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CCA Peer Resource Sharing: Meeting 5
2021-08-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Join colleagues from other community foundations and partners across the Americas for conversation! Connecting Communities in the Americas is hosting its fifth session of Peer Resource Sharing.
Community Philanthropy
How are we putting community – or various communities within our regions – at the center of how philanthropy is practiced and promoted? We will share our experiences about how we promote community philanthropy in different countries and contexts, and then look at a model presented by the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF).
Join us to share your ideas!
Date: Thursday, August 19th
Time: 4:00 pm Eastern
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdu2tqTkjHtdbFICLP3NmVL-JrvQ4PhT2
Interpretation services in English and Spanish will be provided.
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¡Únete a la conversación con colegas de otras fundaciones comunitarias y aliados a lo largo del continente americano! Conectando Comunidades en América presenta la quinta sesión de Compartiendo Recursos entre Pares.
La Filantropía Comunitaria
¿Cómo ponemos la comunidad – o varias comunidades dentro de la región – al centro de la práctica y promoción de la filantropía? Hablaremos cómo promovemos la filantropía comunitaria en varios países y contextos, seguida de un modelo elaborado por el Fondo Global para Fundaciones Comunitarias (GFCF).
¡Únase para compartir sus ideas!
Fecha: jueves, 19 de agosto
Hora: 3:00 pm, hora CDMX (UTC -5)
Registración aquí: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdu2tqTkjHtdbFICLP3NmVL-JrvQ4PhT2
Estarán disponibles servicios de interpretación en inglés y español.

Economic Mobility Action Network Progress Update
2021-07-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Join the leaders of the six community foundations participating in CFLeads’ pilot Economic Mobility Action Network as they share their progress a year into this transformative effort.
This hour-long webinar will take place interview style, with community foundation leaders discussing their plans to develop and implement an economic mobility agenda in their communities
Speakers

Helene Gayle, President & CEO of The Chicago Community Trust
Fred Blackwell, CEO of The San Francisco Foundation
Diana Anderson, President & CEO of Southwest Initiative Foundation
Clotilde Dedecker, President & CEO of Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Ellen Katz, President & CEO of Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Flozell Daniels Jr., President & CEO of Foundation for Louisiana

Webinar Details
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Time: 12 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern
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About the Economic Mobility Action Network
The Economic Mobility Action Network, launched in Spring 2020, is a community foundation issue network focused on improving the economic circumstances of low-income families and addressing racial disparities. It is managed by CFLeads and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with additional support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

CCA Peer Resource Sharing: Meeting 4
2021-07-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join colleagues from other community foundations and partners across the Americas for conversation! Connecting Communities in the Americas is hosting its fourth session of Peer Resource Sharing.
How are we creating a ‘new normal’ in philanthropy?
The COVID-pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have highlighted the urgent need to address power and resource imbalances across the Americas. CCA invites community foundations and partners to share what their institutions are doing to create more equitable practices in philanthropy.
Join us to share your ideas!

Date: Thursday, July 15
Time: 4:00 pm Eastern
Register: Zoom

Invite your colleagues!
Interpretation services in English and Spanish will be provided.

¡Únete a la conversación con colegas de otras fundaciones comunitarias y aliados a lo largo del continente americano! Conectando Comunidades en América presenta la cuatra sesión de Compartiendo Recursos entre Pares.
¿Cómo estamos creando un ‘nuevo normal’ en la filantropía?
La pandemia del COVID-19 y el movimiento social de Black Lives Matter han destacado la urgencia de rectificar el desequilibrio del poder y acceso a recursos a lo largo del continente americano. Esta sesión brindará un espacio para que las fundaciones comunitarias y sus aliados compartan los esfuerzos que sus instituciones están realizando para crear prácticas más equitativas en la filantropía.
¡Únase para compartir sus ideas!

Fecha: jueves 15 de julio
Hora: 3:00 pm, hora CDMX (UTC -5)
Registrarse: Zoom

¡Invite a sus colegas!
Estarán disponibles servicios de interpretación en inglés y español.

