2012 Events Calendar - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy

Dec. 14, 2012 Washington, DC	Nonprofit Sector and Advocacy: Challenges Ahead Hudson Institute Field Director Sean Dobson will speak on the role of advocacy in philanthropy and give his thoughts on Independent Sector’s latest report, Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy. He will present alongside fellow esteemed panelists, Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice; Diana Aviv, president and CEO of Independent Sector; and Steve Taylor, senior vice president and counsel for public policy of United Way Worldwide.
Dec. 11-13, 2012 Washington, DC	FCCP 2012 Winter Convening Funders Committee for Civic Participation Field Director Sean Dobson will join a nationwide gathering of funders who value investments in civic participation and democracy building.
Dec. 10, 2012 Washington, DC	FCAA's 2012 AIDS Philanthropy Summit Funders Concerned About AIDS Field Associate Christine Reeves will moderate a plenary panel at this annual conference. She will lead a nuanced discussion about the challenges and benefits of using high-impact funding strategies to break down silos in philanthropy.
Nov. 15, 2012 Indianapolis, IN	2012 Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Annual Conference Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Grantmaking for Community Impact Director Lisa Ranghelli will present to an annual gathering of grantmakers in Indiana. She will share NCRP latest work: a seven-part series of geographically-based reports (Grantmaking for Community Impact Project) and a four-part series of issue-based reports (High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy).
Nov. 15-17, 2012 Baltimore, MD	Facing Race 2012 Applied Research Center Grantmaking for Community Impact Director Lisa Ranghelli will present to academics and practitioners. She will discuss the importance of using a racial equity lens and understanding the nuances, history, and results of racial tensions in our country as we make grants.
Nov. 11-12, 2012 San Francisco, CA	Game Changers: 2012 Independent Sector Annual Conference Independent Sector Executive Director Aaron Dorfman and Development Director Kevin Faria will join nonprofit leaders from across all areas of our sector.
Oct. 25, 2012 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST	Transactions – Transformations – Translations: Metrics that Matter for Building, Scaling, and Funding Social Movements National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Join the conversation on how philanthropy can work with organizers to define measures of success that move beyond transactional outcomes (how many people support a policy) to capture deeper transformational changes (support for one policy carries over to new issues). Both are essential to building more powerful movements for change but can be difficult to track and translate in making the case for philanthropic support. Following the presentation, Liberty Hill and others will discuss their experiences of developing and using such metrics to bridge the gap between philanthropy and community organizing. Learning Objectives: What is the often-invisible, less quantifiable work of movement building that is important to measure? How should funders best capture this work in an era of evidence-based giving and the need to show a return on investment? What are examples and lessons learned from the field? Featuring: Manuel Pastor, Director of USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) Additional Resources: View the presentation Read "Transactions – Transformations – Translations" Learn about the presenters Listen to the recording
Oct. 24-26, 2012 New York, NY	Embracing the Power of Education: Fulfilling the American Dream Grantmakers in Education Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will join a panel to discuss NCRP's report, "Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education: High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy." This education report was the first report in a four-part series of High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy, and he will discuss how funding directed towards marginalized communities helps education funders, education nonprofits, and communities achieve their goals and make deeper, wider, longer-term impacts.
Oct. 22-23, 2012 Chicago, IL	Winning What Matters: Worker Rights and Workforce Development in the Midwest Neighborhood Funders Group's Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships Field Associate Christine Reeves will join funders of the Neighborhood Funders Group's Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships. Cosponsors of the event include: Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Foundation for Women, Crossroads Fund, Discount Foundation, Donors Forum, Field Foundation, Ford Foundation, General Service Foundation, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Hill-Snowdon Foundation, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Neighborhood Funders Group, Polk Bros Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Wieboldt Foundation, and Woods Fund of Chicago.
Oct. 14-17, 2012 Miami, FL	Grantmakers in the Arts 2012 Conference: Forging Connections Grantmakers in the Arts At this annual gathering of philanthropic leaders in the arts, Executive Director Aaron Dorfman and Holly Sidford, author of NCRP's report, "Fusing Art, Culture, and Society: High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy," will share NCRP's work. This report, as with all four issue-based reports in the High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy series, emphasizes how when funders invest in nonprofits that target marginalized communities, marginalized communities have more equality of opportunity and so all of society benefits. The NCRP presentation is titled, "Fusing Art, Culture and Society—A Year Later." NCRP's presentation will also include the voices of leaders from the Kentucky Women's Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Boston Foundation, and the Heinz Foundation.
Oct. 9-12, 2012 El Paso, TX	Investing in Promising Futures for All Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will join a panel of philanthropic leaders and present NCRP latest research at this annual gathering of funders who support children, youth, and families nationwide.
