Resourcing Rural Communities

Join your NCNG colleagues for a conversation on funding practices that support rural community organizations led by and serving communities of color and low income communities. We’ll hear from Kathleen Marks and Monica McCann from Resourceful Communities (a program of The Conservation Fund), who developed a report of reflections and recommendations, based on their experience distributing ~$3.3 million in COVID-relief grants to rural communities and their work to support communities through capacity building, small grants, and a network of grassroots partners.  The report offers powerful insights on how to most effectively support rural community- and faith-based groups and encourages funders to consider new practices and innovative ways to benefit rural parts of our state.  In this session, we’ll learn more about these recommendations, and hope you will come ready to share your experiences and ideas, too!

And for those in the Emerging Leaders Learning Community (or others who want to stop in!) we hope you will join us for some informal networking and discussion after the session beginning at 11:10 AM.
 

Nonprofit Policy Update

It has been a busy session in the NC General Assembly and there have been quite a few budget and policy decisions that will impact your grantees and community partners. Join us for an update from David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy at the N.C. Center for Nonprofits, for an update on how changes in state laws, the state budget, American Rescue Plan Act funding, and redistricting will affect the nonprofit community.
 

Community Foundation Legal Update

Learning Loss and Recovery: What's Next for NC's Students?

The pandemic has taken a toll on students, with new data showing that fewer than half of North Carolina’s K-12 children and youth passed end-of-year reading, math and science exams for the 2020-2021 school year. Join us at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, to learn more about these results and the state’s plans to help students get back up to speed. We’ll be joined by Michael Maher, Executive Director of the Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, and his colleague Jeni Corn, Director of Research and Evaluation. We’ll also hear from Dr. Jean Rattigan-Rohr,  Vice President for Access and Success, and Professor of Education at Elon University. She'll share about the It Takes a Village Project and help us understand the very real challenges students and families face while learning during a pandemic.

NCNG Funder Call Oct. 13: Learning Loss and Recovery –What’s Next for NC’s Students

The pandemic has taken a toll on students, with new data showing that fewer than half of North Carolina’s K-12 children and youth passed end-of-year reading, math and science exams for the 2020-2021 school year. Join us at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, to learn more about these results and the state’s plans to help students get back up to speed. We’ll be joined by Michael Maher, Executive Director of the Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, and his colleague Jeni Corn, Director of Research and Evaluation. We’ll also hear from a community group about the very real challenges students and families faced while learning during a pandemic.

Communicating Through A Racial Equity Lens

Communicating with grantees, community partners, board members, and your own team is a critical piece of the work of a foundation. Whether “communications” is in your job title or not, it’s likely you are somehow involved in the public and internal messaging for your organization. Join Paula Dressel, Vice President of JustPartners, Inc., to learn strategies to help you approach communications with a racial equity lens and communicate to a diverse audience of stakeholders and community members.

Update from NC DHHS: Medicaid Transformation and Healthy Opportunities

As North Carolina and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has battled the COVID-19 pandemic, work has not stopped on the Medicaid transformation and the Healthy Opportunities Pilots. Join Dr. Shannon Dowler, Chief Medical Officer for N.C. Medicaid to learn more about these big changes, and to hear her thoughts on how philanthropy can support the effort. Amanda Van Fleet, Associate Director for Innovation at N.C. Medicaid and Erika Ferguson Walsh, Director of the Office of Healthy Opportunities at NC DHHS will share information about the pilots and other work that will impact your grantees and communities.

Following the session, please stick around for a conversation with your fellow health funders. We’ll reflect on the session and share updates with one another.
 

Supporting Nonprofits & their DEI Capacity + Capacity Learning Community