#MembershipMonday Benefit Spotlight 🔦 Peer Meet-Ups

Monthly role-specific meet-ups are FREE for members! Connect with others in your role to problem-solve common issues and share best practices.

Join the donor services meet-up this Wednesday, April 24: bit.ly/3UbJWwd

NEW from #BuildingTogether24 Media Sponsor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy – The Commons, a project to understand how America’s nonprofits and foundations are working to heal the nation’s divides. Learn what's working and how philanthropy can do better.

Read The Commons: bit.ly/49MN1bN

#MeetAMember - Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

MACP enhances life for children, families, and older adults, and promotes the environment, the arts, and the humane treatment of animals. Read how it funds inclusive summer camps in Inside Philanthropy.

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#BuildingTogether24 registration ends tomorrow! There's still time to join us in Chicago on May 6-9 for inspiring plenaries, peer-led learning sessions, skill-building workshops, and more.

NOW is the time to learn to lead across differences. Register: bit.ly/44337Ng

We're counting down the days to #BuildingTogether24 ! Listen to this episode of A Braver Way Podcast with Mónica Guzmán and David Brooks on how to exchange diverse viewpoints. Catch both of them during our opening plenary session, including Romanita Hairston! bit.ly/4cWCz4r

Learn how advocacy can advance your mission at our Practice and Purpose of Policy Training, May 21-22! Hear from community foundation leaders advancing community leadership through advocacy, as well as experts from CFLeads: Community Foundations Leading Change and Council staff.

Register: bit.ly/3Q0SHYU

THIS WEEK: Dive into the data of our new report, the largest study ever on narratives in philanthropy, during our webinar with UF Center for Public Interest Communications this Friday, April 19.

Register: cof.org/event/building…

#MembershipMonday Benefit Spotlight 🔦 DEI Discovery Consultations

In a challenging environment, DEI is more important than ever. Members can receive one-on-one support for implementing equity work through email or live virtual sessions.

Get started: bit.ly/4aBDUMi

Meet the 2024 Bridging Differences Leadership Cohort! The 65 participants across 46 orgs represent a diversity of viewpoints, experiences, geographies, and backgrounds – all with the common goal of boosting their bridging skills. Hosted with Greater Good
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All grantmakers can have an outsize impact by focusing on issues that others aren’t funding. @enright4good shares how Council members like @neilsenfndn (spinal cord injuries) and Andy Warhol Foundation (experimental visual arts) provide support for specialized causes.
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#MeetaMember - The California Endowment

California Endowment expands health care access for underserved communities and promotes health improvements for all Californians. Join us in welcoming new President and CEO, Brenda Solorzano, who will start in September 2024!
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With 140 new members in 2023, we have 900+ members overall! We’re grateful for your contributions to our community.

If you haven’t joined us yet, check out our 2023 impact and see how we can help you advance the greater good in your communities this year. bit.ly/49qRxg4

88% of direct grant dollars to the Global South came from the top 25 global funders ('16-'19). How can we boost participation, especially when new laws make international direct giving more difficult?

Find out in our report on locally led development: bit.ly/3PXHFnf

The stories foundations tell can add up to narratives that build trust - or undermine it. Our new report with UF Center for Public Interest Communications has science-backed recommendations for how philanthropy can step up its storytelling and language. The Chronicle of Philanthropy Alex Daniels

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#MembershipMonday Benefit Spotlight 🔦 Global Giving Resources and Trainings

Members have FREE access to all of our global grantmaking resources and can attend our Global Essentials training at a discount!

Register: bit.ly/3J8wDrp

#BuildingTogether24 partner Interfaith America is teaming up with Catholic Charities USA, Habitat for Humanity, and @YMCA for the Team Up Project to highlight and foster bridge building work.

Learn more and join Interfaith America's workshop at Building Together. bit.ly/4aKxnPk

#MeetAMember The Dallas Foundation

The Dallas Foundation was established as the first community foundation in Texas in 1929 and has granted over $1B to the full spectrum of community-centered causes. Join us in welcoming new President and CEO, Julie Diaz!
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Americans don’t understand philanthropy. The sector’s own messaging is a big part of the problem. Our new report with UF Center for Public Interest Communications, the largest study ever on philanthropy's narratives, shares science-backed strategies that build understanding and trust. bit.ly/43N9T9Q

We held 110 events last year with nearly 7,000 participants, including Leading Locally and our HR Summit. And there’s plenty more in 2024 – including #BuildingTogether24 which is right around the corner! Join us in Chicago next month: bit.ly/49pxGxA

Have you booked your Chicago cultural excursion at #BuildingTogether24 ? Choose from one of four cultural excursions with local partners at the Field Museum, on a historic bus tour or architectural boat tour, or at The University of Chicago.

Register: bit.ly/3xp5WMr