What Membership Offers

Find your people

Chapters and member spaces put peers around you from day one, and chapters are where members grow their power together.

• Chapter events nationwide: lunch and learns, learning series, conversations with local philanthropic leaders

• Member connection and healing spaces for professional development, peer coaching, healing justice, and network weaving. This is where you find your people. 

Build your practice

Professional development for emergent leaders who center equity in their work.

• Philanthropology™, our signature curriculum on the history and practice of equitable philanthropy, perfect for those newer to the field

• Webinars, workshops, and year-round programs

• Conference discounts and scholarship eligibility for national events

Lead from any seat

Membership is a platform, and every role and title qualifies.

• Host webinars, facilitate conference workshops, and publish on the EPIP blog

• Step into chapter leadership and grow skills beyond your formal title

• Join research and programming that moves the whole sector forward

Why Institutions Join

One institutional membership covers your entire staff, so that every program associate, every officer, every veteran in a new seat gets everything above. It's the strongest investment you can make to keep your emergent leaders involved and deepen the sector.

And it says something. EPIP works alongside funders to turn equity commitments into practice. Institutional membership signals where you stand and backs it with resources, alongside foundations like the Kresge Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Boston Foundation, PSOs like ABFE, Council of Foundations, and PEAK Grantmaking, and intermediaries like Borealis Philanthropy, Center for Cultural Innovation, and Proteus Fund.

Institutional members put real resources behind equity in philanthropy: building a diverse field of emergent leaders, supporting their development at every level, and helping make this a sector where they stay and thrive.

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Rates for institutions, by assets or total expense budget:

Who's eligible: Independent foundations, family foundations, community foundations, grantmaking public charities, corporate foundations, corporate giving programs, academic centers focused on philanthropy and nonprofits, philanthropy research centers, affinity groups and funder networks, regional associations of grantmakers, advisory and back-office firms, giving circles, donor-advised funds, and other philanthropy infrastructure organizations.

How to join: Email [email protected] to receive an invoice and instructions for processing your dues via Bill.com. We'll also share details on how to move your team through onboarding.

Renewing: Contact us for a renewal invoice and to make sure your staff roster is up to date.

Your Path In

Is your institution already a member? You're covered. Check the institutional members list, and email [email protected] to get added to your organization's roster.

Joining on your own? Individual membership is open to anyone in the sector at any level and in any role. → Join today

Want your whole team in? Send your operations or HR lead the benefits overview, or loop us in — we're happy to make the case with you. → Overview coming soon

Questions? Email [email protected] — we're happy to set up a conversation.