Early in the 21st century, NCLB proposed “supplementing” regular school hours with additional ones used in more targeted ways to improve...

In an era of lawsuits and litigation, is it possible to get doctors, social workers, and lawyers to work as team to help patients resolve legal issues that arise during a time of illness? An innovative approach called Medical-Legal Partnerships (...

The Council on Foundations is pleased to invite you to a free webinar for Council members, regional associations, and regional association members addressing an issue that affects us all: the proposed 28 percent cap on charitable giving. Hear...

Emerging from the dark grey smoke of political paralysis, chronic unemployment, increasing poverty and embarrassing wealth distribution are some new promising and hopeful themes—manufacturing growth, millions of unfilled good jobs, green...

As school districts across the nation face increasing numbers of schools “in need of improvement,” many educators, advocates, policymakers, and funders are looking at early childhood education as an effective strategy for education reform. These...

On October 24, Philanthropy New York presented a program led by FSG Managing Director John Kania on Collective Impact, a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. To utilize a Collective Impact...

By the year 2000, more than 80% of the City’s trash was sent to four of the city’s 59 community districts to be stored and bundled for shipment out of state. The South Bronx was home to only 6.5% of the city’s residents, but more than 30% of the...

The Funders of Women and Girls Network invites you to a candid conversation with Sara K. Gould, Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow at the Foundation Center and former president & CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, to explore social justice...

This is the third session of a series designed to inform grantmakers about realistic options for significantly improving and even transforming low-performing public schools. The first session noted the tremendous challenges involved in turning...