CCA Peer Resource Sharing: Meeting 3
2021-06-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join colleagues from other community foundation and partners across the Americas for conversation! Connecting Communities in the Americas is hosting its third session of Peer Resource Sharing.
TOPIC – Engaging new donors: From relief support to being part of fundamental change
In many community foundations, donations surged during the COVID-19 crisis. How can we continue to work with new donors so that they become part of longer-term change in their communities? In this 90-minute session, we’ll hear from representatives of community foundations about their ideas and experiences.
Join us and invite your colleagues to share your own ideas!
Date: Thursday, June 17
Time: 4 p.m. Eastern (UTC-4)
Please register individually so that we can more easily facilitate the breakout sessions.
Interpretation will be offered in English and Spanish.
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Would you like to share your foundation’s experiences? Contact Lisa at lschalla@cfleads.org

¡Únete a la conversación con colegas de otras fundaciones comunitarias y aliados a lo largo del continente americano! Conectando Comunidades en América presenta la tercera sesión de Compartiendo Recursos entre Pares.
TEMA – Cultivar la participación de nuevos donantes más allá del apoyo durante emergencias
En muchas fundaciones, las donaciones durante la pandemia de COVID-19 surgieron a niveles impresionantes – ¿cómo podemos trabajar con nuevos donantes para que sean parte del impacto de largo plazo en sus comunidades? En esta sesión de 90 minutos, colegas de fundaciones comunitarias presentarán sus ideas y experiencias.
¡Únete y invite a sus colegas para compartir sus ideas!
Fecha: jueves, 17 de junio
Hora:3:00 pm, hora Central (CDMX; UTC-5)
Favor de registrarse individualmente previamente para facilitar la organización de grupos pequeños.
Estarán disponibles servicios de interpretación en inglés y español.
Regístrate
¿Desea compartir alguna experiencia de su fundación? Comuníquese con Lisa a lschalla@cfleads.org

CCA Peer Resource Sharing: Meeting 2
2021-05-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Join colleagues from other community foundation and partners across the Americas for conversation! Connecting Communities in the Americas is hosting its 2nd Peer Resource Sharing session on May 20th and will continue on the third Thursday of every month.
TOPIC – Learning during the pandemic: Practices we’ve adopted and want to keep
During this 1.5-hour session, a panel of community foundations will briefly share about how the pandemic has pushed them to find new ways to work with their stakeholders. Afterwards, we will break into smaller groups so that you can share your ideas with others and hear from their experiences.
Date: Thursday, May 20th
Time: 1 p.m. PDT / 2 p.m. MDT / 3 p.m. CDT / 4 p.m. EDT
Invite your colleagues! Please register individually so that we can more easily facilitate the breakout sessions.
Interpretation will be offered in English and Spanish.
Register

¡Únete a la conversación con colegas de otras fundaciones comunitarias y aliados a lo largo del continente americano! Conectando Comunidades en América presenta la segunda sesión de Compartiendo Recursos entre Pares este 20 de mayo, nos seguiremos reuniendo el tercer jueves de cada mes.
TEMA – Nuestro aprendizaje durante la pandemia: Prácticas que hemos adoptado y que deseamos continuar
Durante esta sesión de 90 minutos, algunas fundaciones comunitarias presentarán maneras en que la pandemia les presentó nuevos retos y oportunidades. Tendrás la oportunidad de compartir tus ideas con otros compañeros(as) y escuchar de sus experiencias.

Fecha: jueves 20 de mayo
Hora: 3:00 pm, hora CDMX (UTC -5)
¡Invite a sus colegas! Favor de registrarse individualmente previamente para facilitar la organización de grupos pequeños.
Estarán disponibles servicios de interpretación en inglés y español.
Regístrate

CCA Peer Resource Sharing: Meeting 1
2021-04-15 16:00 - 17:30
Are you eager for deeper and more regular conversations with colleagues from other foundations and countries across the Americas? Join our first monthly Connecting Communities in the Americas Peer Resource Sharing session on April 15th. These meetings will take place on the third Thursday of every month.
Cooperation for Emergency Relief: How CCA networking enables timely and effective mobilization of resources during regional emergencies
During this 1.5-hour session, three community foundations will briefly share how networking through CCA helped them to quickly mobilize funding for critical response efforts after the shootings in El Paso and after the massive earthquake in Mexico in 2017. After they share, we will break into smaller groups for further conversation about strategies to strengthen this process.
Date: Thursday, April 15th
Time: 1 p.m. PDT / 2 p.m. MDT / 3 p.m. CDT / 4 p.m. EDT
It is important that each person register so that we can facilitate breakout rooms.
Interpretation will be offered in English and Spanish.
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La cooperación en tiempos de crisis: CCA nos abre las puertas para la movilización de recursos más eficaz durante emergencias regionales.
Durante esta sesión de 90 minutos, representantes de tres fundaciones comunitarias presentarán sus experiencias sobre la movilización de recursos después de una tragedia de disparos en El Paso y del terremoto en México. Luego, platicaremos en grupos pequeños sobre las oportunidades para fortalecer este proceso de comunicación y apoyo.

