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12
Sep
2012
Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm
The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC
Students, educators and philanthropists have shown an enthusiastic appetite for digital learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize learning, boost student achievement and lower costs, is still seen by some as more fad than...
For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?
Publication date:
04/2014
Foundations are just one type of nonprofit organization that make up a portion of the total nonprofit "sector" (which is composed of an estimated 1.4 million organizations and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good.
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know
Release Date:
09/10/2014
... to recognize that having an educated society was good for us all. We ought to remember that student debt is not ...
02
Oct
2014
How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
... and address the implications of this crisis? Join us for a timely conversation with the experts in the field. ...
The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution
Release Date:
09/26/2014
Independent philanthropic advisor, Mafruza Khan, recaps the People's Climate March and the need for an ambitious climate change agenda.
How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change
Release Date:
11/07/2014
Rockefeller Foundation Senior Program Associate, Amira Bliss, analyzes the "social innovation lab."
15
Dec
2014
Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color
Monday, December 15, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
... to girls and young women of color, what would they tell us ? To find out, African American Policy Forum (AAPF), in ...
Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation
Release Date:
03/28/2014
In honor of Women’s History Month, and the fourth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Ms. Foundation for Women Director of Women’s Health Ellen Liu talks about the lessons her foundation has learned during its advocacy outreach to...
Why Helping Pets Helps People
Release Date:
12/05/2013
ASPCA's Michael Barrett explores how supporting animal welfare benefits human welfare — and why the connection between the two may be more of a philanthropic opportunity than most of us realize.
The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey
Release Date:
06/13/2013
by Elizabeth Murphy, Consultant, Post-Sandy Recovery Coordination, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers On May 20, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) offered an educational Site Visit Bus Tour for funders in-state and around...
Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now
Release Date:
11/26/2012
... with the fierce urgency of now….Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost ...
03
Mar
2015
Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -
7:00am to 10:00am
... to obtain skills necessary for career readiness. Join us for a candid discussion between funders of youth ...
The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs
Release Date:
06/30/2011
... a total embrace of a culture so reliant on numbers make us better? Measurement, by itself, is neither good nor bad, ...
Start a Giving Circle This Summer
Release Date:
06/15/2011
... Summer is finally here! After the brutal winter many of us experienced, it is time to look forward to those long, ...
Reflections from Foundations on the Hill
Release Date:
03/24/2011
... Absolutely not—but the window is now there for us to create additional opportunities for education about our ...
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
... of the Citizens Union of the City of New York , provide us with a recap. Citizens Union Foundation participated in a ...
New Member Spotlight: The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
12/11/2009
... that there are still many exciting discoveries ahead of us , we are jumping into the philanthropic field knowing an ...
On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary
Release Date:
11/05/2009
... people who experience it every day. Close listening helps us learn, and it often helps grantees clarify their thinking ...