EPIP News & Events

EPIP 2024: Reconnect, Revive & Rise

Preparing for EPIP 2024

EPIP 2024 tickets are going quickly, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you in New Orleans! After several years of being apart physically, we eagerly anticipate reuniting with our community of enthusiastic, imaginative, and courageous emerging leaders spanning the philanthropic sector. 

Our program team just returned home from New Orleans to pull some of the final pieces of our conference together, and we are thrilled about the way the program is shaping up. As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re proud of what it means to be a pro-Black organization, bringing our community together in New Orleans, and continuing to uplift and support the leadership of all Black, Indigenous, and People of Color so that we can build a more just world.  

So what can you expect at Reconnect, Revive & Rise? We’ll provide a dynamic, unique, and relevant program to prepare you to be more effective in making change. You’ll have time and space to meet your people, because we know that our sector is stronger when you have deep connections with like-minded peers who can coach, support, and champion you when pushing for a more just world. You can expect an opportunity to pour back into yourself through dedicated healing spaces and a spacious program that allows you time to explore New Orleans and connect with many Black artists and culture bearers who make the city so special. Finally, you can expect powerful plenaries and breakout sessions that will help you feel more prepared to advocate for justice and racial equity when you return to your office. 

Meet the EPIP 2024 Conference Planning Committee

EPIP 2024 wouldn’t be possible without our volunteer planning committee members, who come from all across the philanthropic ecosystem and in many different roles. Get to know the committee members here, and learn what they’re excited about at EPIP 2024! 

Chapter Leaders: Join a Special Gathering During EPIP 2024

Chapter leaders are invited to join EPIP for a special pre-conference session on Sunday, June 2nd. Gather with fellow chapter leaders for a half-day workshop focusing on community-building, restoration, and visioning the future work of EPIP chapters. Following the workshop, we will gather for a private dinner and entertainment. Register here.

Organizing Resources for the Frontlines

Have you recently started working in philanthropy and want to use your positional power to advocate for the powerful frontline organizations that need support? EPIP and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy invite you to an interactive, virtual workshop on March 21 at 1 p.m. EST, designed to equip participants with skills to move power and resources to social movement work, regardless of your role. Whether you already have an organizing background or want to learn some tools to bring an organizer’s mindset to philanthropy, this workshop will allow participants the opportunity to learn and engage around different frameworks within philanthropy, so you feel empowered to bring a needed lens to your work. 

Learn more and register today!

Communities of Practice

EPIP’s Communities of Practice give emerging professionals a space to grow, learn, and connect with their peers. Available Communities of Practice are:

• The People of Color Network: The People of Color Network (PCN) is a professional development and peer support network for EPIP members who identify as people of color. The PCN is designed to address the intersections of challenges and opportunities that are unique to emerging people of color in the sector. The spaces we provide, whether in person or virtual, are places where we hope you can show up in your wholeness to connect, vent, share strategies with peers, and learn key skills. 
  • The People of Color Network kicks off 2024 sessions on March 26. Register today for another year of dynamic programming! 
• The Emerging Women of Color Community of Practice: The Emerging Women of Color (EWOC) community of practice was launched in 2022, focused on leadership development and network weaving for early- and mid-career women of color in philanthropy. Created in response to member requests, this community provides leadership development through the lens of race and gender. It also works to connect early-career women of color with a network of peers so that it takes less effort to ‘find your people’ in the field.
• White Affinity Community of Practice: EPIP launched this space in 2021 to provide a rigorous and supportive environment for members who identify as white to deepen their knowledge of antiracism and develop skills and strategies to advance racial equity and inclusive leadership practices in philanthropy, unpack and process the harmful effects of white privilege and white supremacy culture including how both show up within individuals and institutions, and discuss shared challenges and experiences. We just kicked off the Winter cohort of the community of practice. 

Contact [email protected] with any questions or to express interest in getting involved as a facilitator for future sessions.

