This is a group for LGBT nonprofit finance professionals. After 20 years of working with nonprofits I have found that the finance departments are staffed with members of the LGBT community. I have longed for a way to connect with them for networking opportunities, socializing, coaching and support. And a good dose of socializing as well.

This group is for active social entrepreneurs - people who are running a business or nonprofit that has a mission of positive social impact. Goodnik OCS (Organization and Community Support) is an offshoot of Goodnik that hosts workshops to help social enterprises learn new skills and build capacity. Note that this is a COMMUNITY meetup - anyone can suggest a meetup and if two or more other members are interested, it will become an official Goodnik OCS event (and it will be posted on the Goodnik …

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson This group is dedicated to people who work or aspire to work at a non-profit organization.  Getting to know one another through volunteering, charity events, seminars, or just learning from each other can be a life enriching process.  Please help bring more awareness to the public of opportunities where we as a group can make an impact to our community and friends. Most of all, sh …

The Goodnik meetup is a group of social entrepreneurs and nonprofit innovators who meet regularly to explore the use of new technology and other resources in the promotion of social causes. Our events include workshops, seminars, and conferences on topics such as the use of social media, web development tools, graphic design, fundraising tools, and emerging technology that helps solve real-world problems. And of course, sometimes we get together just for fun or to connect with other like-minded …

This group is to promote friendship and volunteering events made up of Asian Americans! We will focus on helping nonprofits around our community and international.  Past events included nonprofits for Alzheimers, Cancer research, Diabetes, Orphans International, Give Children a choice, NEIO, Project by Project, Chinatown Projects, KAFC, Hamilton House, Food bank, Sandy Relief, Mental Health, Animal rights, RESTORE, Protecting Abused Children, After School Mentoring, NY Cares, Robinhood foundatio …

The NYC Professional Fundraiser and Grantmaker Meetup Group is for anyone currently working, studying, or transitioning into nonprofit fundraising and grantmaking positions. We look forward to our members using this site organization to promote a global network of like-minded sites by individuals who will help each other to advance their professional education, provide mentoring, and strengthen their professional associations. To achieve these goals, we hold New York City-based networking events …

Amplify Good is for marketers who want to make a difference. Whether you're in advertising, branding, content creation, design, interactive, public relations, social media or any other "amplifying" profession, there are purpose-driven companies and organizations that need our help. Let's get together to connect with one another – and prove that there are marketing folks who aren't sharks and care about more than just $$. Then let's do good sh*t. I'm starting this here as a Meetup group, but plan …

Community is the essential ingredient at Planet Good. Come join us! We are an enthusiastic group of individuals with the ideas and passion directed toward creating positive change on earth. Bring us a spoon full of your thoughts on creating positive change in NY and we’ll slowly stir it with insights, knowledge and passion from others on our team. We’ll sauce it up with fabulous community events, mixers and happy hours. Let’s go! The timer is ticking away and we all know the right time to do-goo …

Creating a culture of innovation and imagination keeps any industry vibrant, relevant, and successful. Workshops and discussion groups facilitated by Nathaniel Eggleston, a celebrated champion of imagination and innovative techniques in business, permit participants to step outside the box and see a world of endless possibilities. Fostering imaginative practices in the workplace encourages growth and loyalty, two money-saving and money-making attributes that can turn any business around. Often w …

Interested in using your tech skills for good? We host meetups to cover the tech skills required to make a difference to the world. We'll be covering topics such as Product Development, Creating MVPs, Open-Source Dev and Web Development.

Technology, as always, offers opportunities and challenges. The education sphere has its own special needs. Let's get together to talk, share stories, and learn from each other. What makes students tick? What works when working with(in) institutions? How can technology help? Where are the opportunities to help the students? How can we help improve education?

Be Social Change New York Meetup- **We are building a Makers Institute! Check it out: http://bit.ly/makers-institute We are a community of social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, professionals, students, investors, and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Be Social Change is an open and inclusive network of current and future social impact leaders fosters the spreading of new ideas and best-practices, educates members on social entrepreneurship and innovation, and hosts interactive events for members …

This group is dedicated to local, social and mobile online marketing.  Our group is filled with people passionate about helping local businesses and organizations get the word out on social media, search, email, directories, mobile and everywhere you need to be. Our Members We are filled with diverse and passionate members and experts: Owners of small-to-medium size businesses PR professionals looking to leverage online channels Entrepreneurs who want to grow their business Technology and serv …

Welcome To The Empire State's Finest Friends Making, Volunteering, Movie Watching, Bar Hopping, Ethnic Food Eating, Bi-Monthly Bowling, Social Networking, Meeting New People, Birthday Partying, Summertime Partying, Wintertime Partying, All The Time Partying, Dining Out, Doesn't Matter If Your Old Or New To Town, Adventure Having, If Your Sitting At Home Your Missing Out, Come To An Event And Have Fun Without A Doubt, Photo Taking, Museum Hopping, Travel Across The City, Travel Across The State, …

