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18 Jan 2017

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

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...

Deutsche Bank, Ford, Rauch, Booth Ferris and Nellie Mae Foundations Support Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College

Release Date: 
08/08/2018
New York-area and national foundations have supported the Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, a four-day professional development institute on teaching and learning in the racially and culturally diverse...
27 Nov 2018

From Anecdotes to Facts: Let’s Talk Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Public health measures over the years typically testify to great strides in social progress. However, in maternal mortality and morbidity, we have seen a marked downward trend, with growing disparities by race and recognition of a major crisis. From...
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Issue-Based
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Panel
Roundtable Discussion
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All Funders
Funding Area 
Children, Youth and Families
Health
23 Jul 2019

Saving the Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic's Sea of Shadows

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -
3:00pm to 6:00pm
As part of our collaborative film series, please join our partners, Media Impact Funders and the Environmental Grantmakers Association to a special screening and discussion of the award-winning film Sea of Shadows , that follows undercover...
09 Mar 2022

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
This session brings together a range of workforce stakeholders—including intermediaries, funders, and government leaders—to discuss strategies to build data infrastructure capacity at both the training provider and system level.
27 Apr 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Future of NYC’s Workforce Development Board

Thursday, April 27, 2023 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
This session will bring together philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and government leaders to discuss the role empowered workforce development boards play in securing and strategically allocating federal funds, partnering with industry, and...

Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

Release Date: 
12/18/2009
For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...
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All Funders
23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Experienced funders often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually build their technical skills and content expertise but how do funders keep getting better at the ‘art’ side?...
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Professional Development
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Workshop
Audience 
All Funders
Topic(s) 
Leadership Development
27 Jan 2021

Connected? Broadband Access Remains a Challenge - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
As we continue to see a record number of COVID-19 cases throughout the United States, it is imperative that we stay in, stay socially distanced, and stay connected through high-speed internet access. Join us to discuss what grantmakers are doing to...

Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

Release Date: 
09/30/2020
... issue is that those who have always held the majority of resources and power have a strong incentive to keep doing so. ... issue is that those who have always held the majority of resources and power have a...
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Insights
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Gender Justice

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