Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
01/29/2013
... We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’ s Mailman School of Public Health and Co-Chair of...
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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year
Release Date:
03/27/2012
One year ago, the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, James Gannon, ... response to the 3/11 disaster and the ways that U. S . funders can continue to help the people of...
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
... New York session, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co- Directors at Measure of America, described how their American Human Development ... work—and how New Yorkers are doing compared to other U. S...
Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network
Release Date:
02/07/2012
... York members recently participated in the first session of our International Grantmakers Network program series, an ... international context and to learn about the experiences of funders and grantees in...
Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State
Release Date:
02/29/2012
... and develop a plan that would not only solve the state’ s immediate budget crisis, but prevent new fiscal emergencies in later years. Ravitch’ s proposed solutions, and their effect on Governor ... and the...
Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
... January 10th examined the Reimagining Service and Cities of Service initiatives and how supporting volunteer capacity can strengthen grantees and increase the impact of grantmaking, even in an era of...
To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing
Release Date:
08/16/2012
... on New York, where Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation are drafting final regulations ...
President Putin: Restore Openness to Nonprofit Involvement
Release Date:
01/11/2013
... for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, writes an open letter to Russian president ... giving time and attention to this international group of Russia experts... President Putin:...
Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future
Release Date:
05/09/2013
... to have Sister Paulette LoMonaco, Executive Director of Good Shepherd Services and one of the panelists at our session on Preparing Vulnerable ...
How to Determine If a Charity Is Effective
Release Date:
11/10/2013
Arabella Advisors Principal & Managing Director Bruce Boyd and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President & CEO Melissa Berman are quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about evaluating charity effectiveness.
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2017
NYC Commission on Gender Equity: What Are Its Economic Opportunity, Health and Safety Priorities?
Thursday, February 16, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York’ s Funders for Gender Equity are pleased to welcome Azadeh Khalili , the Founding Executive Director of the Commission on Gender Equity . Most recently, she served as the New York City’...
Occupy The Box
Release Date:
03/21/2012
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation (This post was adapted from a keynote address ... Symposium on February 28, 2012.) When I heard the title of today’ s symposium, “...
Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession
Release Date:
06/23/2016
... By Erin McDonald & Elizabeth James, New York Women’ s Foundation Reprinted with permission from the National ... hardship. The burden was amplified in the pockets of the disadvantaged and...
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Sep
2017
Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a ... Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, The Wallace Foundation Saskia Traill, Senior Vice President of...
The Art of Dentistry, Or: How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
By Lisa Turngren, President, Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation As philanthropists, we are many times faced with ... underlying societal issue that affects each and every one of us. Certainly during these tough...
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Apr
2017
Beyond the Headlines: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants
Thursday, April 6, 2017 -
9:00am to 10:30am
... Director, the National Immigration Forum and author of There Goes the Neighborhood , Sayu Bhojwani, President of ... around the country. Explore: What really drives America' s ongoing...
Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort
... Are you looking for tools and skills to model a culture of openness, transparency, and equity within your ... program. We strongly encourage more than one person per foundation to attend because change happens...
For Profound Change in America, Think Local
Release Date:
01/29/2014
by Kenneth H. Zimmerman Director, U. S . Programs, Open Society Foundations We live in an age ... and get our work done. The Great Recession has left many of us searching for jobs or struggling to gain skills that...
New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process
Release Date:
10/12/2012
By David Moore, Executive Director, Participatory Politics Foundation Chris Hayes, in his book Twilight of the Elites , writes: “The most important social project ... No matter what issues your organization...
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Sep
2016
Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... Part III Health care costs associated with the current U. S . opioid epidemic total an estimated $25 billion, according ... cop, and a case manager on their experience as some of the first participants in the...