Pick up your name badge and other materials or stop by with any conference related questions.

Come aboard our Forum trolley and discover the museums of Forest Park, including the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Zoo, Missouri History Museum, and St. Louis Science Center. Entry to all museums is free, so hop on and off at your leisure and enjoy a day in the park!

You will need your conference name badge to access the trolley.

Transportation

The bus will pick attendees up from the hotel on Walnut St. at 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, and 3:30 PM. Final drop off at the hotel will be at 4:30 PM.

Transportation Timetable
Please arrive at the transportation meeting area at least 5 minutes prior to the approximate departure time.

Locations & Departure Times

• Hotel: 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 pm
• History Museum: 12:45, 1:48, 2:48 and 3:47 pm
• Art Museum: 12:53, 1:57, 2:57 and 3:57 pm
• Zoo: 1:03, 2:06, 3:06 and 4:08 pm
• Science Center: 1:16, 2:17, 3:17 and 4:20 pm
   

Pre-registration is required and space is limited to 10 attendees. 

Join fellow Forum attendees for a St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs game Sunday afternoon.

Cost: $35 per person. Refunds won't be issued unless registration can be transferred to another attendee. 

Is this your first time at a Forum conference? Please join us for this special reception for YOU. It’s a great opportunity to connect with the Forum’s board and staff who will all be on hand to ensure you have a great conference experience. This reception will be hosted by the Forum’s CEO network and the 2024 Conference Planning Committee.

PSO chief executives (presidents, CEOs, executive directors, etc.) are invited to attend this pre-conference social reception and dinner to connect with your peers in a fun, casual setting. The reception and dinner are included with your CEO Gathering registration.

The CEO Gathering requires an additional $225 registration fee, which includes the CEO Reception and Dinner on Sunday evening.

Will you be in town early for the conference? Join us at the Sports & Social in Ballpark Village to start your Forum conference experience in the best way possible—with food and your colleagues in a relaxing atmosphere.

Pre-registration is required. Sports & Social is located 0.2 miles from the conference hotel, approximately a 5-minute walk. Transportation will not be provided to the location.

Attendees who wish to walk to the restaurant together should meet by the registration desk at 6:20 PM to walk to the restaurant (0.2 mi/5 minute walk).

Pick up your name badge and other materials or stop by with any conference related questions.

Pre-registration is required to attend this session and costs $125 per person. 

For emerging leaders in the PSO landscape, navigating power dynamics and knowing how to grow into impactful leadership roles can be challenging. In this interactive workshop with Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), we’ll explore inclusive and empowering approaches to understanding and leveraging power at work.

Together we will develop an understanding of different types of power and how you can access them in your role; gain clarity on how to lead from where you are, regardless of your position within your organizational hierarchy; and embrace empowering strategies for managing up effectively. Through a blend of content delivery and collaborative activities, you'll leave with practical tools and strategies to navigate power dynamics and lead confidently. 

Whether you're a longtime EPIP participant or attending for the first time, we look forward to supporting you in this transformative workshop!

Pre-registration is required to attend this session and costs $125 per person. 

This session is geared specifically towards mid-level practitioners within your PSO. We will - through individual reflection, small group work and interactive full group exercises - explore identity, power, trust, relationship and the opportunity and urgent need for intentional, thoughtful leadership at various levels: individual, team, organizational and systemic. This will necessarily touch upon where and how power is held, shifted and shared. Tools we may explore include: ProInspire’s Self to System: Leading for Race Equity Impact; Identity, power and trust in managing in, up and out; The Management Center’s Sphere of Control; Liberated Structures 15% solutions or Troika Consulting (Peer Consults).

Pre-registration is required to attend this session and costs $125 per person. 

How can you evolve strategically in your work—and help your organization do the same? As senior leaders, you’re called on to support and lead colleagues in navigating shifts inside and out. This requires adaptive strategy, for you and your organization. In this interactive skill-building workshop, you’ll work with your colleagues on naming and realizing the evolutions you want to see in your field, members, organization and role. You'll discuss the unique challenges you face as senior leaders. And you’ll walk away with some tools, moves and practical ideas for navigating change.

