Lunch & Closing Plenary - Activating Levers of Social Change: Philanthropy, Policy, and Justice
As we work to create change within communities and within systems, we must also strengthen how we leverage political advocacy in order to be effective. In this plenary, public and private sector leaders will discuss tools, tactics, and strategies for building and wielding political power to support…
Jessie Krafft
Jessie is the Vice President of Donor Advised Services and has been working with CAF America since 2011. She is a leading expert in international grantmaking from the U.S. and Canada as well as in local country laws on foreign funding. She manages the grants team, overseeing fund management,…
Debbie McKeon
Debbie is the President & CEO of the San Diego Grantmakers. She is the former executive VP and COO for the Council of Michigan Foundations where she led the team in design and implementation of the strategic framework, suite of services, embedded efforts to celebrate diversity and…
Prioritize 2020 Census - An Urgent Opportunity to Protect Communities
There is concern that the upcoming 2020 Census may be under-resourced and over-politicized, which can lead to low response rates and the undercounting of residents of some of the most at-risk communities. All funders and communities stand to lose in this scenario, losing everything from data for…
Lucy Bernholz
Lucy Bernholz is Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab. She writes about civil society, philanthropy, and technology in the annual Blueprint Series and on the award winning blog, philanthropy2173. She has written…
Funding A Level Set on Racism: How Philanthropic Organizations are Addressing Structural Racism and Bias in their Communities
How can philanthropic organizations unite to tackle serious, and often uncomfortable, social issues to move communities forward? This session will showcase cross-organizational and cross-sector efforts to confront attitudes and practices that divide communities along racial and ethnic lines. The…
Scaling Up Climate Resilience Around the World
Increasing temperatures and extreme weather events will have profound effects on the economies and health of the world’s most vulnerable communities. In this session, participants will learn how foundations are working to build resilience to climate change by investing in innovative local…
What’s Up in Washington?
The 116th Congress has started with new political dynamics, new legislative priorities, and new opportunities to pursue our sector’s goals. Hear from two of our sector’s top public policy and advocacy experts for a peek inside the workings of Washington’s political apparatus. Get…
Giving without Getting
The leadership of today’s foundations represents $700-800 billion dollars in assets. Economists estimate that even with a rigorous program of grants and program-related investments, all but a select group are dedicating more than 13% of their assets to charitable and social endeavors…
Unrelated Business Income Tax
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) liability for many tax-exempt organizations by imposing a tax on the cost of providing certain employee benefits such as parking, transportation and fitness facilities, and by changing how unrelated business…
Change Management Strategies for Effectively Transitioning Legacy Grants & Programs
Have a legacy program whose objectives no longer aligns with your latest funding priorities? Have you funded the same nonprofit organizations over the years but want to invest resources elsewhere? Are you in the process of changing the strategic direction of your corporate giving program or…
Culture Shift: Building Learning Organizations and a Learning Sector
In recent years, a growing number of foundations have worked to transform their institutions into learning organizations equipped with the skills to create, acquire, analyze, and transfer knowledge. What can we learn from those who have intentionally designed their systems and processes to be…
Regional Multisector Partnerships to Advance Racial and Economic Equity
Growing economic and racial inequality threaten the prosperity of metropolitan regions across the country. Addressing both issues is the defining challenge for philanthropy and its partners. In California’s Bay Area, uneven wage growth and a shortage of housing have converged to create a…
In the Wake of the Storm: Philanthropy as a Tool for Resiliency and Community Development
We live in an increasingly unstable and volatile climate causing wider spread damage across the United States. A spotlight was briefly placed on the challenges facing America’s isolated Territories in the US Caribbean following the devastation of two Category 5 Hurricanes in September 2017.…
Leveraging Philanthropy in Concert with Business Initiatives and Cross-Sector Partnerships to Promote Lifelong Learning
The nature of work is changing and there are many people struggling to garner the skills they need to advance in their careers and gain economic mobility. This amount of rapid change is galvanizing both companies and the public workforce system to come up with new solutions to equip people with…
Bridging Faiths in Divided America: How Foundations Rebuild Religious Pluralism Today
Today, America is fractured across many divisions. Religion can continue to be a barrier of division, or it can be engaged as a bridge of cooperation for all communities. As conveners and leaders within civil society, foundations have a critical role to play in protecting America’s long…
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