We're at a Tipping Point Over Climate Change
Release Date:
09/23/2014
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, explores the enormous impact of climate change and how immediate action needs to be taken.
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NYCT Backs Legal Aid Program for Young Migrants
Release Date:
09/23/2014
New York Community Trust has committed support to a program to provide legal representation to 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant children.
9/23/2014 - Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy - PowerPoint Presentation
Publication date:
09/2014
View related materials presented during the program, " Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy ."
Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media
Release Date:
09/24/2014
Report published by Open Society Foundations looks at media innovations over the last decade.
9/24/2014 - Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality - PowerPoint Presentation
Publication date:
09/2014
View related materials presented during the program, " Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach ."
PNY Members Fund Youth Slam Poetry
Release Date:
09/24/2014
Over the next seven years, Ford, Surdna and others will support nonprofits that work with teenagers in writing and performance.
08
Oct
2014
Executive Assistants Network - Important vs. Urgent: Managing Your Workload
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 -
8:15am to 10:30am
Do you often find your to-do list growing faster than you are able to manage? Have you ever felt compelled to answer a non-urgent email late in the evening? Does work-life balance within your organization skew too much toward work - with too little...
02
Oct
2014
How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
The CDC estimates the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million within just four months, in a worst case scenario. Join us for a timely conversation with the experts in the field.
MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
MetLife Inc.'s new corporate responsibility Report outlines the organization's corporate responsibility programs, including the MetLife Foundation, which commited $200 million of financial support in 2013.
31
Oct
2014
Documentaries That Pull Back the Curtain on Big Oil
Friday, October 31, 2014 -
8:45am to 12:00pm
Recent documentary films are conveying incredibly powerful stories and imagery around environmental destruction -- from flaming faucets and endangered species to eviscerated landscapes and communities uniting against polluters.
Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
Commonwealth Fund Report examines effects of Affordable Care Act on historically underinsured communities.
28
Oct
2014
Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Collective impact is an approach to solving societal problems based on the idea that no organization acting alone can solve complex issues. A collective impact approach requires the commitment of a group of organizations — including nonprofits,...
Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2014
Democracy Alliance president and former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO, Gara LaMarche, discusses the power foundations have to shape public policy.
Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/26/2014
Huffington Post interviewed Christopher Stone, President of Open Society Foundations, about how OSF is different from other philanthropies.
The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution
Release Date:
09/26/2014
Independent philanthropic advisor, Mafruza Khan, recaps the People's Climate March and the need for an ambitious climate change agenda.
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies will distribute $125 million over the next five years to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in 10 cities in low- and middle-income countries.
NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
The philanthropic community has been slow to support domestic violence prevention measures.
19
Nov
2014
Scholarship Funders Roundtable
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 -
7:15am to 10:00am
There are grantmaking issues unique to funders of scholarships and of related grants, such as internships and educational fellowships. Responding to member interest, Philanthropy New York is convening scholarship funders for a roundtable...
9/30/2014 - To Convene or Not To Convene? - PowerPoint Presentation and Video
Publication date:
09/2014
View related materials presented during the program, "To Convene or Not to Convene?"
Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters
Release Date:
09/30/2014
According to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's September Confidence Index, addressing the national debt is voters' primary concern.