The CEO Gathering is a rare opportunity for the chief executives of regional and national PSOs to come together with your peers for in-depth learning, sharing and reflection. This year’s CEO Gathering will feature a number of engaging and interactive elements to help support your work as philanthropy leaders and explore how we can continue working together to lead change and increase impact in the field.

The CEO Gathering requires an additional $225 registration fee, which includes the CEO Reception and Dinner on Sunday evening.

• Communications
• Emerging Leaders
• Finance & Admin
• Lean Keen Producing PSOs
• Membership
• Programs
• Public Policy

The CEO Gathering is a rare opportunity for the chief executives of regional and national PSOs to come together with your peers for in-depth learning, sharing and reflection. This year’s CEO Gathering will feature a number of engaging and interactive elements to help support your work as philanthropy leaders and explore how we can continue working together to lead change and increase impact in the field.

The CEO Gathering requires an additional $225 registration fee, which includes the CEO Reception and Dinner on Sunday evening.

• Communications: Gateway I (2nd Floor)
• Emerging Leaders: Ballpark 1 (Lobby Level)
• Finance & Admin: Grand Suite III (2nd Floor)
• Lean Keen Producing PSOs: Grand Suite (2nd Floor)
• Membership: Gateway II (2nd Floor)
• Programs: Gateway IV & V (2nd Floor)
• Public Policy: Gateway III (2nd Floor)

Celebrate the opening night of the conference with your colleagues over refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres.

Join the third annual Black PSO Professionals dinner at Turn Restaurant, for an evening of meaningful connections, thoughtful conversation, and exquisite cuisine from Chef David Kirkland. Chef Kirkland designs each menu with a farm-to-table philosophy, utilizing local farmers (including the urban farm on the restaurant roof) to promote sustainability and bring fresh flavors to the St Louis restaurant scene.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited to 50 attendees. 

Turn is located 3 miles from the conference hotel at 3224 Locust Street. Transportation will be provided to the location.

Cost: $105 per person (includes tax and gratuity). Refunds won't be issued unless a registration can be transferred to another attendee.

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How it Works

Each dine-around will have a fixed menu, and attendees will need to pre-register and pay for the dinner in advance to eliminate the need for splitting the check on-site. Alcohol will also be available for purchase on-site.

This opportunity is limited to 20 attendees. The $25/person registration fee includes tax and gratuity and alcohol will be available for purchase. Refunds won't be issued unless registration can be transferred to another attendee.

Condado ($25/person)

Attendees can expect more than just delicious tacos at Condado’s. This dine-around is an opportunity for attendees to experience the St Louis local atmosphere and foster connections with other attendees. Celebrating individuality and uniqueness, Condado’s restaurants feature hand-painted murals by local artists, adding a vibrant touch to the dining experience. 

Menu

• Taco Bar 
  • Taco Shells: Mixed Hard Corn Taco Shells & Soft Flour Tortillas
  • First Protein: Roasted Chicken (GLUTEN-FREE)
  • Second Protein: Tex-Mex Ground Beef (GLUTEN-FREE)
  • First Sauce: Cilantro-Lime Aioli (GLUTEN-FREE)
  • Second Sauce: Avocado Ranch Dressing (GLUTEN-FREE)
• Nacho Bar 
  • Protein: Roasted Chicken (GLUTEN-FREE)
  • First Sauce: Chipotle Honey Sauce (GLUTEN-FREE)
  • Second Sauce: Habanero Mango Sauce (GLUTEN-FREE)
• Includes Non-Alcoholic Beverages
   

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How it Works

Each dine-around will have a fixed menu, and attendees will need to pre-register and pay for the dinner in advance to eliminate the need for splitting the check on-site. Alcohol will also be available for purchase on-site.

This opportunity is limited to 20 attendees. The $85/person registration fee includes tax and gratuity and alcohol will be available for purchase. Refunds won't be issued unless registration can be transferred to another attendee.

