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Dear friend,
As a remote and national philanthropic infrastructure organization, conferences are a valued space for team NFG to be in community with our network. For us, a political home exists anywhere that NFG can activate philanthropy, transforming individual efforts into collective action for racial, gender, climate, disability, and economic justice.
In the coming months, you can find NFG staff at the following conferences below. Please reach out to us to grab a coffee or attend an event or member gathering together:
April 14-16: Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) 2026 Annual Conference
April 20-22: ABFE Harambee 2026: Let's All Pull Together
May 12-15: Funders' Committee for Civic Participation Annual Convening: Philadelphia
June 1-3: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' 2026 National Conference
June 8-11: Grantmakers in Health’s Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health
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NFG staff in attendance: Chimene Okere, Director of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program
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Pre-conference Institute (June 8): The Roots of Safety: Housing + Healthcare Justice Against Criminalization: This session will uplift health funders’ opportunities to confront criminalization by investing in the movement infrastructure and policy interventions that will create genuine safety and wellbeing for everyone. We will explore how homelessness, health inequities, and criminalization intersect within the broader carceral state, and clarify the role philanthropy can play in shifting resources toward community-based care and housing stability. For health funders committed to equity, this moment calls for deeper analysis, alignment, and action. Learn more and RSVP here! Co-facilitated by Chimene Okere.
June 28-July 1: Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy’s 2026 Conference: Clarity & Courage
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NFG staff in attendance: Amanda Andere, Co-President; Hallie McClain, Communications Manager; Chimene Okere, Director of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program; Xaris A. Martínez, Senior Executive Manager
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Session: Why We Still Need Abolition: A Workshop on Case-Making and Organizing Within Your Institution: This session explores how the long trajectory of US imperial policy creates a dangerous feedback loop between police and military forces that shapes the permission structure for acceptable forms of state violence. Leveraging this political education, participants will then engage in a small group activity to help them connect the dots of criminalization and/or militarism to their foundation’s grantmaking strategy and combat narratives that silo this issue into one strategic priority. Facilitated by Hallie McClain.
July 13-15: United Philanthropy Forum 2026 Infrastructure Conference: Building Bold Philanthropy Infrastructure Together
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