Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual transparency and accountability that is critical to our success as grantmakers. Ultimately, if we want to cultivate honest funder-grantee relationships, we must embrace and prioritize our own ability to be transparent and responsive.

In this live, online event, we'll hear from leaders in the field about tactical ways to embrace transparency, the "faceplant" moments they've had along the way, and how they and their foundations have benefited from taking a more transparent approach.

We'll explore questions such as:

In these tumultuous times, protecting your organization’s data—as well as that of your grantees—must be priority #1. Join us for this live, online event where both data protection and cyber security will be covered, including…

• How funders assess when sharing information poses a risk, and the types of risks they are concerned about
• Examples of the types of situations where funders have had to take steps to protect sensitive information
• Shared responsibilities -- the roles that various teams within your organization can and should play in addressing security situations, i.e. senior management, IT, grants management, legal, communications, etc.
• Security best practices.
• Blackbaud’s Global Trust & Security program – what we do to help our customers.
• And more
  

The knowledge that this panel will share will be of interest to any and all staff levels of community, corporate, and independent & family foundations.

Speakers:

Laia Griñó—Director of Data Discovery at candid.org
Ashley Wyand, CISM--Senior Manager, Cyber Security at Blackbaud

This webinar will last approximately 45-minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.

More and more grantmakers we're talking to are rounding out their years by creating annual reports. Whether it's to summarize, level-set, or tell their stories! But how do you get started?  What should you include? And why?

A thoughtfully-crafted annual report can do more than communicate financial data and program statistics. It can bring awareness to your work, garner support for your mission, and build trust with your stakeholders.

Our own Alexis Fish interviews Tere Segarra of Pacific Life and Susan Merfeld of Pebble Beach Company Foundation to discuss the hows, the whys and the whats of their annual reports.  Join us as they share their best practices and suggestions.

Join us for our March episode of our Blackbaud Grantmaking 2022 Thought Leadership Webinar Series as Blackbaud’s Rachel Hutchisson has a conversation with TAG’s Chantal Forster about technology’s growing influence on philanthropy, and how the combination of tech and the people behind the tech provide the infrastructure needed for today’s grantmaking organizations to succeed. You’ll also hear these two veterans of the philanthropy world share how the pandemic has helped to inform an ‘increasing service mindset,’ what happens if philanthropy doesn’t invest in tech infrastructure, values-driven vs. data-driven grantmaking for more equitable outcomes, and more!

Join us for the April episode of our Blackbaud Grantmaking 2022 Thought Leadership Webinar Series, during which Elizabeth (Liz) Gousse Ballotte, Principal at PKF O’Connor Davies will review a host of what the staff at grantmaking organizations need to know to be compliant. Liz will cover:

• Due diligence models
• Grant applications and risk identification
• Structure and Governance
• Financial information, including budgets, financial statements, and IRS Form 990
• Information Technology and internal controls
• Streamlining operations and increasing productivity
• And more.
  

The knowledge Liz will share will be of interest to any and all staff levels of independent & family foundations as well as grantmaking companies and corporate foundations.

You’re driven by a mission to make a positive difference in your community through grantmaking. But the pandemic has disrupted your professional life and increased demands on your home life. Even with all the talk about things opening up again, the daily barrage of Zoom calls, emails, and Slack messages that distract you and stress you out has increased. You know there must be a better way to balance work, life, and the tech tools that seem to be getting in your way more often than they help you focus on mission-critical activities.

If this sounds like you, this fun and interactive webinar will inspire you with mindful approaches for creating sustained balance in your life so you can lower your stress level, focus on getting the important things done, and be more present for yourself, your team, and your family.

Join us as we host Meico Marquette Whitlock—a.k.a. The Mindful Techie— as he shares lessons learned from the pandemic and practical shifts to create and sustain a healthy, vibrant culture that works better for everyone in your organization.

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