EPIP Chapter Updates

Join a Chapter Steering Committee

EPIP’s Chicago and Washington, DC chapters are recruiting volunteers to join their steering committees! EPIP’s member-led chapters are critical to realizing our collective vision for philanthropy. If you are interested in creating spaces for members to connect, learn about the sector, develop inclusive leadership skills, and “find their people,” chapter leadership is for you! 

Click here to access the application.

Sector News & Events

Join the Rooted Leadership Cohort from Philanthropy Northwest

Philanthropy Northwest invites professionals of color who work in philanthropy to consider joining their new program: the Rooted Leadership Cohort. This cohort is a five-session program built for Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color (BIPOC), philanthropic leaders to engage in leadership development and explore topics of solidarity, self-care and community care. The Rooted Leadership Cohort is meant to be a nurturing space that acknowledges and tends to the unique challenges, experiences and perspectives of BIPOC professionals in the philanthropic sector and gives you the opportunity to:  

• Build Relationships  
• Get nurtured support  
• Strengthen your equity analysis skills 

Find out more about this opportunity and apply by March 29.

Justice Funders Invites You to Join the Harmony Initiative 2024-25 Cohort

Justice Funders is excited to launch recruitment for the Harmony Initiative 2024/2025 cohort.

The Harmony Initiative is an 8-month leadership development program that equips grantmakers with the community, skills, and resources to transform philanthropy into a force for equity and social justice. Inherent to this is building the capacity of grantmakers as funder organizers to advance a Just Transition for the field. Through a combination of retreats, workshops, and peer groups, participants solidify a vision for their leadership, strengthen their practice, and build deep relationships with peers. 

Sign up for an info session to learn more about the Harmony Initiative:

• Wednesday, March 20, 2024 (9-10:30 am pacific)
• Thursday, March 28, 2024 (8:30 - 10 am pacific)

Register for Harambee: Let’s Pull Together

Registration is now open for A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities’ 2024 Annual Harambee Conference in St. Louis, Missouri! 

Pre-conference activities begin Wednesday, April 24th, with the main conference running Thursday, April 25th – Saturday, April 27th. 

Learn more and register here.

Hispanics In Philanthropy Announces 2024 Conference

Join Hispanics in Philanthropy June 20 and 21 in Chicago for Corazón y Poder: Unleashing our Power. The conference includes plenaries, panels, and charlas to engage in learning and conversations about and for Latines in the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The agenda is curated to elevate topics that demonstrate the most current needs and priorities of our communities.

Get conference details here.

What We're Reading, Watching & Listening To

• The Ohlone Have Never Forgotten, and We Are Remembering - Justice Funders
• Mic Drop: How Philanthropy Can Double Down on Black Liberation - Marc Philpart for Northern California Grantmakers
• Foundation Leaders Consider Next Steps as Race-Based Grants are Tested in Courts - Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Black AF History - The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - Michael Harriott
• Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia Butler 
• Popaganda Podcast - Shannon Perez-Darby & Tashmica Torok 
• The Science of Recharging on Weekends and Vacations - WorkLife Podcast with Adam Grant

Have something new on your reading list or a resource you'd like to share with the EPIP community? Let us know at [email protected]  and we may include it in a future newsletter

Job Board 

Looking for a new opportunity?

The positions below are just the beginning. Check our Job Board for more opportunities from around the country! 

• Investment Analyst - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Battle Creek, MI
• Wagner Foundation Summer Internship - Wagner Foundation, Cambridge MA
• Summer Graduate Internship Program - Wagner Foundation, Cambridge MA
• Bookkeeper - Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago, IL
• Associate Consultant - TCC Group, New York City and Philadelphia, PA
• Administrative Assistant - Women’s Foundation South, New Orleans, LA
• Analyst, Integrated Initiatives – Grants - New York City and Philadelphia, PA
• Grant Manager - Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation - Little Rock, AR

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