Events
Upcoming Events
The Funder’s Role in Systems Change: A Workshop Series
-OnlineUPDATE: Sept. 17, 2026. This workshop series has reached capacity. If interested in joining a future session next year, please fill out our registration alert …
2026 Backbone Leaders Learning Lab (Nov-Dec 2026)
-OnlineA small-group learning lab for backbone leaders offering practical tools, peer learning, and coaching to support place-based collaboration.
Past Events
Innovations in Youth Employment: Insights from the NEO Initiative
Washington, DCÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Managing Director Ursula Wright gave a presentation at the Inter-American Development Bank's NEO Initiative. NEO is a pioneering initiative in which busine…

2017 Global Philanthropy Forum
-Washington, DCSince its founding in 2001, the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) has grown into a diverse community of purpose-driven philanthropists, grantmakers and social in…
Minnesota Council on Foundations 2017
Wayzata, MNHave you faced challenges trying to implement your company’s CSR strategy? Are you equipped with effective practices and tools to lead a CSR strategy transform…
Grantmakers in Aging Age-Friendly Communities
Boston, MAGreg Hills gave a keynote address on "Setting the Stage: The Leading Roles of Age-Friendly Communities and Collective Impact" at the Grantmakers in Aging Age-F…
Global Washington Event: The Ripple Effect
Seattle, WAÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Managing Director Patty Russell moderates the panel The Ripple Effect: Clean Water Programs that Inspire Long-Term Behavior Change.

45th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference
-Cambridge, MAÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Managing Director Ursula Wright served as a panelist for the education panel “Closing the Achievement Gap in the 21st Centuryâ€� at the annual H. Naylor Fitz…
Associated Grant Makers Learning Lab
Boston, MAÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥'s Greg Hills and Elizabeth Hawkins present “Advancing Strategy: How to lead change in corporate societal engagementâ€� at Associated Grant Makers in Boston. …
Swissnex San Francisco: Everyone a Humanitarian
San Francisco, CAÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Managing Director Philippe Sion hosts a panel around shared value and refugees at the 2nd event in the Everyone a Humanitarian series. After joining a live…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
Davos, SwitzerlandTo kick-off a research project for international insurers Discovery, IAG, and Skandia, Nina Jais co-moderated a roundtable with executives from different indus…
SOCAP 2016
-San Francisco, CABuilding on eight years of connections and conversations at the intersection of money and meaning, SOCAP16 provides three full days of information, inspiration…
