Napa Valley California

April 23 - 25, 2015

Schedule At-A-Glance | 3.9.15

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Table of Contents

PAGE 3 Join Us!

PAGE 4 Registration Fees

PAGE 5 Location, Hotels &

Transportation

PAGE 6 Day 1 Program Schedule

PAGE 7 Day 2 Program Schedule

PAGE 8 James A. Joseph Lecturer

and Award Recipients

PAGE 9 Day 3 Program Schedule

PAGE 12 Thank You to Our Sponsors

Follow Us: #ABFE / #ABFEconference / #EmpowerPhilanthropy

JOIN US The 2015 conference will spotlight individu-

als, programs, policies and practices that

mitigate persistent issues of disparity in Black

communities. This conference will lift up

contemporary and cutting-edge philan-

thropic strategies. The conference will take

a deep dive into the foundation of philan-

thropy for which systemic change is formed,

and how leadership, infrastructure, constitu-

ency engagement and organizing for the

Black community are governed. This confer-

ence will mobilize thought leaders and key

organizations, who will share strategic in-

vestment practices and effective programs

to increase sustainable, improved and

greatest impact for the Black community.

We have what we need, let’s work together

to effect lasting change!

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Registration AND FEES Early Bird Registration Rates (Early bird rates available until March 2, 2015)

ABFE Member Rate – $400

Non-Member Rate – $700

Register & Join ABFE - $500

(Includes admission into all subsequent events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

Regular Registration Rates (available after March 3, 2015 and on-site)

ABFE Member Rate – $500

Non-Member Rate – $850

Register & Join ABFE - $600

(this represents a discount of $100 off the Philanthropic Individual Fee and $50 off

the Nonprofit Individual Fee)

Registration À La Carte Options James A. Joseph Lecture Awards Ceremony and Reception (ONLY) – $175

Register on-line at www.abfeconference.org

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Conference Location Embassy Suites Napa Valley (Conference Location)

1075 California Boulevard, Napa, California, US 94559

www.embassysuitesnapahotel.com

(Sold Out)

Overflow Hotels with ABFE Discounted Rate:

Napa Winery Inn - $219 per night

1998 Trower Avenue, Napa, CA 94558

Reservations: 800-522-8999 or 707-257-7220 and ask for the “ABFE” rate.

Important Note: Discounted rates available until April 1st

Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa - $259 per night

3425 Solano Avenue, Napa, CA 94558

Reservations: Information coming soon, check www.abfeconference.org

Important Note: Discounted rates available until April 1st

**ABFE will offer complimentary shuttle service to and from the overflow hotels**

Local Transportation Options:

Evans Airporter Shuttle

$45 each way (San Fran/Oakland Airports) | www.evanstransportation.com

First time Uber users, get a first free ride!

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Register on-line at www.abfeconference.org

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Schedule At-A-Glance Thursday, April 23

11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Conference Registration

Network & Explore Napa

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Donor Salon Dinner & Conversation

The Donor Salon proves to be an exciting opportunity for intriguing

conversation and full audience participation in an intimate setting.

The Donor Salon is space designed for a discussion of innovative

strategies for collective giving and a "peeling back of the layers" of

Black giving to understand the traditions and motivations driving our

philanthropy.

Thurman V. White, Jr.,

President and Chief Executive Officer

Progress Investment Management Company

2015 Donor Salon

Trailblazer Award Recipient Friday, April 24

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Annual Membership Meeting

The ABFE annual meeting provides our members, supporters and friends with

an update on the organization’s current vision, activities and overall health.

During the meeting, ABFE members will vote in new board members and

recognize those that are departing the body.

Special Presentation Black CEOs from the Four Corners of California

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

Opening Plenary

Leadership and Infrastructure within the Field of Philanthropy

What are the grantmaking strategies to fund organizations such as ABFE and

other affinity groups? The role of Affinity groups is a valuable contribution to

the field of philanthropy at the local and national levels. Advocating for racial

equity is central to the work of these infrastructure groups – race defines the

disparities.

Robert K. Ross, M.D. President and CEO

The California Endowment

Sherece Y. West- Scantlebury, Ph.D.

President and CEO Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.

CEO and President

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Tonya Allen

President and CEO

The Skillman Foundation

Earl Lewis, Ph.D.

President

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Aurie A. Pennick Executive Director

The Field Foundation of Illinois

Panel

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Schedule At-A-Glance

Friday, April 24

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Luncheon Program: Leverage the Trust

We will explore ABFE’s Call to Action on the role of trustees in

advancing agendas for Black children and communities .

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Professional Development Institutes (PDIs)

Black Organizing for Racial Justice Change for All Our Communities

There has been a greater awareness of the importance of Black organizing for transformational racial

justice change for all of our communities, but what supports are needed to strengthen and sustain this

work? What infrastructure is needed and how can funders meet these challenges at local and national

levels?

