Hosted by: Council on Foundations

Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and regulations.

Cost:

• Council Member: $375
• Nonmember: $450

Hosted by: CEONet

The CEONet Annual Retreat offers a unique experience to connect with peers. Day one will be a site tour led by our local community foundation hosts, R.T. Rybak and Dr. Eric Jolly. The Twin Cities provide an interesting backdrop for the ongoing work to heal, restore, and reimagine the areas around George Floyd Square and the Indigenous lands near the Mississippi River. On day two we meet as a group to discuss executive leadership. Our agenda will focus on sharing of information from colleagues in conventional formats with an emphasis on small group discussions. Anticipate an interactive event.

Transportation from the Minneapolis Hilton to the site tour will be provided. The tour concludes with a cocktail reception at a local site near the hotel. Participants are responsible for their transportation back to the hotel.

NOTE: This pre-conference event is open to Community Foundation CEOs and Executive Directors only.

Cost:

• On or before February 28:
  • CEONet Members - $400
  • CEONet Nonmembers - $500
• On or after March 1:
  • CEONet Members - $500
  • CEONet Nonmembers - $600

Hosted by: Career Pathways

Over the past 10 years, the Career Pathways (CP) alumni network has grown to over 200. We are excited to announce our first in-person homecoming, gathering participants from across all cohorts! This pre-conference is an opportunity to explore future philanthropic leadership, share challenges and insights, reconnect with peers, and build new relationships across the CP network. We will also co-create a shared vision of how we can build avenues for participation in alumni programming.

Invitation only.

Cost: $250

Tuesday, June 10

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Hosted by: Council on Foundations

Participants in this half-day workshop will be introduced to Resetting the Table’s celebrated approach to developing the tools to build a culture of productive dialogue on charged issues even in the face of strong differences. Participants exchange views and experiences, learn two core skills for difficult conversations across diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, and leave with increased capacity and confidence to discuss charged issues. The methodology is practice-based and experiential, walking through road-tested exercises participants can replicate in their own philanthropic institutions.

Cost:

• Council Member: $220
• Nonmember: $315

Tuesday, June 10

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Hosted by: Community Foundation Opportunity Network (CFON)

Join us for an opportunity to examine and gain a deeper understanding of the internal systems change needed for community foundations (and other grantmaking organizations) to authentically engage in external systems change and equity work.

We'll introduce our Racial Equity Systems Self-Assessment (RESSA) tool and provide time to work through a "mini-assessment" as well as create a plan to incorporate the RESSA into your foundation's work. Ideally 2+ colleagues from the same foundation attend together.

Cost: $75

Tuesday, June 10

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Hosted by: Sustained Collaboration Network (SCN)

Funders have been coming together in communities across the country to collectively fund nonprofit collaboration in order to help nonprofits meet increased demand for services, achieve economies of scale, or navigate high-stakes executive transitions. Join participating funders from the 10 member funds within the national Sustained Collaboration Network (SCN) for a pre-conference on Tuesday, June 10. Hear from peer funders about:

• what they have learned from being involved in a funder collaborative;
• how this approach to investing in nonprofit collaboration is strengthening the nonprofit sector and benefiting communities; and
• how to apply some of SCN’s key lessons in your own grantmaking.

The morning will include a short presentation and panel discussion, followed by breakout conversations. Attendees will receive a copy of SCN’s 2024 report “Nurturing Nonprofit Collaborations: Insights for Philanthropic Funders.”

No cost