Site Search

Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

Chosen by Librarians, 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... of family, a beloved Virginia farm, and the why and how of making art, revealing in the process the deep wellsprings of ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... of the YTFG's Youth Justice Work Group. "We felt it was important to draw public attention to the latest research .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

The Tow Foundation

Karen Brooks Hopkins Joins the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... and arts administration. Since 1979, Ms. Hopkins was an employee at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and served ... of Critical Issues for the Classical Performing Arts and was a Fellow with the Cap Gemini Ernst...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Inc.

Hartford Foundation Funds New Geriatric Workforce Center

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... adults to foster engagement in their own care and decision- making , all HRSA goals that align with those of the AGS and ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Aging

Health

Related Organizations

The John A. Hartford Foundation

James Short Named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corp.

Release Date:

02/09/2016

... Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he was the founding director of the Gottesman Center for Science ... investigations and project-based learning by students. He was also on the faculty of the...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... next few years. Mr. Milano said, "The PhD Project model was developed for business schools, but any discipline can .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Citi Foundation

NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health

Release Date:

05/03/2016

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has created two special awards programs to recognize a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York State.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

Release Date:

05/17/2016

... strategies can empower the positive changes their grant making seeks to support. It was a pleasure to represent The Opportunity Agenda on the ... be a narrative-shift and cultural strategies practitioner...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Communications

Related Organizations

The Opportunity Agenda

Sloan Public Service Awards Honor Seven NYC Employees

Release Date:

06/03/2016

Employees recognized from NYPD, MTA, NYC Health & Hospitals, Environmental Protection, Human Resources Administration and Department for the Aging.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/15/2016

... will explore how our implicit biases impact our decision- making , what steps can be taken to counter these biases ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

United Hospital Fund Report Says You Get What You Pay For in Children’s Health Care

Release Date:

06/16/2016

... the arrangement, an articulation of the value or goal that was sought, and a discussion of the measures selected. Among ... . Support for this work was provided by the New York State Health Foundation. About...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

United Hospital Fund

02 Nov 2016

End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... to address the many needs of girls and young women and making specific recommendations aimed at reducing young women ...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Legal Issues

Public Policy

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... required) Explore: How are board members part of decision- making on impact investing at other foundations How are ...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Impact Investing

18 Oct 2016

Funder Briefing on Poverty in the LGBTQ Community

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

... for serving LGBTQ people living in poverty and advocates making systems change How your funding priorities intersect ...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

LGBTQ

The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... Philanthropy New York’s high school internship was made possible by the Fund for 2025 , specifically a ... work with her at her own pace. I had to remember that she was still in high school, and that even I...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

Funding Area

Public Policy

14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... each year (U.S. Department of Justice, Prisoners in 2014), making reentry into the community is a major concern for ...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Funding Area

18 Jan 2017

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (All day) to Friday, February 3, 2017 (All day)

ESS orients new program officers and directors to their role as funders. This three-day intensive course helps philanthropy newcomers build a framework for understanding and implementing ethical and effective grantmaking. It is a part of our PNY...