Philanthropy’s Changing Role
A Sessions: Friday, November 7 – 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
A14 Roadmap to Results: Building Donor and Civic Engagement with Social Venture Partners
Ruth Jones, Social Venture Partners International
Paul Shoemaker, Social Venture Partners, Seattle
Brad Zumwalt, Social Venture Partners, Calgary
The Social Venture Partners model is just 10 years old, but it has attracted a core group of influential individuals in 25 cities, dramatically increasing their level of civic engagement and their commitment to playing an active role in bringing about positive social change in their communities.
Join these SVP leaders for an exploration of how SVP is partnering with community foundations across North America to attract and engage new entrants to philanthropy and increase resources for nonprofits.
B Sessions: Saturday, November 8 – 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
B13 Put Your Money Where Your Mission Is: Community Foundations & Responsible Investment
Moderator: Coro Strandberg, Strandberg Consulting, Vancouver
Andrika Boshyk, Social Investment Organization
Kerry Chalmers, Community Foundation of Whistler
Martin Garber-Conrad, Edmonton Community Foundation
Derek Gent, Vancity Community Foundation
Community foundations are learning to be more than investors that put earnings into charitable activities. Indeed, how we invest may trump our grants in importance. This session will overview the basics of Responsible Investment and will feature the perspectives of expert practitioners. Myths will be debunked, and fears allayed as participants learn how to get started. Foundations that have introduced their organizations to investment screening, shareholder activism and proactive mission investing will provide lessons from the field.
B14 Intergenerational Philanthropy
Denise Paré Julien, President, Business Families Foundation, Quebec City
Lucie Saint-Gelais, Quebec Regional Coordinator, Community Foundations of Canada
It is a challenge for all philanthropic organizations to perpetuate their work and values into the future. The looming intergenerational transfer of wealth presents an unprecedented opportunity. Using parallels found in the corporate family business experience, this interactive workshop will help participants anticipate their role and the ways they can connect with other generations – each of which brings its own motivational values, vision and personality to the mix.
C Sessions: Saturday, November 8 – 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
C13 Impact Evaluation – A Tool to Build Social Leadership and Create Effective Strategies for Social Change Based on Tangible Program Outcomes
Karen Yarza, Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte,
Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D, Effective Communities, LLC, Minneapolis
Michael M. Howe, National Task Force on Community Leadership
Diana Sieger, Grand Rapids Community Foundation
The session will demonstrate how one community foundation used information from an evaluation of its funded education programs to improve program content and build social leadership for community change. This example comes from a Mexican urban community but can be adapted by small and/or emerging community foundations, those working in less affluent communities, and community foundations in developing countries.
C14 Social Finance in Canada: Expanding the Lens for Change
Moderator: Tim Draimin, Senior Fellow, Tides Canada Foundation, and Social Innovation Generation (SiG)
Derek Gent, Vancity Community Foundation
Martin Garber-Conrad, Edmonton Community Foundation
Brenda Plant, Ethiquette / Cataletique, Montreal
This workshop will look at a growing spectrum of social finance, including social enterprise support, investing endowed resources (PRI's and MBI's) and finding partners or leveraging new resources toward public benefit. We also will discuss a national collaborative's (Causeway) efforts to address policy challenges and accelerate a social finance marketplace.
D Sessions: Sunday, November 9 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
D9 The New P3s: Public-Philanthropic-Partnerships: Models That Work for the Community Good
Tatiana Akabane van Eyll, Institute for the Development of Social Investment, Brazil
Rahul K. Bhardwaj, Toronto Community Foundation
How can philanthropists, businesses, community organizations and governments be mobilized to support the public interest? This session will spotlight the relevance of cross-sector (philanthropic, non-profit, government and business) dialogue and co-responsibility to transform society. We will examine two models from the North and the South that are engaging different sectors in a common objective and bringing about effective results for community development.