2012 Events Calendar

Council on Foundations
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will attend this national convening, the largest annual gathering of philanthropic leaders.

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Field Associate Christine Reeves will present at this National Conference for philanthropic practitioners who are either under the age of 40 or new to the philanthropic field. Her workshop is titled, "Power, Values & People: Moving Philanthropic Impact & Your Career Beyond Charity." She will also attend the Chapter Leaders Training.

Communities Joined In Action
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman and health expert Terry Langston will present to the members of CJA. They will share two of NCRP's reports: Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement and Towards Transformative Change in Health Care: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy.

Philanthropy New York
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will give a presentation to New York Grantmakers on the importance of funding high-impact strategies at an event titled, Extend Your Grantmaking Effectiveness by Funding Policy and Community Engagement. He will present NCRP's report, Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement. Maria Matolla, President of the New York Foundation will join him in the presentation.

Mar. 26, 2012
2:00-3:00 EST

Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers and Nonprofits Can Make the Case for Funding Policy Advocacy and Civic Engagement
Tune in to NCRP's "Pulse" webinar to discuss the newest findings from NCRP on the impacts of foundation-funded policy and civic engagement and share innovative ways that grantmakers and nonprofits are using this information to increase resources for advocacy and community-based problem solving.

Learning Objectives:

• What are innovative strategies to make the case to peers that advocacy and organizing can help grantmakers achieve mission more effectively with limited dollars?

• How have other nonprofits used this report as a tool to inform donors, members and others about the return on investment of advocacy for vulnerable communities?

• What are the features of a new online searchable Impacts Directory?

Presenters:

• Lisa Ranghelli, Director of Grantmaking for Community Impact Project, NCRP
• Sherece West, CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
• Regan Gruber Moffitt, Senior Associate for Public Policy, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
• Rich Huddleston, Executive Director, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Additional Resources:

• Listen to the event
• View the presentation
• View the presentation from Winthrop Rockefeller
• Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement
• GCIP Impacts Directory
• GCIP Resources
• Building Movement Project
• Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families' Affecting Policy and Programming
• Ripe for Reform: Arkansas as a Model for Social Change

• Arkansas Poverty Taskforce Final Report 2010

Mar. 20, 2012
San Francisco, CA

Creating Values-Driven Philanthropy: The Secret to High Impact Giving
Northern California Grantmakers
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will present to these philanthropic leaders in the Bay Area and share NCRP's newest research on making philanthropy as effective as possible by funding marginalized communities through the strategies of advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement. He will share Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement.

Meeting of Members
Bay Area Social Justice Funders Network
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will present social justice strategies to these philanthropic leaders in the Bay Area. He will share Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement.

Tax and Management Seminar for Private Foundations
Salk Institute
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will present NCRP's work to leaders of private foundations. Discussion topics will include the 5% payout rate.

Coalition Meeting
Seattle Human Services Coalition
Field Associate Christine Reeves will present to the members of the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) a presentation titled, "Encouraging Funders to Fund Social Justice."

Cultivating the Grassroots: A Winning Approach for Environment and Climate Funders

Why has the environmental movement not seen any notable policy wins since the 1980s and what can philanthropy do to help address this stagnation?

Tune in to NCRP's next "Pulse" webinar to discuss how philanthropy can contribute to long-term solutions and protect our imperiled planet by funding the grassroots and building a robust movement that combines top-down and bottom-up strategies to win on these issues.

Presenters:

• Sarah Hansen, Author of Cultivating the Grassroots: A Winning Approach for Environment and Climate Funders
• Millie Buchanan, Program Officer, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
• Bill Gallegos, Executive Director, Communities for a Better Environment

Additional Resources:

• Listen to the event
• View the presentation
• Health and Equity: Finding Solutions Upstream
• http://www.wherewelivefilm.org
• Presenter biographies

National Conference
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Executive Director Aaron Dorfman and Field Associate Christine Reeves will attend this national conference of over 600 philanthropic leaders.

Annual Nonprofit Workshop
Alabama Association of Nonprofits
Director of the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project Lisa Ranghelli will present NCRP's work to grantmaking leaders in Alabama. She will share NCRP's latest report Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement.

Annual Grantmaker Workshop
Alabama Giving, the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers
Director of the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project Lisa Ranghelli will present NCRP's work to grantmaking leaders in Alabama. She will share NCRP's latest report Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement.

2012 State of the States Policy Briefing
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Aaron Dorfman will be discussing NCRP's Cultivating the Grassroots: A Winning Approach for Environment and Climate Funders, which encourages foundations to fund grassroots groups that listen to people in communities that are most at risk from the impacts of environment and climate change, organize them and rally their support around important solutions.

Innovative Literacy Coalition Funding Strategies
Literacy Funders Network
NCRP's Lisa Ranghelli will be a guest speaker on this webinar that will teach participants about successful funders collaboratives, the trends toward targeted funding for marginalized populations, and some of the creative public/private partnerships with the US Department of Education. LFN leaders will also share updates on key projects we are working on including the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, Workforce Matters partnership, Corporate Funders Campaign, Coalition Impact Project, and Right to Literacy Campaign.

Affordable Care Act: A Defining Issue of Our Time & Philanthropy's Role

Tune in to NCRP's next "Pulse" webinar to discuss ways philanthropy can engage in the current, decisive phase of the battle over the Affordable Care Act with Dr. Robert Ross and other health care funders.

Presenters:

• Robert Ross, M.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment
• Terri Langston, Author "Towards Transformative Change in Health Care"
• Sara Kay, Director of Health Programs, Nathan Cummings Foundation