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Annual Conference

The Forum's Annual Conference is the key opportunity each year for regional association staff to come together for skill building sessions, networking, and thought provoking discussions with philanthropy leaders.

Check out a draft agenda. We will continually update as we finalize speakers and session descriptions.

Member rates for this year's conference will be: 

• CEO Session: $100
• Staff Session: $50
• Full Registration (1st Registrant): $400
• Full Registration (Multi-Registrant): $325
• Daily rates will also be available 

Drupal-Salesforce Users Group Meeting

Following the Forum's Annual Conference, users of the Drupal-Salesforce Platform will meet for their annual convening featuring training, demos, and discussions for future enhancements to the system. The Partners Group is currently developing a draft agenda with more suggestions pouring in all the time. Add your voice and let us know what you'd like to see covered by the group.

There is no registration fee but attendees will be invoiced at a later date for their share of the direct costs.

PolicyWorks Institute

The Institute is an excellent opportunity to further your RA's policy work by learning from your peers, hearing from national experts on policy trends impacting philanthropy and foundations, and strategizing on how to overcome barriers to move your work forward!

All RA staff are invited to attend and we are also opening up registration to volunteer leaders. Although the agenda is tailored for RA staff, we understand that there may be RA volunteer leaders that have attended in the past and would like to do so again this year. 

Check out the draft agenda

There will be a small registration fee of $100 for all participants.

Check out the latest additions to the Grantmaker Education Programming Directory:

• Online, On Point: Planning, funding and delivering effective digital communications- developed through the request of a foundation member who was receiving grant requests to support various aspects of technology (hardware and software,) training, or consultative services, and they did not know how to assess them. The workshop brought both grantees and funders together to learn collaboratively, and have separate breakout time. Submitted by Deb Werner, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

• Capitalization & Community- an interactive seminar meant to deepen our knowledge and inform our grantmaking. The seminar is designed for staff and trustees of funders, large and small, private and public, who have a shared interest in the health and vibrancy of the organizations they fund. Submitted by Ramani Sripada, Associated Grant Makers 

Have your own program to submit? Submitting a program is easy through our web form.

If you have any questions about the directory, please feel free to contact Dan Brady.

In response to the events following the death of Freddie Gray, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers is working with its members and reaching out to other key partners in the region. Read more about how ABAG and its network are responding:

• Message to ABAG Members 
• Our Funding Community's Initial Response to Recent Events in Baltimore