We Can’t Force Philanthropy to Talk About Power Dynamics, Can We?
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... Can We? By Jen Bokoff, Director of GrantCraft, Foundation Center As a sector, we embrace and use power every day, but ...
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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking
Release Date:
08/10/2015
By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.
16
Feb
2017
Perspectives on Sanctuary Policies – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, February 16, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Sanctuary policies have garnered heightened media attention since the president signed an executive order on January 25 to withhold federal funding from cities that adopt such policies.
26
Sep
2019
When A Job Is Not Enough: Next Generation Benefits and The Role of Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Thursday, September 26, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Signs of financial stress among US workers are all around us. Nearly half of employees lack emergency savings - enough savings to cover their expenses for three months – and find it difficult to cover their expense and pay their bills. Over half of...
24
Oct
2019
Big Impact for Little Kids: the Health & Wealth Connection - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Thursday, October 24, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Children aged 3-17 have many needs to reach their full potential. Two important ingredients, research shows, are children’s overall health and financial well-being.
Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media
Release Date:
03/10/2016
... experts from the Mozilla Foundation , Joan Ganz Cooney Center , and the YMCA of Greater New York to share what ... Physical Activity”—was a huge hit. Now, with the support of The Trust’s Hive Fund , the Y is...
15
Aug
2018
Erasing Representation: The Implications of the Census Citizenship Question on Reapportionment & Redistricting - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
... Michael Li , Senior Counsel of Democracy Pogram, B rennan Center for Justice Thomas Saenz , President and General ...
13
Nov
2018
Ask the Author with David Williams, Opportunity Insights - A Webinar Hosted by AFN
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 -
12:00pm to 12:30pm
... 2018, a landmark study by researchers at Harvard and the Center for Administrative Records Research & Applications ...
Board Committee Assignments
Publication date:
06/2024
Board Member Placement on Committees June 2025 - June 2026
11
Apr
2018
Moving Beyond Financial Education: A Grantmaker's Guide to Investing in Impactful Financial Capability Programs - Webinar
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
For decades, we believed in Francis Bacon's declaration that "knowledge is power" when it comes to increasing financial health. Now we have ample evidence that financial education alone is not powerful enough to change behavior. So, what works?
01
Aug
2018
On Shaky Ground: Stabilizing the Financial Security of Single Women - A Webinar Hosted by AFN
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... can influence and develop interventions Opportunities to support the financial health of future generations by ...
12
Sep
2018
Pathways to Progress: Empowering Youth through Integrated Job Training & Financial Capability - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... and financial security. Explore How philanthropy can support the integration of financial capability services into ... for taking this work to scale Opportunities for funders to support effective programs that...
Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... record of new folks being a fit under a new model. Change management means being willing to make those decisions and ... beyond their core staff, whose skills include effective management of consultants. · Use...
Recording: "Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change
"Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change The Legal Aid Society, The Tow Foundation, and Philanthropy New York invite you to a special screening of A24's acclaimed and re-released film " Sing...
02
Jun
2010
Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Equity: How Can School Districts Provide Effective Teaching in Every Classroom?
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 -
10:00am to 11:30am
... development. Yet, the research on how to attract, support , retain – and equitably distribute – effective ...
Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United
Release Date:
10/04/2012
... He pointed out that, despite overwhelming bipartisan support for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens ...
14
Jun
2018
Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions
Thursday, June 14, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:45pm
... issues surrounding funding advocacy work Discuss ways to support funding advocacy and taking part in advocacy ...
28
May
2020
Humanizing Immigration: A Conversation in Three Parts
Thursday, May 28, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... thanks to the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for their generous support in providing performance to our Ser Series Closing ...
Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2021
... the next 18 months, fellows will inspire, challenge, and support each other as they work across sectors that all ...
To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need
Release Date:
10/06/2022
For so many New Yorkers, economic hardship is an ever-present reality.