Member Services Calendar
Below is a menu of opportunities for member funds through December. All times listed are PT.
Tools for DVAM and Poverty Day in October
Download resources and ideas you can use to boost your fund's visibility around the work you do to improve women's economic and personal security. Go to our Poverty Day page.
Along with new programs, we will continue to offer the following:
Smart Growth© consulting: Funds are eligible to apply for up to $3000 in consulting services. Upon approval, Women’s Funding Network will match participants with a consultant trained to use the Smart Growth© organizational development tools. The Smart Growth model and tools provide a way for staff and board to build a shared understanding of their organization’s strengths and weakness, while creating a plan for strategic growth and effectiveness. Users of the tools report that Smart Growth helped them shape funding priorities, communicate the importance of women’s philanthropy to donors and their communities and deepen impact. Smart Growth consulting is an excellent resource for organizations that are: experiencing changes in leadership; embarking upon a new strategic plan; interested in taking on new initiatives or campaigns; or sharpening a theory of change.
Making the Case™ training: Making the Case™ is a tool designed for member funds and grantee partners interested in developing, articulating, and evaluating social change projects. The database and automated reporting capability enables funds to quickly aggregate the results of their community investments. By using the tool, Women’s Funds are capturing stories of social change and documenting individual and collective impact. Funds are eligible to apply for training to prepare them and their grantee partners to use the evaluation tool.
| Wake-Up Wednesday Webinar | Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 07:30 - Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 08:30 | Have you thought about conducting a study on the status of women and girls in your area? Want to hear how the results can sharpen the focus of your women’s funds’ grantmaking and clarify your role in the community? | |
| Matching Your Money to Your Mission Webinar | Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 08:00 - Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 09:00 | Community nonprofits typically rely on some combination of support from government contracts, grants from public and private foundations, donations from individuals, and earned income from special events and fundraising campaigns. However, even those nonprofits with a robust and diversified funding base still experience frequent lags in their cash flow. | |
| Aging Justice Policy Institute Part 1 | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 10:30 - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 12:00 | Since 2003, the Women’s Policy Institute has trained nearly 200 women community and non-profit leaders from across the state of California in policy advocacy. | |
| Aging Justice Policy Institute Part 2 | Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 10:30 - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:00 | Since 2003, the Women’s Policy Institute has trained nearly 200 women community and non-profit leaders from across the state of California in policy advocacy. | |
| Investment • Influence • Impact: Seizing the Moment | Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 08:00 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 15:00 | View Our Conference PageOur 2010 Annual Conference — Investment, Influence, Impact: Seizing the Moment — is the largest global event of the year for more than 400 philanthropists, grantmakers, community leaders and social entrepreneurs dedicated to investment in women and girls. Women’s Funding Network members include more than 150 women’s funds on six continents around the world. |