Oct. 1-3, 2012 Walla Walla, WA	2012 Annual Conference Philanthropy Northwest Field Associate Christine Reeves will join philanthropic leaders across six northwestern states. She will engage many of these leaders in a discussion on "Four Strategies to Strengthen the Foundation-Nonprofit Relationship: High Impact Strategies in Philanthropy." Christine will cite Criteria for Philanthropy At Its Best top four criteria: general operating support, multiple year grants, funding targeted to marginalized communities, and funding of high-impact strategies (advocacy, community organizing, and/or civic engagement) that address root causes of problems. NCRP will be releasing a 2-page fact sheet on each of these four strategies this autumn. She will also ask the philanthropic leaders what other strategies they have observed that strengthens the foundation-nonprofit relationship.
Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2012 New Paltz, NY	Annual Fall Retreat Environmental Grantmakers Association Sarah Hansen, the author of NCRP's "Cultivating the Grassroots: A Winning Approach for Environment and Climate Funders," will present at the conference. She will discuss the results of the report and where we have come in the six months since NCRP published the report.
Sept. 13, 2012 Tulsa, AZ	Moving the Dial: Public Policy as a Funder Tool to Make Real Change Arizona Grantmakers Forum NCRP executive director Aaron Dorfman will speak to grantmakers from across the state of Arizona on why investment in public policy is crucial today.
Sept. 11-12, 2012 Palo Alto, CA	New Skills for a Complex World Stanford Social Innovation Review, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) NCRP field associate Christine Reeves will participate in the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s 2012 Nonprofit Management Institute, cosponsored by AFP. The focus will be on the intersection of philanthropy, business and government.
Sept. 10-12, 2012 New Orleans, LA	Community Foundations Conference Council on Foundations NCRP executive director Aaron Dorfman will attend the Council on Foundation’s Community Foundations Conference and host a dinner for community foundation leaders.
Sept. 5-7, 2012 Berkeley, CA	Just Giving: Global Social Change Philanthropy Conference Funders Network for Transforming the Global Economy, Grantmakers Without Borders Field Associate Christine Reeves and Former Board Chair Terry Odendahl will co-present on the importance and potential problems of measurement and assessment tools in grantmaking.
Aug. 22, 2012 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST	Advice from AFJ:The Legal Issues Facing Nonprofits in an Increasingly Political Climate National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Tune in to NCRP's next "Pulse" webinar as Alliance for Justice discusses the most pressing legal issues that nonprofits are confronted with in this intense political climate. Make sure your organization is in full legal compliance in the election year. Learning Objectives: What is permissible election year activity for 501(c)(3)s? What documents must an organization publicly disclose...and when? How do advocacy rules apply to facebook, twitter, blogs, and MORE!! Featuring: Abby Levine, Legal Director of Advocacy Programs, Alliance for Justice John Pomeranz, Attorney, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg+ Eisenberg, LLP Additional Resources: Listen to the event Handouts: Praising and Criticizing Incumbents: How 501(c)(3)s Can Hold Elected Officials Accountable for Official Actions 501(c)(3)s and Election-Related Activities Legal Issues Facing Nonprofits in An Increasingly Political Climate (slides) Bios
Aug. 9, 2012 12:00 PM EST	Advocacy and Family Philanthropy: Leveraging Limited Dollars for Impact National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, National Center for Family Philanthropy New research from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy shows that family foundations are a leading source of support for nonprofits active in policy advocacy and civic engagement. Why do family foundations choose to invest in these strategies to advance their mission? What kinds of impacts are they achieving, and how do they measure success? What legal parameters guide their advocacy grantmaking? Find out by tuning into this timely and important webinar! NCRP's Aaron Dorfman will share findings from three years of research in 13 states on the return-on-investment of foundation-funded policy advocacy benefiting underserved communities. Alliance for Justice will talk about the legal rules governing advocacy grantmaking and resources for foundations that want to learn more. Family foundation leaders will share their own stories of impact and describe how their trustees came to embrace these strategies. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Apr. 29-May 1, 2012 Los Angeles, CA	2012 Annual Conference Council on Foundations Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will attend this national convening, the largest annual gathering of philanthropic leaders.
Apr. 25-28, 2012 Los Angeles, CA	National Conference 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.
Apr. 4, 2012 Washington, DC	Webinar 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.
Mar. 27, 2012 New York, NY	Extend Your Grantmaking Effectiveness by Funding Policy and Community Engagement 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.
Mar. 19, 2012 San Francisco, CA	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.
Mar. 15, 2012 San Diego, CA	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.
Mar. 15, 2012 Seattle, WA	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."
Mar. 14, 2012 3:00-4:00 EST	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
Mar. 12-14, 2012 Seattle, WA	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.
Mar. 7, 2012 Birmingham, AL	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.
Mar. 6, 2012 Birmingham, AL	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.
Feb. 29, 2012 San Diego, CA	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.
Feb. 22, 2012 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	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.
Jan. 24, 2012 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST	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 Register now!