Salt + Smoke ($85/person)

Join fellow attendees for a dine-around at one of St. Louis’ most popular High-end BBQ restaurants. At the top of the Salt + Smoke's outdoor patio, attendees will have views of the St Louis Cardinals stadium and downtown St. Louis. 

Salt + Smoke is a sustainable restaurant and member of the Green Dining Alliance. The restaurant strives to continually make a positive impact on the St. Louis community and environment. Salt + Smoke donates services and food to local organizations and not-for-profits to help promote growth in the local community. 

Menu

• Appetizers
  • Goat Cheese Mushrooms
  • Burnt End Ravioli
• Mains
  • Sliced Beef Brisket
  • Pulled Chicken 
  • Falafel bites
• Sides
  • Mac N Cheese 
  • Mixed Green Salad 
  • Green Beans and Tomato Salad
• Dessert
  • Salt + Smoke Brownies

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How it Works

Each dine-around will have a fixed menu, and attendees will need to pre-register and pay for the dinner in advance to eliminate the need for splitting the check on-site. Alcohol will also be available for purchase on-site.

This opportunity is limited to 20 attendees. The $78/person registration fee includes tax and gratuity and alcohol will be available for purchase. Refunds won't be issued unless registration can be transferred to another attendee.

Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria ($78/person)

Katie Lee Collier is the chef and owner of Katie’s Pizza and Pasta Osteria in St. Louis, MO. The family-owned and operated restaurant focuses on a modern, approachable interpretation of regional Italian cuisine, featuring fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients. Her inspiration comes from the time she spent living in Florence, Italy, with her artist mother, Belinda Lee. Katie’s promises to create moments of enjoyment between colleagues through passion-filled food and warm hospitality.

Katie's focus is giving back to local charities through her successful “Giveback Tuesday" program. Each month, a different local nonprofit is selected to receive 100% of the profits made on the fourth Tuesday of that month at one of Katie’s locations. Since 2014, the program has donated over $350,000 to St. Louis-based charities and has been a huge success in the St. Louis community.

Menu

• Antipasti – Cannellini Bean Dip
• Insalata – Insalata Mista 
• Handcrafted Pasta – Fiori Arrabiata 
• Secondi – Chicken Parmigiano 
• Includes Non-Alcoholic Beverages 

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Philanthropy’s involvement in public policy and advocacy has historically focused on issues that impact the way the sector does its work, primarily through fair tax policy and regulation. While that focus continues, philanthropy must also recognize America's legislative history and how public policy has both intentionally and unintentionally negatively impacted Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. These policies, over time, have only exacerbated disparities that have lasted generations.

Over the past few years, philanthropy's involvement in public policy has evolved, and PSOs and their foundation members are now, more than ever, uniquely positioned to address systemic inequities by being active participants in the advocacy process. This session aims to explore and advocate for a transformative approach in philanthropy, emphasizing the critical role of advocacy in achieving systemic change and racial equity, with philanthropy marrying their investments and grantmaking with meaningful engagement aimed at dismantling systemic inequities and building healthy, vibrant, and equitable communities.

Recently, many organizations in the United States (U.S.)  have embarked on work to advance racial equity internally and throughout American society. To facilitate organizations' ability to coordinate this work, Forefront (Illinois) partnered with the Center on Equity Research at NORC at the University of Chicago to create an interactive mapping tool that outlines efforts to advance racial equity throughout Illinois. 

The Illinois Database of Racial Equity Asset Map allows funders, researchers, and practitioners to connect and strengthen their partnerships. Additionally, the map acts as a prototype for organizations interested in visualizing the geographic and thematic scope of their work. 

Using this tool, Forefront's Racial Equity Collective aims to connect multi-sector leaders from urban and rural communities to resources across the state, establish shared language and evaluation metrics, and create and implement a long-term, sustainable, regional racial equity action plan.

This presentation will share our community-based approach to building trust through our data collection methods, highlight our multi-sector statewide cohort structure that deepens inclusive leadership and builds regional capacity, and will include an opportunity for participants to review a racial equity action plan framework that they can apply to their own communities. 

