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EGA Events| 9/23/10 - 9/23/10 | Get Off Your Assets: Investing in Human Rights
Registration is required by September 21st. No fee.
A program in Philanthropy New York’s DECISION MAKERS series, presented with Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) and International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG).
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: The program will be of interest to trustees, CEOs and finance officers, as well as program officers.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
8:30 to 9:00 AM Check-in and coffee
9:00 to 11:00 AM Program
When we think of philanthropy we usually focus on grants – Philanthropy New York’s more than 280 member institutions award more than $3.9 billion annually to local, national, and international charitable organizations. However, too few focus on the financial investments that make these grants possible – our members hold assets in the neighborhood of $73 billion. Nationally, philanthropic assets are more than $500 billion.
This session will address the ways that these assets can be used to add value to grantmaking and philanthropic purpose, meeting standards of fiduciary duty and investment performance expectations.
The session will begin with two brief presentations by foundation executive directors who are now working with their boards and finance committees to harmonize investment management with philanthropic mission. We will then hear from two investment specialists who will, in plain English not financese, speak about the investment landscape for climate and water, in all asset classes and including proxy voting. These issues were selected because climate and water are cross cutting issues, affecting environment, human rights, food systems, health -- virtually all areas of philanthropic interest.
PRESENTERS
•Ellen Dorsey, Executive Director, Wallace Global Fund.
•Jon Jensen, Executive Director, Park Foundation.
•Bruce Kahn, Director and Senior Investment Analyst, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors; Board Member, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.
•Stephen Viederman (Moderator), Former President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation; Finance Committee member, Christopher Reynolds Foundation.
•[investment advisor on water tbd]
OTHER INFORMATION: Please contact register@philanthropynewyork.org with questions.
Philanthropy, 79 Fifth Avenue 4th floor, new york, ny
Contact: register@philanthropynewyork.org
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| 9/30/10 - 9/30/10 | Promises, Panaceas, and Problems: A Closer Look At Emerging Technologies A Funders Briefing
Promises, Panaceas, and Problems:
A Closer Look At Emerging Technologies
A Funders Briefing
Join us for a critical conversation about new technologies that may sound like science fiction, but are already starting to change our bodies, our communities, our environments, and how we think about life at every scale.
Prepare to explore the brave new worlds of nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and geo-engineering. Find out what next generation products and industries could mean for you and your grantees, and how fellow funders are engaging in emerging technology issues.
When:
September 30, 2010
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
lunch will be served
Where:
University Club of Chicago map
76 East Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60603
**NOTE: Dress Code (see below)
RSVP by September 10 to:
Bridget Dobrowski, bridget@safsf.org
Monica Mooire, monica@csfund.org
Moderator:
Amy Shannon, environment program officer, CS Mott Foundation, MI
Speakers:
Maria Powell, founder, Nanotechnology Citizen Engagement Organization, WI
Jim Thomas, programme manager, ETC Group, Ontario
Pat Mooney, co-founder and executive director, ETC Group, Ontario
Andrew Kimbrell, founder and executive director, Center for Food Safety, and International Center for Technology Assesment, DC
Mike Wright, director of Health, Safety, and Environment, United Steelworkers, PA
Sponors:
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders
Grantmakers without Borders
Environmental Grantmakers Association
The Funders Workgroup on Sustainable Consumption and Production
**University Club Dress Code:
The University Club has a dress code requiring that business attire be worn throughout the club Monday through Friday. For women this means a business or other pantsuit, dress, or a blazer with collared shirt or sweater with skirt or slacks. For men, either business suit with collared shirt and tie, or slacks, sport coat with a collared shirt are required.
University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603 USA
Contact: Bridget Dobrowski bridget@safsf.org |
| 10/05/10 - 10/08/10 | Fall Retreat
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA USA
Contact: Jason K. Babbie jkb@ega.org 646-747-2655
http://www.ega.org/events/retreat/2010/mss.php |
| ongoing - ongoing | Federal Policy Briefing 2011
February 14 - 16, 2011.
Beacon Hotel, Washington, DC USA
Contact: Jason K. Babbie jkb@ega.org 646-747-2655 |
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