2020 Charity Effectiveness Symposium

Culture Shifts: Embracing New Realities

Keynote address delivered by Don Chen, President, Surdna Foundation.

Keynote address delivered by Lorie Slutsky, President, The New York Community Trust

Keynote address delivered by Teresa C. Younger, President & CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women

Keynote conversation moderated by George Packer, Author, National Book Award Winner (for The Unwinding), Contributor at The New Yorker

Keynote Address delivered by Hilary Pennington, Vice President, Education, Creativity, and Free Expression, Ford Foundation

Keynote Address delivered by Karen L. Rosa, Vice President and Executive Director, Altman Foundation

Keynote address delivered by Melissa Berman, President & CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Keynote address delivered by Sheena Wright, President and CEO, United Way, New York City

Keynote address delivered by Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation.

Keynote address delivered by Doug Bauer, Executive Director of The Clark Foundation.

Keynote address delivered by Victor De Luca, President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Mayor of Maplewood, NJ.

Keynote Address delivered by Lorie Slutsky, President, The New York Community Trust.

Keynote Address delivered by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, Atlantic Philanthropies.

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Keynote address delivered by Stephanie Strom, New York Times Reporter on Philanthropic Activity

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What Is the BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium?

Since 2006, the BBB Education and Research Foundation of Metropolitan New York has presented the BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, as well as related programs. At the symposium, prominent leaders and experts from foundations, nonprofits, consulting firms, and government agencies gather to discuss the latest thinking about charity impact and effectiveness issues. Each symposium is filmed and the proceedings are summarized.

Why Does BBB Provide Charity Effectiveness Programs?

BBB Education and Research Foundation educates nonprofit leaders about charity effectiveness and nonprofit management issues, in order to help them improve outcomes and understand how to meet the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.