Ensuring your digital properties are accessible to all users is a critical responsibility.  However, you don't need to understand every aspect of the standards to become a knowledgeable advocate for accessibility within your organization.  If you are planning a website redesign, it is important to identify the ways in which you need to incorporate accessibility into every aspect of your project.  In this session, we will review the key aspects of creating accessible digital products and discuss strategies you can use to plan and execute that commitment well.

Natural hazards like wildfires, heatwaves, and earthquakes continue to test the resilience of communities and are projected to only increase in the coming years. Moreover, organizations led by or that serve Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color often lack the necessary technical, relational, and staffing capacities to identify and apply for government funding because of decades of under-investment by governments and philanthropy.  

Philanthropy California - a unique partnership between the three statewide PSOs in California, Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties (Catalyst), Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), and SoCal Grantmakers (SCG) - has partnered with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to develop and deliver a series of virtual and in-person technical assistance trainings for community-based organizations and funders to address capacity gaps for nonprofits, coordinate philanthropic co-investment in California grantees, and expand its role as a platform for publicizing vetted funds for place-based relief, recovery, and resilience. In order to build and support resilient communities we must 1) build capacity in community-based organizations and tribes to access public and philanthropic funding and 2) coordinate philanthropic investment in equitable disaster relief and recovery focused on rural, tribal, and BIPOC communities.  

Join us for a moderated discussion focused on takeaways for philanthropy-serving organizations working in climate and disaster resilience with a social and racial justice lens. The session will provide a perspective on the opportunities and challenges around coordinating funders regionally and statewide, aligning climate and disaster resilience funding, and navigating cross-sector partnerships to move capital, attention, and resources to rural, tribal, and BIPOC communities, movements, and organizations.  

Participants will be invited to engage in breakout sessions organized around three targeted themes: cross-sector partnerships between PSOs and government; cross-sector partnerships between PSOs, funders, and community-based organizations; and aligning funding to strategy for climate and disaster resilience. 

Join Funders Together to End Homelessness and the Iowa Council of Foundations as they share reflections and lessons from a 1.5 year partnership to support rural equity & housing justice in philanthropy in Iowa. You will learn about how the partnership began and the cues they took from members that signaled interest in a longer and deeper engagement through a peer learning cohort. They will share how they co-designed a 6-month learning cohort, bringing together their respective expertise to inform program design, including two learning-from-place site visits. They will also share advice and suggestions for other PSOs seeking to engage in similar partnerships.

Trust-Based Philanthropy is a sector-wide funder movement that has swiftly gained traction. The success of this power-shifting movement has been in large part due to the powerful role PSOs have played in elevating the work. Since it's inception, the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project has partnered with various PSOs for mutually beneficial partnership opportunities to shift philanthropic practice. This has included programming, conference presentations, cohorts, resources, and more. Join this session to learn more about TBP as a case study for strong collaborative partnerships, the value of cross-PSO collaboration, and best practices for how to establish and maintain your own collaborative partnerships. 

In recent years, the social sector has witnessed a significant increase in interest in better understanding the demographic make-up of the leadership of nonprofit organizations. While the intention is good, this has created additional burdens on nonprofits.  

This session will release new data and findings from research conducted by Kelly Brown, Principal and Founder of Viewpoint Consulting, an expert in strategy, research, and program support for foundations and social sector organizations that want to deepen impact, practice inclusion, and advance equity. Candid will join Kelly and Kukua Osei-Gyamfi, Data and Insights Manager of Women's Funding Network (WFN) to discuss the research process, highlight key findings, and provide actionable guidance to help PSOs and funders change their practices and ultimately create a more just and equitable sector.  

