Leading Locally 2025 - All Programming
Conference Sessions
Leading Locally 2025 presents a diverse lineup of sessions and speakers, delivered by community and place-based funders and their partners from around the country. The concurrent, peer learning, and breakfast roundtable sessions on our schedule were selected through a call for sessions that received over 250 proposals.
Thursday, June 12
Many philanthropic organizations struggle to build and maintain authentic community relationships, stifling the work they hope to support. Conventional practices and transactional interactions can hinder genuine connection and lasting impact. This session invites you to learn how Indigenous philanthropy challenges these norms and enriches the field with traditional knowledge of relational caretaking. Explore how Tiwahe Foundation unites giver and receiver in a circle of generosity that honors interdependence, empowers community leadership, and sustains reciprocal relationships.