Training

Practice and Purpose of Policy: A Training for Community Foundation Leaders

As organizations committed to strengthening community foundations, CFLeads and the Council on Foundations are partnering to offer a public policy and advocacy training course for community foundations. This updated training will provide community foundation leaders and staff with the knowledge and resources needed to excel in advocating for the nonprofits and communities doing the hard work of social change.

Date & Time

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 1:00 pm ET to

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 5:00 pm ET

Location

Live Virtual Zoom Meeting-No Recordings Provided

Cost

Member: $439
Nonmember: $599
Pair Registration: $399

Trainings are designed to be taken individually at a personal workstation, not in a group setting. Registration rates are per person. Group rates are for Council Members that send 5-7 people from one organization, each person must be registered individually to attend. Council and CFLeads Members, email educate@cof.org to register two staff for the event and receive the Pair Registration Rate.

Government policies and programs affect almost every aspect of our lives, from housing, healthcare and the environment to education, transportation, and safety. For foundations striving to create equitable, inclusive, and widely prosperous communities, it is necessary to focus on strengthening and reimagining policies and systems.

Participation in advocacy is an essential strategy to advance the mission of community foundations. Yet a lack of understanding of the rules of advocacy and lobbying, confusion about the appropriate governance and risk management, as well as a dearth of tools and internal capacity needed to be successful prevents many community foundations from engaging in public policy.

This learning opportunity is intended for CEOs and senior leadership staff from community foundations of all sizes that are committed to getting more involved in policy and advocacy work.

Training Hours

Tuesday, April 8: 1:00-5:00 p.m. ET
Thursday, April 10: 1:00-5:00 p.m. ET

This training will provide community foundations across geographies and of all sizes with:

Increased understanding of the importance of public policy to improve outcomes
Improved policy practice
Increased advocacy action

In this training, participants will:

Understand a comprehensive picture of possible community foundation strategies to engage in effective public policy advocacy that advances the greater good
Understand the complex dynamics around foundation staff’s relationships with policy advocacy organizations and explore the optimal relationship for your foundation
Learn how to build support for advocacy among your foundation’s staff and board
Learn how to improve your foundation’s grantmaking to more effectively participate in policy advocacy

Cancellation Policy

All registration cancellations must be submitted in writing to educate@cof.org. All cancellation refunds before March 8, 2025 will incur a 25% administrative fee per registration. No refunds will be provided after March 8, 2025.

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