Fecha: el jueves 15 de abril
Time: a las 3:00 de la tarde, hora CDMX
Es importante que cada persona se registre, para facilitar la organización de grupos pequeños.
Habrán servicios de interpretación en inglés y español.
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Stopping the Spread of Hate: Implications for Community Foundations
2021-02-25 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
As a community leader, you have been confronted with the rise of extremism, hate speech, and polarization that has entered our public sphere in recent years. For community foundations striving to build racial equity and help America live up to its democratic ideals, this has led to a recognition that some grantmaking from donor-advised funds (DAFs) may be working at odds with organizational goals.
CFLeads is offering a webinar, “Stopping the Spread of Hate: Implications for Community Foundations,” to discuss how to protect community foundations from inadvertently funding and spreading hate through their DAF portfolios or other grant programs.
Speakers:

Shelly O’Quinn, CEO of Innovia Foundation (serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho)
James Head, President & CEO of East Bay Community Foundation (based in Oakland, California)
Eric Jolly, President & CEO of Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Abbas Barzegar, Director of the Horizon Forum, a new initiative addressing the problems of extremism, political polarization, and their impact on philanthropy, will participate as a discussant

The webinar is being offered exclusively to CFLeads investors. If you are an investor but did not receive an invitation in your email to register, please contact investors@cfleads.org.

BBCA Virtual Gathering
2021-02-03 - 2021-02-04 | Online
Para verlo en español, da click aquí.
Building Broader Communities in the Americas (BBCA) is a network of community foundations and other organizations across the Americas focused on deepening their understanding of and engagement with transnational communities’ lived experiences.
We are pleased to offer two opportunities to learn more about this initiative and connect with peers across the Americas!
BBCA Virtual Gathering – February 3
Purpose: Our diaspora communities and those with high migration levels bring important assets to our regions yet often lack resources or a voice in our work. At this virtual gathering, you will meet community foundations and other organizations from across the Americas to share strategies and find new ways to collaborate with and engage these communities for the benefit of the region as a whole.
Audience: Primarily community foundations, but other migration/diaspora organizations are welcome. There are no limits on the number of participants from your foundation – board and staff are welcome! Please register individually.
Language: Interpretation services will be offered in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, depending on participation.
Timing: Wednesday, February 3 from 2:00-5:30 p.m. EST
Register for BBCA Virtual Gathering >
BBCA 2021 Mapping Grant Information Session – February 4
NOTE: This is a follow-up to the February 3rd convening. Please register for both days.
Purpose: The BBCA Mapping Project will be offering new grants in 2021 to help community foundations better understand their transnational communities. This information session is an opportunity for community foundations to learn more about the project and how to apply for a grant.
Audience: Community foundation staff in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Language: Interpretation services will be offered in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, depending on participation.
Timing: Thursday, February 4 from 1-2:30 p.m. EST
Register for BBCA Mapping Grant Information Session >

BBCA is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Inter-American Foundation.

Webinar: The Current State of Gun Violence in the U.S.
2021-01-28 16:00 - 17:00
Despite the pandemic and shutdowns across the country, gun violence remains on the rise. In fact, Time recently reported that 2020 had the highest death toll from gun violence in the U.S. in more than two decades.
We invite you to join us for an hour-long webinar to hear from Dr. Garen Wintemute and colleagues about the latest research on gun violence, including recent data from the pandemic and economic crisis and its impacts on communities of color.
Dr. Wintemute is Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at University of California – Davis, a multi-disciplinary program of research and policy development on the causes, consequences and prevention of violence, with a focus on firearm violence.
This webinar is part of a learning series on the potential role(s) community foundations can play in catalyzing promising gun violence prevention strategies based on evidence and community needs. There will be an opportunity for community foundations to be a part of a peer learning network on this topic in the future.

Date: January 28, 2021
Time: 4-5 p.m. Eastern
Recording: Watch here

This learning series is funded by The California Wellness Foundation.

Insisting on Racial Equity: How Community Foundations are Adopting ABFE's Imperatives for Philanthropy
2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Hear from community foundation leaders who have responded to We Must Be In It for the Long Haul: Black Foundation Executives Request Action by Philanthropy on Anti-Black Racism.
This call to action, issued by ABFE, highlights a series of imperatives for philanthropy to be bold, take action, and be inspired by the courage of the protestors who have risked their well-being over the last several months for the sake of defending and protecting Black lives.
Please join us for this hour-long webinar with:

Susan Taylor Batten, President & CEO of ABFE, who will provide an overview of the key imperatives in ABFE’s We Must Be In It For the Long Haul
Three community foundation CEOs who will share their own experience with adopting ABFE’s imperatives for philanthropy, including building agency, advancing structural change, reaching across the diaspora, and ensuring trustee accountability.

