Session Description: The Madison Public Schools Foundation (a 501c3 organization) launched its advocacy program in fall 2016; a modest beginning from what has grown into ongoing local, statewide and federal monitoring, relationship-building and calls-to-action. Foundation staff will share why they embarked on advocacy work (including their experience launching Schools Make Madison Advocates – a 501c4), […]

Session Description: Join peers from across the country to learn more about the Disability & Philanthropy Forum and the Disability Inclusion Pledge in a session facilitated by Sarah Napoli, Learning Services Director for the Forum. Current signatories will share their progress and how the Disability & Philanthropy Forum can support your journey to implement accessibility […]

Session Description: During this session, Byron McLain, Von Bryant, and Kel Thomas (attorneys at Foley & Lardner LLP) will speak about the implications of recent court cases on the ability of foundations to continue their scholarship funding efforts as currently structured.  These attorneys have tracked the litany of cases targeting Affirmative Action, public & private […]

Session Description: We are witnessing an unprecedented transfer of wealth from one generation to the next. Historically, people lived their entire lives close to their birthplace and as wealth passed from one generation to the next, most stayed in the same community. This is no longer true, and once the wealth leaves our communities, it […]