Following the joint session, we will have a series of facilitated conversations separately with grantmakers and nonprofit leaders.
FULL COST SUMMIT
Bringing Grantmakers & Nonprofit Leaders Together to Drive Sustainability & Impact
If we are to achieve real outcomes and advance equity goals in our communities, it is not just about WHAT we fund but also HOW we fund. The Full Cost Summits seek to change how nonprofit and philanthropic leaders work together to support what it really costs to deliver impact, drive financial sustainability and increase impact.
One of the best presenters I have seen in a long time. They certainly got many of us thinking!
Having non-profit professionals in the same conversation with funders was very effective and freeing. I think we need more opportunities for honest conversations of this nature.
We need to have more honest and open conversations like this on cost and outcomes that relate to our work.
Speakers were exceptional. Such good perspective and dialogue!!!!
FULL COST SUMMIT: AN OVERVIEW
EQUITY, FULL COST & IMPACT: JOINT SESSION WITH FUNDERS & NONPROFITS
This highly interactive presentation will provide grantmakers and nonprofit leaders with a better understanding of what it really takes to deliver great outcomes, the myths and barriers that undermine impact and perpetuate inequity, and how grantmakers and nonprofits can engage in honest conversation about the full cost of delivering impact.
FUNDERS: ADAPTING GRANTMAKING PRACTICES
These interactive small group sessions will help funders identify grantmaking practices and unconscious beliefs that are limiting the sector’s ability to drive impact and achieve equity goals. We will also examine barriers to change and develop a list of concrete action steps leaders can take to becomes stronger, healthier, and more sustainable.
NONPROFITS: THINK MONEY FIRST
We will engage in facilitated dialogue and interactive small group sessions to help nonprofit leaders identify counter-productive practices and unconscious beliefs that are limiting their ability to drive impact. We will also examine barriers to change and develop a list of concrete action steps leaders can take to becomes stronger, healthier, and more sustainable.
Following the breakout sessions, grantmakers and nonprofit leaders come back together to discuss ideas for work together to better drive impact.
REPORT OUTS AND SHARING JOINT SESSION: FUNDERS & NONPROFITS
We would bring everyone back together to have each group (funders and nonprofits) to each share out what are some of the barriers they are facing in changing practices and some action items they can commit to start building a culture of full cost, sustainability and impact.
Are you ready to help social sector leaders change funding and fundraising practices that undermine equity, sustainability and impact?
FULL COST SUMMIT: BRINGING GRANTMAKERS & NONPROFITS TOGETHER
We have conducted a series of workshops with grantmakers and nonprofit leaders in cities around the country and interviewed nonprofit leaders working in communities hit hardest by persistent poverty and racial inequity. The outcomes of these conversations reaffirmed the importance of changing both grantmaker and nonprofit practices that ultimately don’t support shared equity goals and priorities.
In conversations around the country, funders recognized that restricted program funding, overhead limits and short-term funding were not setting their grantees up for success. Nonprofits recognized that asking for what they think funders want to fund vs asking for what they need, training donors to expect 95 cents out of every dollar to go to programs and tolerating ineffective boards was not going to get them to where they want to be. And everyone agreed that it is time to move beyond just conversations between funders and grantees, that it is time to have the uncomfortable, exploratory types of conversations that get at deeply ingrained barriers to changing how we work.
The Full Cost Summits are designed to help build a common understanding and shared language around full costs as well as identify clear steps to overcome the barriers to changing practices and culture.
FULL COST SUMMIT: TRAINERS & FACILITATORS
Sylia Obagi, Interim Executive Director, Asian American Advancing Justice (AAAJ) and Founder, The Generative Group
Sylia current leads Asian Americans Advancing Justice, one of the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization. Prior to her current role with AAAJ, Sylia guided the creation of a significant new charitable funder in Los Angeles as the first Chief Executive of the Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation. Previously, Sylia served as the second most senior executive at the Annenberg Foundation, where she helped build and create the Annenberg Space for Photography, launched LA n Sync, and created Annenberg Alchemy, a capacity-building program that has served more than 2,000 nonprofit CEOs and board chairpersons.
David Greco, President & CEO, Social Sector Partners
A nationally recognized speaker, author and consultant on creating a more financially sustainable and effective social sector, David Greco brings more than 25 years of experience in driving the growth and impact of social sector organizations. Most recently, David led the Real Cost Project in California, a statewide initiative that aims to increase the number of funders providing real cost funding. He also served as Interim President and CEO for Northern California Grantmakers and led their efforts to launch a new strategic direction and business model. Previously, he was the Vice President of the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) for more than 5 years and Vice President of the Youth Leadership Institute.