GFNRE Philanthropy Collaborative Funding Best Practices

Yale Philanthropy Conference | Feb 24, 2023, | New Haven Connecticut: The Yale Philanthropy Conference is an interdisciplinary forum for current, and future leaders focused on the business of social change. Now in its eighteenth year, the Yale Philanthropy Conference is hosted by the Yale School of Management and is the only convening of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector planned entirely by graduate students. This year’s focus and theme is heavily rooted in racial equity philanthropic practices. Strengthening Democracy and Building Black Futures | February 28, 2023: The California Black Freedom Fund (CBFF) is partnering with the Northern California Grantmakers to gather funding institutions, individual donors, community partners, and special guests to consider ways to strengthen democracy, expand Black possibilities, and advance racial equity. The goal is to prompt conversation on race, history, politics, and the role of philanthropy in advancing a vision of democracy for all.

Trust-Based Philanthropy at the Funders Network Conference: Seeding Power by Ceding Power | March 20, 2023: This interactive conversation and skill-building workshop will examine ways that grantmaking practices can evolve to prioritize values-based storytelling practices and influence broader change in arts and culture funding.

Webinars : Measuring Progress: Philanthropy and Racial Equity Metrics | February 23, 2023: This workshop will support philanthropic organizations in embedding racial equity, both internally with staff and boards, with their foundation members, and explore questions around metrics and identifying indicators of progress . North Carolina Network of Grantmakers: Foundation Values: Part 1 – How do they show up? | February 28, 2023: This session will provide the opportunity for NC Funders to pause and consider their organization's values and priorities and how those are reflected throughout their work – in grantmaking practice, community connections, racial equity, and communications with partners. Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens - 2022 Foundations of Racial Equity Session 5 | January 24, 2023 to February 2, 2023: The guiding purpose of Philanthropy California’s Foundations of Racial Equity (FRE) Series is to provide training for philanthropic practitioners to understand how anti-Black racism and white supremacy influence the field of philanthropy and to provide opportunities for action in organizations. Learning Communities: Healing Summit for Donor Advisors – Heal with Us | Feb 23, 2023: This experience is designed to provide space and recognize that donors, grantmakers, and fund advisors serve a key role in transforming and liberating concentrations of wealth. This community recognizes that this role carries its unique challenges, burdens, and complexities and provides opportunities for reflection. Foundations of Racial Equity Series 2022 | June 14, 2022 to March 15, 2023: This small learning groups of 4-5 funders will meet at least to work through opportunities and challenges to advance racial equity in their organization and/or in their grantmaking, and to build relationships with others who are committed to advancing racial equity.

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