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…
Strategy and Tactics for Leading Systems Change Amidst Complexity
Does your foundation have the strategy and systems in place to effectively address the complexity of the challenges you aim to impact? Join a conversation with leading funders and thinkers who have developed frameworks and approaches that enable creative thinking around how to effectively change…
Bite-Size, Right Size: How CDFIs Help Advance Place-Based Impact Investing in Rural and Urban America
Investing in place is a tool that foundations are exploring as a means toward achieving more – and more equitable – local impact. In many cases, place-based investing does not require a complex foundation investment strategy; rather, some foundations are finding success by sticking a…
Addressing Financial Vulnerability: What Households Need and Opportunities to Help
The usual metrics used to assess the national economy hide an enormous variety of experiences for workers and communities—flattening America’s rich diversity to a single number. Families have detailed knowledge of their own economic situations that may not align with the narratives…
Fire & Water: Foundations on the Front Lines of Climate (No Matter What We Call It)
Place-based funders tackle a range of geographic, social and political challenges. This session provides a case study of how two Foundations in seemingly polar environments are gaining ground. From Redding, California to Miami, Florida we will explore: How are private sector, nonprofit…
All Politics is Local
Local journalism plays a key role in our democracy by helping ensure that communities are informed and civically engaged. With the digital disruption dismantling the traditional business model for local news and contributing to the loss of more than 23,000 local journalism jobs in the last decade…
Building Inclusive Conversations Around Climate Action
Addressing climate change is not going to be achieved by any single constituency. Securing substantive and lasting policy solutions to expanding clean energy requires broader political acceptance and a diverse coalition of stakeholders with different objectives. In this session, hear from a…
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