Funders Together to End Homelessness is excited to announce our 2020 Funders Forum in Oakland, CA, held in conjunction with the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s Solutions for Individual Homeless Adults Conference. Join funders from across the nation for a day of focused learning and discussion around how funders can organize partners and communities to support evidence-based solutions and catalyze innovative practices, investments, and collaboration to end homelessness
Census 2020 operations are underway as the country prepares for Census Day on April 1, 2020. All a driver of important funding and policy decisions, the Census also impacts the work to prevent and end homelessness across the country. So, what does this mean for philanthropy, and how can funders work within states and communities to ensure a fair and accurate count of people experiencing homelessness or housing instability and other hard-to-count populations
Whether you’ve never attended in the past – or you’ve been with us for 50 years – we hope to see you in 2020! We’ll take time to look back at our history and look forward to our future. Attendees of the conference will include trustees and staff members of foundations, corporations and corporate giving programs, tribes, institutions, government, or philanthropic entities that conduct grantmaking from across the state.
Forum Policy Update is a regular update for United Philanthropy Forum members covering public policy issues impacting the philanthropic sector.
Topics in the latest update include preparing for Foundations on the Hill, simplifying the private foundation excise tax, preparing for Census 2020, and reforming the charitable deduction.
Publication date:
11/2019
The UBIT Coalition, of which United Philanthropy Forum is a member, submitted this letter to Congressional leadership asking them to repeal the changes to UBIT, Section 512(a)(7) and its 21-percent tax on qualified transportation fringe benefits that tax-exempt employers provide to employees.
Publication date:
11/2019
Presidential candidate Joe Biden released a plan to fund his educational goals by limiting the value of itemized deductions. This plan proposes a cap on the charitable deduction at 28 percent. The Charitable Giving Coalition, of which United Philanthropy Forum is a member, responded with a press release to encourage Vice President Biden to reconsider his proposal and instead support a universal charitable deduction.
Forum member Funders Together to End Homelessness launches it's new commitment to racial equity and explains what it means for their organization, members, and the field moving forward.
Currently in its pilot phase, the Lean, Keen, Producing Machines Peer Community is for people working for Forum members that have five or less staff members.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Forum’s new Racial Equity Listserv. Created to encourage and support the exchange of equity-focused learnings, ideas, practices and tools, this listserv is open to all members
The Forum’s Racial Equity Listserv is a listserv created to support an open exchange of equity-focused learnings, ideas, practices and tools among Forum members.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
This is an opportunity for all CEOs in the Collaborative to meet our representatives in the Advisory Group, understand its role and ask any technical questions (distribution rebuild, roadmap for this work, our process, governance, etc.).
Find out how philanthropy, nonprofit associations, and elected officials are uniquely positioned to collaborate and advance public policies related to substance and opioid use disorders.
Serving in the leadership staffing role for a family foundation can be one of the best jobs you’ll ever have, but it is not without challenges and complications. This first-of-its-kind NCFP peer retreat provides a unique opportunity for new family foundation CEOs to reflect on the initial months and years of their service, connect with a community of dedicated colleagues and explore actionable strategies to lead a successful philanthropic effort.
At this time we will invite FOTH participants to join the PolicyWorks Institute participants to attend the general session on Building Civil Society or, for first-time attendees and those wanting a refresher, to attend the What To Expect on The Hill and How to Run Effective Hill Meetings 2 part session.
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 3:15pm to 3:45pm
During this session, participants will review the collective results of the Forum’s recently released 2019 capacity profiles and share trends and opportunities for PSOs’ public policy work. PSOs will also review their profiles and discuss their challenges, experiences and successes with their peers.
Speakers:
- David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, United Philanthropy Forum
- Matthew L. Evans, Director of Public Policy, United Philanthropy Forum
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 1:15pm to 2:30pm
Connect with your colleagues in roundtable discussions over lunch.
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Given the Forum’s commitment through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to focus on building the investment of philanthropy in rural communities across America as part of an overarching equity agenda, we will explore what this means for public policy.
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 11:00am to 12:15pm
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 10:30am to 11:00am
As a follow up to the Public Policy Peer Community session at the 2019 Annual Conference, we will continue this challenging conversation and revisit tools and frames that may be helpful for policy staff and leadership in PSOs.
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 9:00am to 10:30am
Join us for breakfast and sit with colleagues to discuss common interests around topics identified by attendees.
Date & Time:
03/09/2020 - 8:00am to 9:00am
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