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Workforce Funders Collaborative
New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative meets quarterly, along with colleagues from City and State agencies, to share information about workforce development. A subset of the Workforce Funders makes grants to the collaborative fund to develop...
Program Officers Join Expanding Surdna Teams in Thriving Cultures, Sustainable Environments, Strong Local Economies
Release Date:
02/01/2013
The Surdna Foundation is also pleased to announce the appointment of four new Program Officers. To more effectively deliver on their mission to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States, the Foundation recently decided to expand...
24
Apr
2012
Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -
8:45am to 11:00am
When it comes to foundation assets, the continuity of public benefit and the underlying “practice what you preach” approach are all too often left out of conversations between financial advisors and their clients. Yet, contributing to the public...
16
May
2012
Love Free or Die - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Love Free or Die , and a brief discussion to follow. Love Free or Die, Official Trailer (2011) Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions are...
27
Nov
2012
Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -
7:45am to 11:00pm
Are Social Impact Bonds the future of social change financing? Many of us in the sector have heard about them. The City of New York, in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg Philanthropies, recently announced a major initiative to reduce...
10
Jan
2013
The First Year: How to Hire, Inspire and Empower a New Family Foundation CEO
Thursday, January 10, 2013 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
Hiring a new CEO is one of the most important transitions that any family foundation must go through. The role of a family foundation chief executive is unique—running a philanthropic enterprise in partnership with a family. This webinar, based on...
12
Mar
2013
Getting Your Foundation’s Spending Policy & Asset Allocation Right
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Today’s volatile market environment changes how foundations are thinking about spending policy and asset allocation. Come hear leading colleague, both foundation staff and trustee, in the field about their forecast of the market for the next few...
17
Apr
2013
Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Webinar
Please join us to learn about market-rate investment opportunities in disaster response and recovery. As New York City and the surrounding region struggle to recover from personal and public loss in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, how can foundations...
18
Apr
2013
The New York Public Library’s Future: A Private Tour for Funders
Thursday, April 18, 2013 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
The New York Public Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, NYC
For over one hundred years, New Yorkers and citizens of the world have ascended the iconic steps of The New York Public Library’s Fifth Avenue building to seek out and be inspired by the vast treasures held within its walls. In the coming years, The...
13
May
2013
TED: Media As A Catalyst for Ideas and Community
Monday, May 13, 2013 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Founded nearly three decades ago as a conference forum for spreading ideas, TED has since evolved and grown into an organization with worldwide media reach and ongoing initiatives in translation, education, science and the environment. The TED model...
23
Jul
2013
Public Policy Communicators NYC: Social Media Club for Grantmakers and Nonprofits
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Public Policy Communicators NYC is an informal group of nonprofit and foundation communications executives that has been meeting roughly bimonthly over the past five years to explore contemporary, practical topics to improve our work. Whether it’s...
19
Jul
2010
College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success
Monday, July 19, 2010 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC
A Philanthropy Connects program presented by the Donors’ Education Collaborative (DEC) and the Public Education Grantmakers Network (PEGNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND : This session is for all funders who are interested...
20
Oct
2011
"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice
Thursday, October 20, 2011 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
"Positive Youth Development" is a process all young people go through as they move from less mature ways of thinking, feeling and acting as they transition to adulthood. This process often happens unevenly and with great difficulty for youth such as...
30
Apr
2014
CEO Interview Series: Will Miller, The Wallace Foundation, with Phil Henderson
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -
3:15pm to 5:30pm
In October of 2012, Philanthropy New York launched its CEO Interview Series, a set of intimate, engaging, and, thought-provoking conversations with relatively newly appointed CEOs on the future of philanthropy. Appointed in 2011, Will Miller...
Carol Levine to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving
Release Date:
10/21/2014
... of the Next Step in Care website ( www.nextstepincare. org ), which provides guides and other tools to family ...
Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities
Release Date:
03/05/2013
By Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to the Founder and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies With our U.S. offices located in New York City, Hurricane Sandy hit close to home. It impacted our New York-based...
As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill
Release Date:
12/19/2012
By Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Twelve years ago I sat in a room with high school students in East Los Angeles and heard them describe the tracking in their schools. As one youth leader of Innercity Struggle...
Anne-Marie Audet Joins United Hospital Fund as Vice President
Release Date:
06/22/2015
... she oversaw a public reporting website, WhyNotTheBest. org . Dr. Audet was responsible for a portfolio of grants ...
Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma
Release Date:
11/16/2015
... control. For more information, please visit www.Trachoma. org . Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 ...