Panelists will dig into new findings from this ongoing research effort to surface challenges and barriers from key stakeholders, as it pertains to inputting, collecting, standardizing, accessing, disseminating, and utilizing demographic data. WFN will share actionable ways they are using nonprofit demographic data. Panelists will also reflect on the power dynamics involved in this process and explain how this research advances demographic data collection efforts to move the sector forward in our shared goal of more equitable funding practices. With increased momentum, philanthropy-serving organizations have an important role to play in these efforts that are dually beneficial for:

1. nonprofits by increasing their visibility among funders searching to support them and reducing reporting burdens
2. funders looking to make more intentional, equitable, and informed grantmaking decisions. 

People with disabilities are both the most vulnerable and the most overlooked population when it comes to addressing the effects of climate change. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, people with disabilities are more at risk in the case of disasters due to 1) a lack of access to education, 2) existing health conditions, and 3) difficulty evacuating safely. Further, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy highlights that because disabled people are more likely to experience poverty, this further elevates risk. Following the occurrence of a disaster, people have limited access to necessary resources and services including life-sustaining care. And many people will become newly disabled as a result. As the curb cut effect teaches us, when we create solutions that benefit people with disabilities, we create better environments for all. For all these reasons, it's imperative to add a disability lens and include disabled people - especially disabled people of color and queer disabled people - in environmental protection and climate change work. 

The Disability & Philanthropy Forum mobilizes philanthropy to dismantle ableism within philanthropy and center disabled voices in the philanthropic space. The forum has invited two remarkable disabled, climate justice activists, Daphne Frias and Justice Shorter to speak on a panel to discuss the challenges and intersections of disability and climate justice, and how the philanthropic sector can collaborate with the disability community to create climate solutions that work and give us hope for a more sustainable future. 

St. Louis has been one of the most racially divided regions in the United States, and Delmar Blvd has long served as the racial dividing line. We will travel from downtown St. Louis by (air-conditioned) bus along an intentionally curated route that offers insight into community development north and south of Delmar Blvd. Our destination is the "Delmar DivINe," which seeks to address how regional fragmentation affects the social sector and spark transformative community development. This previously abandoned historic hospital has been reimagined as a collaborative social sector hub with 33 co-located nonprofits (including our Philanthropy Missouri colleagues), residential space, and business storefronts. 

The Delmar DivINe has received regional and national attention for its approach. Site visit participants hear from the project visionary, Maxine Clark, and current executive director, Jorge Riopedre, about project development as well as day-to-day management. Guided tours will be provided including time to take in the "Paintings for Peace," an installation comprised of plywood murals previously used to protect storefronts during the Ferguson Uprising ten years ago next month. 

Fear, confusion, and sheer misinformation have flowed within and around the sector following the 2023 Supreme Court decision to overturn Affirmative Action, leaving many of us feeling paralyzed on how we can continue to advance racial equity in this climate. Throughout ABFE's 50+ years of history, we've remained unabashedly committed to the mission of investing in Black communities through partnering with foundations, donors, and nonprofits to see increased outcomes for Black communities and our country as a whole.

This session will focus on ABFE's priority to organize and mobilize collective action in Black communities to increase equitable access. This session explores how ABFE can convene our diverse network to increase competencies around the impacts of Affirmative Action, drive increased funding to Black-led institutions, including HBCUs, and lead on narrative change advocacy to increase power-building for Black communities.

In this interactive session, attendees work together to identify best practices and share lessons learned on how to approach dues restructuring, how to incorporate members in the process, and how to communicate it with members. 

In partnership with Media Impact Funders, this year's Clips and Conversation session will feature “Daughters,” a feature documentary about a group of young girls who are preparing for a daddy-daughter dance with their incarcerated fathers. For most of these girls, this dance will be the only chance they’ll have to physically connect with their dads for years; some of these men are serving 20 or more years in prison. With in-person visits systematically halted since 2014, families are left to navigate costly video calls, creating seemingly insurmountable barriers to staying connected. While “Daughters” brings into sharp focus the effects of incarceration on families, co-director Angela Patton is surfacing solutions. Through her organization, Girls for a Change, Angela is providing unique access to incarcerated fathers who participate in the Date With Dad program, which offers fatherhood coaching and essential life skills. Counteracting systemic practices, the program aims to strengthen familial bonds and facilitate successful reintegration into communities post-release. This Clips and Conversation will feature Angela in conversation with Media Impact Funders Board Chair Kayce Ataiyero, Chief External Affairs Officer at the Joyce Foundation, a leading funder of justice system reform. “Daughters” is premiering on Netflix in August.

