Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

16 Oct 2012

Spicing Up Your Foundation's 990-PF and Telling Your Real Story: Accounting and Communications Highlights

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

No longer just a report to the IRS, the 990-PF is now the most commonly used data source about private foundations. Reporters, researchers, grantseekers - and many others - look to these forms for information about an organization. This makes...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

24 Oct 2012

Meeting Strategic Objectives through Persuasive Writing: The Grant Write-Up

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Effective writing often requires clear, concise and purposeful language. A foundation’s internal grant recommendations or write-ups depend on these qualities, providing an assessment of a proposed project and its merits in relation to the...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

11 Jun 2013

Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -

8:15am to 10:00am

We invite you to join Community Food Funders, farmers, community leaders and food systems experts for the third discussion in a three-part breakfast series. What role can the philanthropic community play to help community groups,...

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... Webinar introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the ...

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... Webinar introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the ...

Diverse Strategies for Funding Education

Release Date:

09/18/2013

Whether your organization is involved in funding education or not, we hope you will come out and join your colleagues to support a project that is a 'best practice' model for the philanthropic community.

Find More By

News type

PNY News

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Funding Area

Education

Scherman Foundation Welcomes Catherine Porter

Release Date:

03/13/2014

Catherine Porter has recently joined the Scherman Foundation as their new Administrator.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

Release Date:

10/29/2014

... and processing of $150 million in grants; and preparing financial reporting for internal leaders and board ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... will continue to further the Foundation’s mission of preparing minority youth for careers in the media industry. ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

The Emma Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/30/2013

By Dr. Irwin Redlener Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness , Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Co-Chair, NYS Ready Commission As we move beyond the immediate response to...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

03 Jun 2015

NYC Early Childhood Mapping Convening

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

Given the increased focus and investment early childhood services and systems in NYC, it is an exciting time to align, coordinate, and possibly increase private investments to maximize impact for high quality early childhood services and the systems...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Funding Area

Human Services

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

Release Date:

08/04/2015

Citi Foundation, MetLife Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Capital One are funders of the initiative.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Education

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Bank of America [Corporate]

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

MetLife

Capital One Foundation

Citi

JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

Release Date:

08/21/2015

The STL Youth Jobs program provided 400 jobs to at-risk youth ages 16-23.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Related Organizations

Citi

Citi Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

Release Date:

12/11/2015

The New York Community Trust funded a total of $5.1 million worth of projects to make life better for all New Yorkers. This includes programs to develop a bionic eye using flat-screen technology; improve the State’s career and technical education...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Teagle Foundation Gives $2M for College/Community Partnerships

Release Date:

03/14/2016

The Teagle Foundation awarded more than $2 million in grants across 11 projects under its “College-Community Connections” program.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Teagle Foundation

Flying the Colors: Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... as it celebrates the Center’s achievements – including preparing 1,000 nurse faculty and clinical leaders – and as ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

07 Dec 2016

Rock Your Panel! How to be a Great Moderator

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

How many panels fail to engage the audience? What is the role of the moderator in facilitating a compelling panel discussion? Embrace the responsibility of great panel moderators: think of moderating a panel like hosting a dinner party!

Find More By

Event type

Professional Development

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

Release Date:

11/28/2016

As nonprofits prepare to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act rule on exempt employee status, which will take effect on December 1, the State is accepting comments on its own proposed rule, which would set an even higher threshold.

Find More By

News type

RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?

Release Date:

12/08/2016

Essential Skills and Strategies (ESS): Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice is an intensive peer learning program we offer each January to program officers and directors newer to the philanthropic sector