Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 8:00am to Friday, February 5, 2016 - 5:00pm
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three day course will help newcomers...
An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.
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...
Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (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.
Mark Bieler, Chairman of the Board of the Edwin Gould Foundation writes "We operate out of a deep conviction that vigorous independent journalism plays an important role in helping the public and our policy makers keep step with the changing times."
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm
Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place. However, they don’t always practice what they preach in terms of evaluation. Philanthropy New York introduces a new three-part program series that encourages...
by Ilene Mack I have spent more than three decades in the world of philanthropy, as a program officer at a major national private foundation. I entered with little or no knowledge about my new profession, but what I knew for sure...