Monique Brunson Jones, President & CEO of the Evanston Community Foundation
Nelson Colón, President & CEO of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation
Peter Dunn, President & CEO of the Central New York Foundation

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Igniting the Future Webinar Series 4 - Influencing Public Policy & Systems
2020-10-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Join us this fall as we announce the findings from our Igniting the Future of Community Foundations project!
Through an online survey, in-depth interviews with community foundation CEOs and the guidance of an Advisory Committee made up of field leaders, this groundbreaking work documents that community foundations throughout the United States are going all in on community leadership. In particular, three areas of momentum emerged that show great promise and potential for the field.
We invite you to participate in our four-part webinar series featuring speakers from our Igniting the Future Advisory Committee to learn more.
Webinar 4: Influencing Public Policy & Systems
Date
Thursday, October 8
3:00 p.m. Eastern
Speakers

Paul Grogan, President & CEO, The Boston Foundation
Dick Ober, President & CEO, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Steve Seleznow, President & CEO, Arizona Community Foundation
Ashley Swearengin, President & CEO, Central Valley Community Foundation

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Don’t miss the other webinars in this series!

Webinar 1 – Igniting the Future Project Findings
Webinar 2 – Insisting on Racial Equity
Webinar 3 – Amplifying Community Voice

Igniting the Future Webinar Series 3 - Amplifying Community Voice
2020-10-01 14:30 - 15:30 | Online
Join us this fall as we announce the findings from our Igniting the Future of Community Foundations project!
Through an online survey, in-depth interviews with community foundation CEOs and the guidance of an Advisory Committee made up of field leaders, this groundbreaking work documents that community foundations throughout the United States are going all in on community leadership. In particular, three areas of momentum emerged that show great promise and potential for the field.
We invite you to participate in our four-part webinar series featuring speakers from our Igniting the Future Advisory Committee to learn more.
Webinar 3: Amplifying Community Voice
Date
Thursday, October 1
2:30 p.m. Eastern
Speakers

Ivye Allen, President, Foundation for the Mid South
Shelly O’Quinn, CEO, Innovia Foundation
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, The Philadelphia Foundation

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Don’t miss the other webinars in this series!

Webinar 1 – Igniting the Future Project Findings
Webinar 2 – Insisting on Racial Equity
Webinar 4 – Influencing Public Policy & Systems

Igniting the Future Webinar Series 2 - Insisting on Racial Equity
2020-09-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Join us this fall as we announce the findings from our Igniting the Future of Community Foundations project!
Through an online survey, in-depth interviews with community foundation CEOs and the guidance of an Advisory Committee made up of field leaders, this groundbreaking work documents that community foundations throughout the United States are going all in on community leadership. In particular, three areas of momentum emerged that show great promise and potential for the field.
We invite you to participate in our four-part webinar series featuring speakers from our Igniting the Future Advisory Committee to learn more.
Webinar 2: Insisting on Racial Equity
Date
Wednesday, September 23
3:00 p.m. Eastern
Speakers

Helene Gayle, President & CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
Tony Mestres, President & CEO, Seattle Foundation

Watch recording >
Don’t miss the other webinars in this series!

Webinar 1 – Igniting the Future Project Findings
Webinar 3 – Amplifying Community Voice
Webinar 4 – Influencing Public Policy & Systems

Igniting the Future Webinar Series 1 - Project Findings
2020-09-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join us this fall as we announce the findings from our Igniting the Future of Community Foundations project!
Through an online survey, in-depth interviews with community foundation CEOs and the guidance of an Advisory Committee made up of field leaders, this groundbreaking work documents that community foundations throughout the United States are going all in on community leadership. In particular, three areas of momentum emerged that show great promise and potential for the field.
We invite you to participate in our four-part webinar series featuring speakers from our Igniting the Future Advisory Committee to learn more.
Webinar 1: Igniting the Future Project Findings
Date
Wednesday, September 16
2:00 p.m. Eastern
Speakers

Deborah Ellwood, President & CEO, CFLeads
Ellen Gilligan, President & CEO, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Isaiah Oliver, President & CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President & CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Watch Recording >
Don’t miss the other webinars in this series!