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Pre-registration is required.

Relive the days when steamboats ruled the river on this one-hour cruise along St. Louis' diverse riverfront. Narrated by the captain or a National Park Service ranger, this cruise highlights the Mississippi River's important role in St. Louis history and the significance of the working river today.

Cost: $25 per person. Refunds won't be issued unless a registration can be transferred to another attendee.

This activity is currently sold out - please contact conference@unitedphilforum.org to add your name to the waiting list.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited to 20 attendees.

Take a private tour with a music expert at the National Blues Museum in St. Louis, where you'll learn about the history of the blues from the time of enslavement to the present day. On your tour, you'll hear about key figures in blues history, such as W.C. Handy, Scott Joplin, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and many more. You will leave the museum with a deep appreciation of how the blues has influenced all forms of modern music. 

Then, join us next door at Sugarfire Smokehouse for an authentic St. Louis barbeque dinner. Known for their baby back ribs, pulled pork, and beef brisket, Sugarfire has been named Best Barbecue by the Travel Channel, St. Louis Magazine, Feast Magazine, and has won awards at the Memphis in May World Barbecue Championships. Sugarfire is a cafeteria-style BBQ place, all attendees would be able to order up to two meats, two sides, a drink and a cookie.

The Blues Museum and Sugarfire Smokehouse are located 0.4 miles from the conference hotel. Transportation won't be provided to and from.

Cost: $45 per person. Refunds won't be issued unless registration can be transferred to another attendee.

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This session is a space for BIPOC and non-dominant deep equity practitioners working in organizations, communities and networks.

In the midst of intense demands on our time and energies, we may find ourselves disconnected from our sources of replenishment and nourishment. This session is designed to help us reconnect with our center, especially in times of turmoil, internal and external pressure. We will: 

• explore the relationship between deep equity and healing (inc. the body, energy, emotions & natural elements as domains of liberation);
• reflect on approaches for deepening emotional/energetic capacity for deep equity work;
• re-engage tools we may have that already feed us;
• share and explore potentially new practices to increase capacity, healing, grounding and resilience to advance equity at depth for the long-haul;
• and consider next steps to expand awareness, skills, reservoirs, and protect sacred time and space for healing, equity & transformation.

There will be individual reflection & practice as well as small group dialogue and (optional) sharing. The approaches shared will be accessible to all abilities, with adjustments offered, as desired. This session is designed to honor the gifts and practices people may already bring, while sharing new approaches from the facilitator’s experience as a long-term deep equity consultant and practitioner, and as a teacher in indigenous African-based and Yogic Buddhist traditions. Participants will (hopefully) leave with new, deeper or renewed tools for resilience, groundedness, and fierce compassion for ourselves, each other and the world.

As PSO leaders, we have an urgent desire to activate change in the field of philanthropy, especially to advance justice and equity. At the same time, many of our funder-members seem busier and more distracted than ever, making it difficult to engage them in more programming. So, what are PSOs to do - should we stop adding programming around our most important goals? For two small-staffed PSOs, advancing justice was not about adding more programming; it was about activating change by focusing the attention of the network and multiplying the influence of every touch point - programming, communications, technical assistance, peer networking, and interpersonal relationships. In this session, attendees will learn about variations of the "multiplication formula" used by two small-staffed PSOs and have a chance to plot their own 12-month formula of multiplying, before adding to activate change.

The session will delve into the dynamics of the upcoming election and the role the Latinx vote will play in 2024 as well as future elections. It will align key voices from various sectors (i.e. research, base building and philanthropy) in a data and issue driven conversation on the Latinx communities' critical role in building truly multiracial democracy and more just democratic institutions.

