Reflections from Laura Collier, EPIP’s Chapter Liaison

It’s hard to believe that we're so close to EPIP 2024! I’m most looking forward to connecting in-person with many of our volunteer EPIP chapter leaders. We’ll be gathering for a special pre-conference session where chapter leaders will spend time building community, envisioning the work of EPIP chapters, and creating space for restoration. It promises to be a meaningful time for reflection, learning, and planning as we work together to further our mission of fostering a more equitable and inclusive sector.

Are you looking to get more involved with your local chapter? Be sure you’re signed up for their listserv to receive updates and event announcements. Many of our chapters have events happening soon! If you’re in the LA area, don’t miss the chapter’s Networking Mixer on June 27th, focusing on Exploring Graduate School & Career Advancement. For those in NYC, join the EPIP New York chapter for a Happy Hour on July 11th to meet their new steering committee. Colorado members can attend the 2024 Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy (or PEEP) event, happening June 27, and EPIP Michigan is hosting a Virtual Coffee Hour also on June 27. 

If you’re interested in honing your leadership skills while creating equity-centered spaces for EPIP members in your region, consider joining a chapter’s steering committee. We’d love to hear from you! Reach out to us at [email protected] and let’s chat about how you can get involved.

EPIP News & Events

EPIP 2024 is Almost Here!

We’re less than one week out from EPIP 2024! The conference promises to be a celebration point: our first in-person conference since before the pandemic began, our first conference as a new nonprofit, and a chance to acknowledge the work ahead as we prepare emerging leaders to be responsive to an ever-changing philanthropic sector and world. 

Today, we’re thrilled to share that this will be EPIP’s largest-ever event. We will have over 300 attendees joining this pro-Black, pro-queer, pro-joy space. We can't wait to see you there! 

In-person tickets for EPIP 2024 are officially sold out, but there is still time to register as a virtual attendee! Get access to all of the plenaries and select virtual sessions for a discounted rate. Virtual registration closes on May 31 so be sure to get your tickets today!

If you’re joining us in New Orleans, don’t forget to download the conference app. And be sure to stick around on our final day as we celebrate the close of the conference with the Kinfolk Brass Band!

Registration is Now Open for the Fall 2024 Cohort of Philanthropology

In order to use philanthropy to drive social change, it is crucial that new practitioners in the sector understand its context, history, and challenges. Philanthropology™ is EPIP's signature curriculum that responds to this need with an in-depth critical study of philanthropy through a social justice lens that includes academic and practitioner perspectives. 

The Philanthropology™ curriculum includes 9 hours of synchronous virtual sessions spread over several weeks supplemented by reading materials, videos, and reflection activities. Participants learn the landscape and history of the philanthropic sector and dig into concepts like intersectionality, movement building, grantmaking with an equity lens, and strategies for putting this knowledge into practice.

Fall 2024 Cohort dates:

Module 1: Philanthropy History, Ecosystem, and Evolution

• Wednesday, September 25 from 10 a.m. - 1  p.m. PST 

Module 2: Racial Equity and Equity Analysis in Grantmaking

• Wednesday, October 9 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST 

Module 3: Self-Advocacy and Personal Leadership

• Wednesday, October 23  from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

Member Registration Investment: $325 | Member registration is now open here.

General Registration Investment: $500 | General registration is now open here.

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 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. 

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

EPIP Chapter Updates

Join EPIP Michigan for a Virtual Coffee Hour

On June 27 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST join your EPIP peers and the EPIP Michigan Steering Committee for coffee and conversation! This virtual event will be an informal opportunity to casually network and get to know others in the EPIP community. This is an open space for conversation, so please feel free to bring any questions or top-of-mind topics to discuss about your own philanthropy and professional journey. 

Register now.

EPIP Colorado’s PEEP is Back

Colorado members: join EPIP Colorado on June 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lady Justice Brewing in Englewood for PEEP.

PEEP (Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy) is a chance for funders and nonprofit folks to connect and enhance equity in philanthropy. Conceptualized by Vu Le of Nonprofit AF, this event is meant to bring together nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to help break down the pervasive power dynamics in our work and as a small tool to help us see each other in our full humanity. 

Learn more and register today.

Considering Graduate School? Join EPIP LA’s Mixer!

Los Angeles area members: join EPIP LA for a mixer on June 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Audio Graph Beer Company. Together we’ll foster new connections and share insights on opportunities for continued career progression within the philanthropy and social impact space. Recognizing that no two career paths are the same, this event will allow you to learn from a variety of different experiences if you are considering which next step is right for you, and to share your experiences with others if you have already completed graduate school or chose not to pursue it.

Learn more and register today.

EPIP New York Invites You to Happy Hour

Join EPIP New York’s new steering committee and members for a fun evening of networking activities and optional free salsa lessons, happening July 11  from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Time Out Market New York in Brooklyn.

Sign up today!

Sector News & Events

Join Justice Funders for an Online Workshop: Somatics of Money

How do we move towards a Just Transition?

What if our bodies already know the answers, but we just need to listen more deeply?

This online workshop is for all funders, investors, and resource mobilizers interested in reimagining and embodying a transformative relationship to money—one that is heart-centered, grounded in spirit, and allows us to collectively live in right relationship with ourselves, other beings, and the earth.

Together, through guided meditation, discussions, and somatic practices, we will explore our feelings, emotions, and definitions related to money. We will better understand where they originate for us individually and collectively, how they impact us personally and professionally, and begin to tap our imagination to see beyond restrictive notions and extractive cycles, so that we may center people and planet over money, and move towards a Just Transition.

Learn more and register today.

The Center for Effective Philanthropy Presents: What Funders Need to Know: The State of Nonprofits and Grantee Well-Being

Nonprofits play a pivotal role in the U.S., often providing essential community services or taking on vexing social challenges. New, forthcoming Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) research examines how nonprofits are faring in 2024, what challenges they face, how funders can best support these crucial institutions, and more. 

Join CEP for a free webinar on June 20 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EST,  hosted in partnership with Philanthropy California, to discuss the findings of CEP’s new research and delve into these vital questions. 

Learn more and register here.

Join Funders for LGBTQ Issues To Celebrate the 20th Resource Tracking Report!

During this virtual event happening June 2 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST, attendees and presenters will go over key findings of the forthcoming 2022 Tracking Report: LGBTQ Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations and then move into a timely conversation with trans philanthropic leaders moving money rapidly and creatively to our movements in a moment of critical need. This conversation invites the sector to consider how philanthropy can better partner with LGBTQ movements to resource frontline organizing and change work, especially as we head into the 2024 presidential election. 

Register today!

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! 

• Program Officer, Grantmaking & Capacity Building - Ms. Foundation for Women, Brooklyn, NY
• Foundation Assistant - GMA Foundations, Boston, MA
• Coordinator of Community Leadership - GO Public Schools, Oakland CA
• Senior Consultant, Integrated Initiatives - TCC Group, New York, NY or Philadelphia, PA
• Associate Consultant, Integrated Initiatives - TCC Group - New York, NY or Philadelphia, PA

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