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A child’s experiences from birth to age five can have a profound effect on their success later in life, from social and emotional intelligence to health and employment. Crucial brain development occurs during those early, active years that can provide either a strong or weak foundation for children to build upon. High-quality early education during this period can have a profound impact on a child’s success in school and beyond.
When community foundations are asked how they assess their community impact (outcomes), most will describe what they do to achieve impact (outputs). Understanding and quantifying the impact of community foundations that work in multiple topical areas, with multiple partners and grantees, can be a daunting task. This session will allow the audience to hear from Laurie Ellen Paarlberg, PhD, who has begun to address this challenge especially in the aspect of community leadership.
This session will help foundation managers understand legal issues they and their grantees commonly face. Topics include: Unwitting Violations of UPMIFA, Individual Director and Officer Liability in a Sex Scandal World; Director and Officer Insurance and Common Exclusions; New Overtime Regulations; Working with Volunteers and other topics.
Trust-Based Philanthropy is being embraced by a growing number of foundations and social investors as a way to alleviate power imbalances between funders and those they support while fostering more productive and informative relationships. Driven by the central philosophy that funders should approach grantee relationships as learning partnerships, a trust-based approach encourages multi-year unrestricted funding, streamlined reporting, and transparent and responsive communication.
Welcome from Governor Eric Holcomb
Announcing the Recipient of the Hazelett Award for Leadership in Grantmaking; Presented by Ekstrom Alley Clontz & Associates
Plenary Featuring Carrie Avery, The Role of Trust in Philanthropy
Aligning your corporate strategy with your philanthropic investments and partnerships can add credibility to your brand, board, and employee engagement messaging. This alignment will also positively impact cultural and mission related goals.