Please join the Massachusetts Community Foundation Partnership (MACFP) for a full day Summit to provide space for all Community Foundation staff to strengthen relationships, learn from each other, and discuss challenges unique to Community Foundations.
Participants will explore topics of interest CF staff, connect with those with similar roles and responsibilities, learn from each other, and more!
The Summit is designed to:
- Create space for all community foundation staff to learn from peers on a variety of topics that make community foundations unique in our role working with donors, nonprofits and leading on issues in our regions.
- Build and strengthen relationships between and among staff who hold similar roles to facilitate learning and exchange at the summit and after. Job function groups will be: Administration, CEOs & EDs, Development & Fundraising, Grantmaking Policies & Practices, Marketing & Communications, and Operations & Finance.
- Develop shared understanding of critical issues facing our communities where philanthropy can contribute resources and leadership.
The agenda for the day is as follows:
8:30 – 9:30am – CEO Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am – Check-in & Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30am – Welcome & Plenary - Rising Above: How Community Foundations Can Help their Communities Find Common Ground
Community Foundations are uniquely positioned to help bridge the divides driven by local, national political and social dynamics. This conversation will explore practical advice and discussion around how Community Foundations can rise above the noise and help people in our regions find common ground around local issues.
Speakers:
Ed Denmark (Moderator)
10:45am – 12:00pm – Job Function Breakout #1
12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch
1:15 – 2:30pm – Concurrent Sessions
Amplifying
Voices: The Role of Community Foundations in Advancing Racial Justice and
Equity
Elevating the voices and
experiences of those who have been historically silenced, misunderstood, or
oppressed is critical if philanthropy wants to shift the inherent power
imbalance that exists and has existed for hundreds of years in the United
States between those with resources and those with far less. Join us for a
conversation as we amplify voices of those working in partnership with
under-resourced, marginalized and dis-invested communities. You’ll hear of the
remarkable work and positive impact on peoples’ lives throughout the
Commonwealth, and how you, as community foundation leaders, can be an ally and
support that work.
With ongoing conversations pertaining to race, equity, diversity and inclusion,
in this program you’ll: 1) hear the origins of each represented fund and why
your investments matter, 2) make connections to your own priorities and areas
of work, 3) receive data (both quantitative and qualitative) that indicates current
funding (and other) gaps and needs and 4) be in a stronger, more informed
position to partner with communities of color.
Presenters: Nadia Harden, Chief of Staff,
New Commonwealth Fund, Javier Juarez, Director,
Latino Equity Fund, Danielle Kim, Executive Director,
Asian Community Fund, Scott Knox, Director,
Equality Fund, and Alex McCray, Vice President, Member Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, Philanthropy MA
Foundant Users Meet-up
In this meet-up, participants will have a chance to talk
about pain points and best practices for users of Foundant's CSuite, Grants Management
Lifecycle and Scholarship Management Lifecycle systems.
The session will include both large group and small group
formats to learn from and engage with peers. Users can bring their questions
for assistance from the group to identify best practices and/or solve issues.
Imagine Your Legacy
This engaging session will connect the
community of colleagues to their own values related to philanthropy with
interactive learning and sharing.
Drawing upon their own
personal/professional inspirations, participants will be encouraged to imagine
and share our own experience/perspective and think through how they can
incorporate similar thoughtfulness in conversations with donors.
Systems
Change and Philanthropy: How Community Foundations Can Transform Their Region,
One Coalition at a Time
Essex
County Community Foundation’s community leadership work embraces a
systems-based approach as a powerful, effective, and necessary catalyst for
change. Over its 25-year history, ECCF has cultivated deep relationships in its
34 communities to lift up the innovative work and impact of over 4,000
nonprofits, municipalities, business and community leaders. ECCF’s systems
approach accelerates change on critical regional issues and builds a stronger,
more resilient, and equitable county.
ECCF’s
methodology attracts and deploys philanthropic funds to amplify
community-based, collaborative initiatives that address the root causes of
systemic social issues and challenges and result in population-level impact.
This data-driven and highly collaborative work results in targeted,
growth-oriented, long-term (five- to 10-year) philanthropic investments and
engagement.
In
this session, the presenters will use 2 case studies - Arts and Culture and
Digital Equity to illustrate the how to and what of systems change and
coalition building. Attendees will be able to walk away with real life examples
and ways to imagine implementing the strategy in their own community with
practical advice and examples.
Presenters:
2:30 - 2:45pm – Break
2:45 – 3:30pm – Job Function Breakout #2
3:30 - 4:00pm – Reflections on the Day and Next Steps
4:00 – 5:30 pm – Networking Reception
About the Network:
The Massachusetts Community Foundation Partnership is a collaborative of 14 Community Foundations throughout Massachusetts, partnering with nonprofit organizations to strengthen their missions, programs and capacities to contribute to and provide a leadership voice toward stabilizing, re-envisioning and rebuilding the nonprofit sector; connecting and strengthening community foundations for greater impact; and working together to deepen impact and lead on critical and common issues facing our communities and Massachusetts. This partnership is fiscally sponsored and managed by Philanthropy MA.