Strengthening Black Families

Strengthening Black Families is POISE Foundation’s new grant making strategy to re-assert Black families

as a core institution in the re-development of Pittsburgh’s Black community. Building on its legacy, The

Foundation will invest and encourage other private and public investments to that end. POISE believes

that strengthening Black families will ultimately elevate and sustain a higher quality of life in the com-

John W. Rogers, Jr.

Chairman, CEO, Chief Investment Officer

Ariel Investments

Luncheon Program Moderator

ABFE Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities Training (RPBC) -

A Game Changer in Philanthropy: Applying a Race Equity Frame to Your Work

Philanthropic leadership plays an important role in strengthening communities, nurturing leadership and

supporting vulnerable populations around the globe. As a result of the nation’s changing demographics,

economic uncertainty and social challenges (record unemployment, health disparities, etc.), our work in

this sector may be more important than ever before. This is especially the case when race, gender and

class are involved! As foundations have experienced losses in their endowments and grantmakers are find-

ing ways to do more with less, now may be the time to be more intentional about how we invest philan-

thropic resources (finances, influence, expertise) to enhance and increase our collective impact.

You are invited to participate in a leadership development experience intended to equip leaders with strat-

egies that improve conditions for everyone, while closing gaps between the most thriving and the most

marginalized populations among us. ABFE’s team will train participants in the RPBC Framework and accom-

panying tools, which are resources that help grantmakers incorporate a racial equity lens their work, mak-

ing it more impactful for Black communities, in particular, and society as a whole.

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Schedule At-A-Glance Friday, April 24

6:30 PM – 11:00 PM

James A. Joseph Lecture and Awards Reception

This is ABFE’s signature event that highlights philanthropic leadership in support of Black com-

munities. ABFE will present the “Emerging Leader in Philanthropy” and “Institutional Leader in

Philanthropy” awards, and you will hear from our 2015 lecturer. A reception for ABFE mem-

bers, friends, supporters and guests immediately follows the lecture and awards ceremony.

2015 Award Recipients

Gladys Washington, Program Director, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Gladys leads the Program Team and supervises Network Officer, Program Associate and

Grants Manager activities. Gladys also oversees grants and PRIs in Gulf Coast Alabama,

Mississippi, Louisiana and the Delta. She leads the Program Team in planning and learning

on public policy grantmaking. Before coming to the Babcock Foundation, Gladys was a

Program Officer for the Community Foundation serving Coastal South Carolina in Charles-

ton, South Carolina.

James A. Joseph Lecturer

Institutional Award Recipient

The mission of the POISE Foundation is to assist the Pittsburgh

Region's Black community in achieving self-sustaining practices,

through strategic leadership, collective giving, grantmaking

and advocacy.

Emerging Leader Award Recipient

Maisha E. Simmons, Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Maisha Simmons, MPA, is a program officer on the Vulnerable Populations Team where she

is responsible for coordinating Forward Promise. Forward Promise is the Foundation’s new

$9.5 million initiative that aims to improve the health of middle school- and high school-

aged boys and young men of color, as well as their opportunities for success in school,

work and life.

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Schedule At-A-Glance Saturday, April 25

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

ABFE Black Facts Summits The Black Fact Issue area summits will showcase examples of the very best and most promising practices and

tools taking shape in the Black community.

Black Facts in Education Presentation #1: The Heinz Endowments

We Believe That We Will Win! Transformative Youth Organizing in Pittsburgh

In 2012, The Heinz Endowments launched a capacity building strategy to train youth of color in community organ-

izing and advocacy and assist them in employing these skills to create meaningful institutional change in their

schools, one of the key pillars in structural racism. This work was initially launched in four organizations. In 2014,

the Endowments’ investment was doubled to include eight organizations at a total of $1 million per year over the

next three years. This session will be moderated by Melanie Brown, the Endowments program officer who created

this work at the foundation. It will include a background of the foundation’s work in this space and a panel of

youth and adults to discuss the work they have done to organize other youth around issues in their schools, get

the Pittsburgh Public Schools board to ratify a Student Bill of Rights, and organize a series of rallies and walkouts in

support of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner grand jury decisions.

Presentation #2: Marcus Foster Education Fund

From Program to Systems: Essential Mindset Shifts and Backbone Functions in Developing a Regional Move-

ment for African American Male Achievement

The session describes the process of transforming the College Bound Brotherhood from a loose network of service

providers to African American male students into champions and implementers of systems change. The Brother-

hood infrastructure consists of a backbone; a common vision, aligned activities and; data sharing agreements

and shared metrics to measure success within and across five school districts.

Black Facts in Employment and Workforce Development Presentation #1: The Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Two Generation Strategy

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is investing nationally in the implementation and evaluation of an innovative ap-

proach to supporting families in obtaining the tools that they need to become successful financially. This ap-

proach is known as the Two Generation Strategy. In Atlanta the strategy is being implemented by two partner

organizations who are providing a set of integrated services; workforce development and education to parents

and a high quality early education experience to their children.

