New in the Resource Library

Just the Facts, April 2008

Posted: April 1, 2008
Just the Facts (JTF) is a monthly e-newsletter providing up-to-date information regarding children, youth, and families for the grantmaking community. The April 2008 JTF includes updates on the 2008 Annual Conference and GCYF's new learning initiative on children of incarcerated parents.

Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development Series

Posted: March 28, 2008
The Women's and Children's Health Policy Center is pleased to announce the availability of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Skills Development Series made up of training modules that allow you to implement your own leadership skills training program in your own time frame, on your own turf, with easy-to-use materials available on the web free of charge.

Upcoming GCYF Programs

Learning Summits: Children of Incarcerated Parents Learning Summit

Date: May 14, 2008

Conference Call Series : Funding Sustainability and Long Term Change

Date: May 22, 2008

Publications

Just the Facts

Posted: March 10, 2007
Just the Facts is GCYF's monthly e-newsletter providing up-to-date information on children, youth, and families for the grantmaking community. It includes feature articles, current affairs, resources, and other announcements.  Read the most recent issue of Just the Facts.

New GCYF Insight Publication: Improving Opportunity Paths for Boys of Color

Posted: February 8, 2008
GCYF is pleased to announce the newest issue of Insight, Improving Opportunity Paths for Boys of Color, Winter 2007/2008.  This issue of Insight explores challenges faced by boys and young men of color drawing on experiences of African American boys in traditional systems, such as education, foster care, and juvenile justice.  Featuring articles from researchers and funders, including the Schott Foundation for Public Education researchers, Ford Foundation, and Casey Family Programs, this issue of Insight recognizes that some challenges faced by boys and men of color mirror challenges faced by many marginalized youth populations in this country, and improving outcomes for all boys and young men of color will, in effect, improve opportunity paths for all young people in this country. 

Announcements

Remembering Debra Delgado

Posted: December 12, 2007
GCYF mourns the passing of Debra Delgado, long time advocate of children, youth and families. Learn more about the Debra Delgado Scholarship Fund... 

Calendar of Events

Forum on Building Student Imagination, Creativity and Life Skills through the Arts and New Technologies, May 30-31, 2008

Posted: May 30, 2008
Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) and Grantmakers for Education (GFE) jointly present an Arts and Education Forum at Boston Public School sites and MIT’s Media Lab: Towards a 21st Century Public Education – A Forum on Building Student Imagination, Creativity and Life Skills through the Arts and New Technologies.  Click heading to learn more...

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, June 18-20, 2008

Posted: October 29, 2007
GCIR's 2008 National Convening will take place at the historic and newly restored  Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. Plenary and breakout sessions will examine: current and pressing local, state, and federal policies; their impact on immigrant and refugee communities; promising new strategies for integrating newcomers into community and civic life; and many more critical and emerging issues. 

News from the Field

Responses to Aging Challenges Create Opportunities for Children and Youth to Thrive

Posted: November 1, 2007
The blue moon fund in Charlottesville, VA, has produced a comprehensive, user-friendly resource that turns the challenges of an aging population into opportunities for all ages to thrive.   Sustainable Communities for All Ages: A Viable Futures Toolkit offers guidance to planners, policymakers, service providers, funders, and even families about how to craft solutions for older generations that simultaneously address needs of younger generations and their communities.  Read full feature article....

Employment Opportunities

Philanthropy & Non-Profit Positions

Posted: March 1, 2008
To view career opportunities, click here.

In addition to specific career opportunities noted here, the following sites also track philanthropy career opportunities:
Council on Foundations - Career Center 
Foundation Center Philanthropy News Digest -  Job Corner
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Careers

Trustee Corner

Reflections on the “Power of Partnerships”

Posted: March 28, 2008
New in the Trustee Corner: Patti S. Lieberman, Chair, A. L. Mailman Family Foundation, Inc., shares her experience with the GCYF 2007 Annual Conference.  Click the heading above to read Reflections on the “Power of Partnerships”.

Experiences of Youth in Foster Care

Posted: October 1, 2007
On September 27, 2007, GCYF hosted its annual Trustee Dinner in conjunction with the 22nd Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.  Beverly Buck, Trustee for The Aloha Foundation, and Co-Chair of the GCYF 2007 Annual Conference Family Development Track, was among the participants of this year's Trustee Dinner.  Click the heading above to read Beverly's comments.