Webinar // How to Banish Delusional Altruism and Change the World

Award-winning author and trusted philanthropic advisor Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares real-world, practical guidance for creating transformational change and avoiding mistakes that hamstring impact.

Webinar // Championing Your Board as a Powerful Advocacy Voice

This Upswell Pop-Up session explores how a diverse board driving racial equity can lead an organization to effectively elevate voices and create change.

Seminario Web // 11 Tendencias en Filantropía, una Conversación Desde la Mirada Latinoamericana

This Spanish-language webinar features a conversation with our W.K. Kellogg Chair for Community Philanthropy about trends in philanthropy and their impact on Latinx communities.

Webinar // From the Research: A National View of Foundation Investment Returns & Payout Rates

In this webinar, our panelists take a deep dive into the research behind a 2020 study of private and community foundation investment returns and payout rates.

Webinar // Giving Circles Around the World

In this webinar, our hosts share insights from the first research to systematically analyze the growth of giving circles across the globe.

Webinar // Evaluation and Impact Investing: Part 3

This third and final installment of the “Evaluation and Impact Investing” webinar series highlights the ways in which evaluators can use their skills to help investors at the end of an investment, including how to recalibrate their investments and identifying the social impacts to be measured in future investments.

Webinar // Evaluation and Impact Investing: Part 2

This second webinar in a three-part series focuses on the role evaluators can play in monitoring and evaluating active investments, particularly from a gender lens.

Webinar // Evaluation and Impact Investing: Part 1

This is the first in a three-part webinar series focused on how to incorporate evaluative thinking into the early stages of the impact investing process.

Video // Inclusive Growth Communities: New Strategies for Prosperity

In 2019, the ECON Club of Grand Rapids hosted a presentation on inclusive growth initiatives in communities featuring Dr. Juan Olivarez, Dr. Teri Behrens, and three Michigan mayors.

Video // Summit Replay: Next Gen Social Justice Journeys

In this video from the fifth National Summit on Family Philanthropy, we hear from four next gen donors about how they are forging new paths toward social justice.