This timely briefing will help inform grantmakers about the outcomes of the national, state and local elections and what it suggests in terms of opportunities and challenges for the short-and medium-term, and provide a forum for funders to identify strategies for individual and collective action. In addition, several concurrent roundtable discussions will be offered to enable grantmakers to delve more deeply into the impact of the election on specific issues. Roundtable sponsors include GIST, GCYF, GIH, Neighborhood Funders Group Working Group on Labor & Community Partnerships, Workforce Matters, and Asset Funders Network. Click here to view the preliminary agenda.
Participants are expected to arrange their own travel and hotel accommodations as needed. A block of sleeping rooms has been reserved at a nearby hotel, the Washington Hilton, at the rate of $219/night for December 16 and 17. To reserve a room at this rate, call the hotel directly at 1-202-483-3000 and provide them with the group code: 60B.
This meeting is free of charge and open to foundation representatives and philanthropic advisors only.