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Schedule At-A-Glance Saturday, April 25

Presentation #2: GAR Foundation

Growth & Opportunity Framework

The current economic recovery has strengthened the case for inclusive strategies that address both economic

growth and equitable access to opportunity. Current data paint a grim picture of an increasingly disconnected

America, with serious implications for our collective economic health and individual well-being. Entire neighbor-

hoods have been cut off from the recovery, and Black communities have been hit the hardest. Research sug-

gests economic growth is systematically stronger when more people share in the opportunities being created. This

session will explore the relationship between growth and opportunity, and propose collaborative approaches to

advance both through strategies that create good jobs, prepare our workforce for the jobs of today and tomor-

row, and promote better access to those jobs (the “Growth & Opportunity” framework). The session will also high-

light how foundations are changing the way philanthropy works in order to advance economic opportunity in

Northeast Ohio and North Minneapolis.

Black Facts in Criminal Justice, Policing and Mass Incarceration Presentation #1: Marguerite Casey Foundation

Organizing Black communities for Criminal Justice Reform in California

The panel will showcase the grant making strategy of the Marguerite Casey Foundation and how others can in-

vest effectively in Black communities by supporting organizations (led by Black communities) who utilize effective

approaches, such as grassroots movement building that challenges the root causes of poverty and inequality to

bring about positive policy change in young people’s lives. This session features organizations who have spent

decades working on issues of mass incarceration and young people. The United States locks up more people

than any other nation on the planet. All of this incarceration and detention carries huge costs for our nation, our

families, and our communities—especially communities of color. One persistent policy and practice that highlights

issues of disparity in Black communities is the over-incarceration of youth of color and poor children in juvenile jus-

tice systems.

Black Facts in Wealth and Asset Building Presentation #1: BCT Partners

Racial Wealth Gap

This session will focus on the racial wealth gap, specifically for African Americans. This session provides findings

from an environmental scan commissioned by Northwest Area Foundation on how policy advocates, service pro-

viders, and African American leaders can address the myriad of policy and programming barriers that keep Afri-

can Americans from building and retaining wealth.

Black Facts in Health and Wellness Presentation #1: Life Pieces to Masterpieces

In every space we enter, we carry all of our experiences, beliefs, and challenges with us. This hands-on, interac-

tive workshop will explore ways to use openness, vulnerability, and authenticity as a tool to honor our identities,

connect to our history, and create powerful learning environments for Black youth.

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Schedule At-A-Glance Saturday, April 25

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Luncheon Plenary:

The Urgency of Now: Constituency Engagement and Organizing in Black Communities

“Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will.” These powerful words of Frederick

Douglass ring true as we witness a growing movement for justice in cities across this country. Organizing is in

ABFE’s DNA; our founders were in fact keen organizers whose collective power influenced the field of philan-

thropy. We know organizing and engaging Black people and other people of color on the issues that impact

our lives is the basis for building power. Yet the field of philanthropy is reluctant to invest in organizing – Black

organizing groups in particular suffer disproportionately from the lack of investment by foundations and the

public sector. Join this conversation to discuss the state of Black organizing in the country and the role of phi-

lanthropy. What does the movement look like? What’s working? What should grantmakers do to strengthen

Black organizing around the country? Foundation leaders and practitioners will help lead this discussion and

provide guidance for all of us on the steps we must take to ensure our community has power and voice.

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

ABFE Innovation Market ABFE Innovation Market is an open and unique space to introduce unconventional and promising ideas that

are taking shape in Black communities to raise awareness in philanthropy. This space will spotlight a diverse

set of innovative initiatives that are taking shape in media advocacy, community organizing, community en-

gagement, and practitioners in the field who are on the “cutting edge.” This is a great opportunity for ABFE

members to meet each other and think outside the box. Participants will obtain ideas, learn about new tools

and gain valuable resources to inspire and assist in implementing innovative grantmaking strategies for Black

communities.

Innovation Market on Storytelling & Digital Diaspora

Innovation Market on SMART Investing

Highlights: Panel participant Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Innovation Market on Technology and Workforce

Highlights: Presentation by #YesWeCode

Innovation Market on My Brothers and Sisters Keepers

Highlights: Presentation by Frontline Solutions

ABFE Coaching with a Racial Equity Lens – Join the Movement! Many are aware of ABFE’s RPBC Framework and accompanying tools, which are resources that help grant-

makers incorporate a racial equity lens their work. However, did you know that ABFE is partnering with the

Newfield Network, one of the world’s leading transformational learning organizations, to provide leadership

development and coach training for members through a new set of transformational leadership services -

http://www.abfe.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Transformational-Leadership-Services.pdf?

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Saturday, April 25

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program Reunion

and Reception

Leverage the Trust Reception (for Trustees Only)

8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

ABFE Networking Party

Sponsors