Michelle Mayorga, Partner at GABAO, will deliver a data-driven presentation that sheds light on key trends and insights related to Latinx voter engagement. Yadira Sanchez, Poder Latinx's Executive Director, will share their strategies and experiences on how various groups are gearing up for robust voter engagement programs in crucial states -these insights will provide valuable guidance on mobilizing the Latinx electorate effectively. Finally, Bayoán Rosselló-Cornier, Hispanic in Philanthropy's Director of Power Building & Justice, will discuss their efforts and commitment to supporting voter engagement initiatives across the nation as a PSO and their perspectives on philanthropic involvement in this crucial election cycle highlighting the broader ecosystem of support for the Latinx vote.

The session promises to be an essential gathering for those passionate about democracy and the Latinx community's voice in shaping the future of our nation.

Across the country, Native students are struggling not just with under-resourced schools, but also with generational trauma caused by forced assimilation and the dark legacy of Indian boarding schools.  Working collaboratively with the Department of the Interior and Department of Education, a public-private partnership has developed to shift the paradigm in Indian education that incorporates Native culture, customs, learnings, and language. PSO's have a central role to play in this work. Learn how this joint project with Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP), National Indian Education Association (NIEA), Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), Grantmakers for Education (GFE) and National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (NFEAIE) is focused on a long-term, transformational framework that builds capacity, elevates self-determination, and creates pathways for tribal youth to support themselves and their communities

BIPOC-led groups on the frontlines of social justice fights face sustained attacks from well-resourced, powerful opposition forces, putting their lives and organizations at risk and compromising their ability to secure victories. Movement groups report digital, physical, and psychological security threats; politically motivated attempts to strip them of their nonprofit status; and political prosecutions for their constitutionally-protected activism. At the same time, the BIPOC, queer, trans, and migrant communities in which they organize are also under political attack, facing targeted surveillance and criminalization as well.  

Sadly, these threats are not new. Social justice movements have always been met with vigorous and often violent opposition, dating back to this nation's origins of slavery and genocide.  In recent years as social justice movements have gained increasing visibility, these threats have gained reinvigorated steam.

We believe that philanthropy's failure to provide BIPOC-led social justice groups with robust, long-term support has made it nearly impossible for movements to build durable safety and security infrastructure. We have come together with a sense of urgency to align our giving and mobilize a robust philanthropic response that matches the scale, duration, and sophistication of the attacks BIPOC-led social justice groups face.  We encourage our philanthropic colleagues to join us in taking the pledge.

Each year, millions (and sometimes billions) of philanthropic dollars are distributed to thousands of organizations across the world in response to disasters and humanitarian crises. But it's never enough money, and funds are not always directed at the highest needs. Rural, underserved, historically marginalized and oppressed communities are under-resourced, if not outright ignored, in response and recovery. PSOs are uniquely positioned to help their members develop an understanding of the importance of equity-based framing in disaster philanthropy. This session will help PSOs understand their role in a disaster, how they can collaborate with other PSOs and their member organizations and grow their awareness of the field of disaster philanthropy.  

Flexible, reliable funding can create a generative ethos for nonprofits and grantmakers by re-imagining the balance of power and developing transformational, rather than transactional, partnerships between nonprofit organizations and grantmakers. While the benefits of flexible, reliable funding, such as general operating support and multiyear grants, are well documented, it's vital to reassert the value of such practices with an updated analysis and examples to illustrate how a commitment to flexible funding can support the sector to be more equitable.

In this session, we will share these latest lessons and further provide important ways of moving this knowledge into action within our own PSOs. How can our organizations adopt fundraising and membership models that mirror the same effective practices we encourage grantmakers to implement? This session will share concrete examples of how to shift fundraising and membership models to embody trust-based philanthropy practices. We'll dive in to build shared understanding on community-centric fundraising principles, ways it ties to trust-based philanthropy, and explore how these lessons can be applied internally.

This session will illustrate how flexible, reliable funding principles can be communicated with grantmakers in our network and also mirror them within our organizations.