The NYC Women's Empowerment group is designed for all women, young and old, to meet and share best practices, stories of success, and experiences both personal and professional. The goal is to create new bridges and a wider awareness of political, social and economic causes, in order to help other women reach their full potential in life. Our summits feature panels of a variety of successful women from all genres of business, workforces and life. All proceeds from our meet-ups will be donated to …

CDI was created by a group of creative, motivated and committed young professionals from around the world and aims to build strong and sustainable urban and rural communities in both the worst off developing countries throughout the world and in disadvantaged local communities in the developed world. CDI implements innovative projects and programs, following the Millenium Development Goals and within CDI's six core inter-related focal areas; Education, Health, Agriculture, Energy, Eco-Enterprise …

We are volunteer group that teaches tennis as a platform for mentoring and community building to at-risk youth in four public housing communities in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Every Saturday from 12:30 - 3:00, May-October, we literally bring tennis to the kids by setting up temporary tennis courts within their communities. Each community comprises a tennis "club", with its own team jersey, and volunteer group. At the end of each season we put on a tennis jamboree with free T-shirts, trophies, and BBQ. …

Hello, parents or parents-to-be. Would you like to: * Meet with like-minded parents and fellow community members * Build social and health connections * Establish a supportive Community & Discussion Group * Nourish and expand your parenting options * Continue your personal growth to enable you to be the best parent you can be There are several fantastic play groups in Hoboken, which provide a very valuable resource for parents in town. But, where can you go to discuss the questions that arise ea …

Calling all creative people who want to share their passion. This is a group for anyone who loves to sew and who wants to support women and girls worldwide. I started this group because I want to stop thinking about how can I make a difference and actually make a difference. This season we will make dresses to support non-profit, Dress a Girl Around the World. Having a label on a dress deters predators. The dresses we make will go to girls in Africa this upcoming Spring. Lets come together to up …

Asian Professional Architect Engineer Group is where creative thinker meets and networking begins. Our “Differentiation for Best Effort Networking” is set for members efficiently utilizing their versed, experienced, dynamic leader and professional in the architect engineer design area to network with businesses & other creative thinkers. apAEg will facilitate interaction amongst our members at meet-up event, social gathering, picnic, field trip, after work happy hour. apAEg is where visionary c …

New York Young Professionals is a great place for 20 to 30 somethings from throughout the Tri-State Area with an interest in developing real connections with young professionals such as themselves. Interested in getting ahead of the curve in your professional career and snagging that management position early in the game? Or perhaps your are looking to join the ranks of young start up innovators and don't want to wait until you are 40 to become a leader? Through our partnership with a young but …

What would you do the change the world? Here's your chance to help make yor idea a reality. Each week three people in our gathering will have 10 minutes each to present an idea that they have to change the world. The rest of the group has 30 minutes to ask clarifying questions, refine, plan and discuss how to begin implementation or for general feedback. We can change the world, so lets's stop talking and start doing!

This is a space for a budding community of technologists who are passionate about nonprofits, technology, and writing code that actually matters. Taproot Tech will offer professional development for developers and engineers who want to do good and do well at the same time. Come to one of our upcoming demos and see what we're all about. Have an idea for a future meetup? Let us know! We'd be glad to help -Francesca and Natasha Taproot Tech Team

This group is for charity lovers. If you want to help other girls, children and women in different parts of Africa. We will focus on education, eye openers, volunteering. Potential members are those who are interested in charity works, and or volunteering. A little goes a very long way.

Ethan Ruby and Jeremy Schwartz founded Poker4Life in 2005. After hosting many charity poker tournaments at the Park Avenue Country Club in Manhattan, they realized how much of an impact poker can have in the world of charitable giving. Poker4Life was formed to harness The Positive Power of Poker by hosting charity poker tournaments to benefit all non-profit organizations. Our mission is to provide a forum for professional, celebrity and everyday poker players to come together and support causes …

Rally Downtown was created after Superstorm Sandy struck New York City in order to help small businesses get back on their feet. Nearly every business lost a week of revenue, inventory and other assets. Sales have still not bounced back for those lucky enough to have survived intact and reopen their doors. ​ Currently, Rally helps drive traffic to small businesses in creative ways, and is committed to donating a minimum of 10% of their revenue to local non profit organizations. The commercial ch …

WebThriftStore's New York Community Meetup brings together the top donors, buyers, charity partners, and other members of the WebThriftStore community. Our meetups will be focused on bringing people together, sharing ideas and passions, and having a great time with each other. WebThriftStore is an online thrift that allows any non-profit to run an online thrift store without holding inventory, and with no financial risk. WebThriftStore turns unneeded stuff into cash for charities, tax deduction …

Attention all people of ART!!! This is a group for anyone interested in all aspects of ART. From painters, clothing designers, cartoonists, culinary art, musicians, poets,tattoo artists, makeup artists you name it! This is a group with events for you to attend, be apart of ,or even be the cause of. Music Venues, art expos, scavenger hunts, fashion shows, networking and more! Not only is this to bring artists from all aspects together but all events are to benefit the nonprofit organization.