Webinar 2 – Insisting on Racial Equity
Webinar 3 – Amplifying Community Voice
Webinar 4 – Influencing Public Policy & Systems

How Community Foundations Can Listen4Good
2020-06-29 15:00 - 16:00
Community foundations know that resident engagement is key to building strong, resilient communities. And that engagement begins with listening.
Join us for an informational webinar on how Fund for Shared Insight’s Listen4Good feedback initiative can help you and your grantees put an ear to the ground, collecting feedback to help you make agile and informed decisions during this particularly difficult and uncertain time. During an hour-long session, you’ll learn:

how The Boston Foundation and the nine grantee partners it nominated for Listen4Good use feedback to learn what people and communities in Greater Boston most need;
about the two ways you can participate in Listen4Good and support nonprofits implementing high-quality, client-focused feedback loops;
how participating in Listen4Good can help you leverage national funding and fulfill the listening commitment that’s part of the Council on Foundations’ COVID-19 pledge;
how listening, feedback, and being open to change can advance equity and improve outcomes; and
the answers to all your Listen4Good and feedback questions.

This event will feature Jennifer Aronson, associate vice president, programs, The Boston Foundation, sharing her experience sponsoring nonprofits participating in Listen4Good. Melinda Tuan, Fund for Shared Insight’s managing director, will moderate the discussion, which will include an introduction from Deborah Ellwood, president and CEO, CFLeads. Valerie Threlfall, managing director, Listen4Good, will share details about the feedback initiative, including why and how to get involved. We encourage all community foundations to join us, especially those that have signed COF’s philanthropy pledge.
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Community Connection in Times of Crisis: Real-Time Reflections from the Frontline
2020-06-18 14:00 - 15:00
On this special edition of Community Connection in Times of Crisis, we’ll hear from colleagues from The Minneapolis Foundation about what they’ve done in the wake of George Floyd’s death, what they have learned about their role as a community foundation, and what it has taken to respond to this kind of crisis.
Date:
Thursday, June 18
2-3 p.m.
This webinar will take place at 2 p.m. Eastern instead of our usual 1 p.m. time slot. It will be recorded.
Speakers:

R.T. Rybak, President & CEO at The Minneapolis Foundation
Chanda Smith Baker, Senior Vice President of Impact at The Minneapolis Foundation

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Note: Due to the anticipated volume of people on this call, we ask that you submit your questions for the speakers to us in advance. There will be an opportunity to submit your questions when you register. We will do our best to get through as many as possible.

Community Connection in Times of Crisis: The Power and Potential of Working Across Sectors
2020-06-04 13:00 - 14:00
On this webinar, we’ll hear from colleagues in Milwaukee, Wis. about their creation of cross-sector Civic Response Teams that have been put together to respond to the immediacy of the COVID-19 crisis. Learn about the structure of these teams and their focus and vision for the recovery phase of the health and economic crises.
Ian and Gina will also reflect on the ongoing protests taking place across the country and how Civic Response Teams can function as a form of concrete action that can change systems and advance racial justice. For more reflections from community foundations, visit Our Collective Responsibility on our website.
Speakers:

Ian Bautista, Senior Director of Civic Engagement at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Gina Stilp, Executive Director at the Zilber Family Foundation

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Community Connection in Times of Crisis: Using Your Investing Capacity to Support Small Businesses
2020-05-21 13:00 - 14:00
Oh this week’s Community Connection in Times of Crisis webinar, we’ll hear about creative ways community foundations can support local small businesses during this challenging time of shutdowns and phased reopenings. Our community foundation speaker will share how they are addressing the needs of small businesses in their community, while our content expert will share tips and tools that community foundations can use to help support their own local businesses in this current economic crisis.
Speakers:

Diana Anderson, President & CEO of the Southwest Initiative Foundation
Deborah Markey, Senior Vice President at Locus Impact Investing

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Community Connection in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
2020-05-07 13:00 - 14:00
On this week’s Community Connection in Times of Crisis webinar, we’ll hear how the lessons from the response to Hurricane Katrina and other disasters in Louisiana can help inform our response to COVID-19. Our speakers will highlight the importance of listening to residents, focusing on equity and working with policymakers to build back stronger. They’ll also remind us to pay attention to the mental health needs of our teams and our community as the crisis wears on.
Speakers

Flozell Daniels Jr., President & CEO at the Foundation for Louisiana
Anthony F. Pipa, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution

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Community Connection in Times of Crisis
2020-04-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-02 13:00 - 14:00
Community Connection in Times of Crisis is a virtual gathering for community foundation staff to share their experiences responding to COVID-19 through a community leadership perspective. Together, we explore best practices for bringing our relationships, tools and resources to the table to address this crisis, both in the short-term and in the long-term as our communities begin to recover and rebuild.
Below are the first six meetings we hosted on a weekly schedule. Starting in May, we have moved to a biweekly schedule and will post upcoming webinars on our Events Calendar.
Meeting 6 – Thursday, April 30
On this week’s webinar, we’ll hear about the value of coordinating your response with the public sector, the usefulness of supporting infrastructure providers, and the benefit of finding the right partners. We’ll also discuss the importance of keeping our work rooted in community engagement and accountability, even in a crisis.
Speakers:

Marian Kaanon, President & CEO at the Stanislaus Community Foundation
Marcella Tillett, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships at the Brooklyn Community Foundation

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Meeting 5 – Thursday, April 23
On this week’s webinar, our speakers highlighted the value in setting principles for grantmaking from your COVID-19 funds and the need to devote attention now to reimagining public systems and rebuilding the third sector.
Speakers:

Dr. Eric Jolly, President & CEO at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Kris Hermanns, Chief Impact Officer at the Seattle Foundation

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Meeting 4 – Thursday, April 16
At our fourth meeting, we discussed creative responses to the challenges being faced by small businesses, ways to navigate new and existing donor partnerships and how to begin to lift our heads to think about what comes next.
Speakers:

Ellen Katz, President & CEO at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Maeghan Jones, President & CEO at the Community Foundation for Greater Chattanooga

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Meeting 3 – Thursday, April 9
At our third meeting, we discussed how to align our work with the nonprofit and public sectors, recognizing that this crisis is different from others community foundations may have responded to in the past. We also explored the opportunity for community foundations to weigh in on key policy issues that have been exposed by the pandemic to ensure that they advance racial equity and economic inclusion.
Speakers:

Judith Bell, Chief Impact Officer at the San Francisco Foundation
Stuart Comstock-Gay, President & CEO at the Delaware Community Foundation

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Meeting 2 – Thursday, April 2
At our second meeting, we discussed the importance of continuing to listen to underrepresented populations in times of crisis, ways to invest in self-care for ourselves and our non-profit partners, and how to punch above our weight by working collaboratively with community partners on immediate and long-term recovery needs.
Speakers:

Chris Barge, VP of Strategic Initiatives at the Community Foundation Boulder County
Bridget Wilkinson, Executive Director at the Bozeman Area Community Foundation

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Meeting 1 – Thursday, March 26
At our first meeting, we discussed building on existing relationships to support the public sector, fostering community trust and transparency, and using innovative tactics and strategies to support the most vulnerable among us.
Speakers:

Ellen Gilligan, President & CEO at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Isaiah Oliver, President & CEO at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Patricia Mejia, Vice President, Community Engagement and Impact at the San Antonio Area Foundation

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ELI for VPs - Meeting 3
2020-03-02 08:00 - 2020-03-03 17:00 | Delaware, Delaware, United States
The Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) is a year-long learning opportunity that focuses exclusively on community leadership for community foundation VPs. Over the year, ELI cohorts meet three times for two-day small group meetings which includes time for structured peer advising – always a big hit with our participants!
ELI creates the space for VPs to learn from their peers while working towards their own community leadership goals.
Our current ELI for VPs cohort includes:

Jackie Hanton, Community Foundation of St. Clair County
Kelley Barnes, Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Dr. Leila DeAndrade, Maine Community Foundation
Sarah Grunewald, Delaware Community Foundation
Sue Peters, Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Patricia Mejia, San Antonio Area Foundation
Laura Simmelink, Community Foundation of Collier County

This is their final meeting- stay tuned for more details!

Equity Network Cohort 2 - Meeting 3
2020-02-05 08:00 - 2020-02-06 17:00 | West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, United States
The Community Foundation Equity Network was developed in response to community and national foundation interest in advancing equity and a desire among community foundations to come together to better understand and make progress on the issue.
The Network is made up of teams from eight to ten community foundations across the country, with four- to six-person teams including the CEO, board members, senior staff members, and community partners. These community foundations are already committed to and working on issues related to equity. The Network is designed to help them better understand the issue, advance particular outcomes, and build peer connections.
Our current cohort includes staff and leadership from:

Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Jackson Community Foundation
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Seattle Foundation
Waco Foundation

This will be their final meeting – stay tuned for more details!
