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Affinity
Groups
Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy-Northeast
(AAPIP)
Boston Ed Funders (BEF)
Cambridge Funders
Cape Cod Grantmakers Collaborative (CCGC)
Emerging Practioners In Philanthropy-New England
(EPIP-NE)
Greater Boston Funders
for Women & Girls (W&G)
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)
New Hampshire Funders Initiative
New England Grants Managers Network
Western Massachusetts Funders Group
Asian American and Pacific Islanders
in Philanthropy-Northeast (AAPIP)
AAPIP is a national membership and philanthropic advocacy organization
dedicated to bridging philanthropy and Asian Pacific American
(APA) communities. Members include foundations, staff and trustees
of grantmaking institutions, and nonprofit organizations in seven
regional chapters in the United States. AAPIP seeks to increase
the leadership and participation of APAs in the philanthropic
sector; to connect philanthropy with APA and other immigrant and
refugee communities; and to increase resources to these underserved
populations. For more information on programs in the northeast
region, please contact Miki Akimoto at (617) 426-2606 or makimoto@agmconnect.org
or Cuong Hoang at (617) 574-7707 or choang@philanthropicadvisors.com.
Boston Ed Funders (BEF)
The Boston Education Funders convene a monthly forum for funders
interested in the Boston Public Schools to improve funders’
individual and corporate understanding of current issues in Boston
school reform and of the Superintendent’s action agenda,
with the goal of developing more effective grantmaking. Topics
for monthly meetings are developed by the program planning group
and are announced several months in advance. Meetings focus on
themes and issues that derive from the above mission statement.
Speakers are invited for their topical knowledge and are asked
not to make a fund-raising request for a particular program or
organization. Meetings are usually held on the third Tuesday of
the month, approximately ten times a year.
Recent topics include:
- Current Research on Charter Schools
- Status of High School reform initiatives in Boston
- Technology in Education
- Update on the Boston Annenberg Project and the Annenberg Fund
for Nonprofits
- Meeting with Deborah Meier, MacArthur Fellow and principal
of Mission Hill Elementary School
- Parent Activism and Community Organizing
- Arts Education (a joint meeting with arts funders)
- Site visit to the Harvard Kent and the O’Hearn Elementary
Schools, English High School
For more information about the Boston Education Funders, please contact Kathleen Traphagen, BEF Coordinator at (413) 253-0528, or kathleentrap@yahoo.com. To receive BEF minutes, inquire about the meeting schedule or location, call Margaret Carr at (617) 426-7080 x245, or mcarr@grantsmanagement.com
Cambridge Funders
Cambridge Funders is a voluntary association of some 30 funders
representing Cambridge private and corporate foundations, universities,
and banks. The Cambridge Community Foundation convenes this group
four times a year for a two hour early morning meeting at which
funders review their plans, programs, and frustrations as well
as hearing from speakers representing various sectors of the human
service community. Members thus are able to better know each other
and assume a more active role in addressing the City’s problems
and building a broader base for community understanding and philanthropy.
Contact person: Robert S. Hurlbut, Jr., Convener and Executive
Director of the Cambridge Community Foundation, 99 Bishop Allen
Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 cambridgecf@igc.org
Cape Cod Grantmakers Collaborative
(CCGC)
The Cape Cod Grantmakers Collaborative (CCGC) is a group of private
and public funders on Cape Cod that meet on a quarterly basis
to identify areas of common interest and to share information
about grantees. The coordinator of the group is Elizabeth Gawron,
president of the Cape Cod Foundation. She can be reached at egawron@capecodfoundation.org
or 508-790-3040.
Emerging Practioners In Philanthropy-New
England (EPIP-NE)
EPIP’s mission is to support and strengthen the next generation
of grantmakers in order to advance effective social justice philanthropy.
Geared toward foundation staff, trustees and donors under 40,
participants will sharpen their knowledge of philanthropy and
skills in grantmaking, connect with colleagues through national
and local networking opportunities, and organize to strengthen
the nonprofit sector for the future. For more information on how
to join the EPIP-New England, contact Kevin Bolduc, Vice President, Center for Effective Philanthropy at (617)
492-0800 or kevinb@effectivephilanthropy.org.
For more information on the national EPIP affinity group, visit
www.epip.org or contact Rusty
Stahl at (212) 497-7544.
Greater Boston Funders for Women &
Girls (W&G)
W&G is a regional funder affinity group supporting women and
girls. Its mission is to educate and mobilize the philanthropic
community to improve opportunities and support leadership development
for women and girls. W&G offers Forums and Study Groups on
critical issues affecting women and girls, Resource Materials
to improve grantmaking capacity, and Outreach to new funders and
funding communities that have not yet explored grantmaking opportunities
in the area of women and girls. For more information visit: www.agmconnect.org/wg
or contact Amy Segal Shorey at ashorey@grantsmanagement.com
or 617-426-7080, ext. 304.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) is a transnational network of
grantmakers, founded in 1983 on the belief that philanthropy should
be more inclusive and responsive to communities of color. Our
mission is to strengthen Latino communities by increasing resources
for the Latino and Latin American civil sector and by increasing
Latino participation and leadership throughout the field of philanthropy.
HIP pursues this mission through programs, conferences, publications
and research that seek to educate the field of philanthropy about
Latino issues and Latin America, to increase the representation
of Latinos in the field, and to develop philanthropy from within
Latino communities. Based in San Francisco, HIP operates 6 regional
offices across the country, including a Northeast Regional Office
in New York City. Regional contacts are Chris Cardona, Program
Director, 646-602-2905, chris@hiponline.org,
and Leila Hernández-Freedman, Program Coordinator, 646-602-2105,
leila@hiponline.org.
HIP operates The Funders’
Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities, which has a site
in Massachusetts/Rhode Island.
Website: www.hiponline.org
New England Grants Managers
Network
New England Grants Managers Network is an affinity group
of professionals whose role includes grants manager functions.
Its purpose is to provide a forum and peer network for learning,
information exchange, professional growth and networking for grants
managers and other grants management professionals in Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Rhode Island. The chapter holds
regular meetings to hear presentations on best practices, emerging
technologies relevant to grants management, and to share ideas
and “tricks of the trade.” It is the local chapter
affiliate of the national Grants Manager Network (www.gmnetwork.org).
There are no dues to join the local chapter, but individuals and
organizations are encouraged to join the national affinity group.
For more information about the New England Grants Manger Network, please contact one the co-chairs: Kerri Hurley, Barr Foundation, 617-854-3129, khurley@pilothouse.com or Susan Fish, Hemenway & Barnes, 617-557-9766, sfish@hembar.com.
New Hampshire Funders Initiative
The NH Funders Initiative is an informal group of funders that includes several United Ways and private foundations, as well as state agencies and municipal governments who contract for health and human services. The Initiative has been meeting quarterly for over two years and has explored ways of streamlining work to improve the efficiency in how funds get into the human service system. Projects currently being worked on are shared technology (i.e. applications, reports, etc.), common outcomes and adapting best practices. Additionally, general networking is supported and has led to several collaborative investments around the state. For more information, contact Paige Farmer, United Way of the Greater Seacoast.
Western Massachusetts Funders Group
Western Mass Funders Group is an informal group of funders who
come together on an every-other month basis to share information,
exchange best practices and educate each other on funding priorities.
The group also uses the time to educate ourselves on salient issues
that emerge in our communities that warrant study or attention.
For more information and a list of participants contact Judith Collins
at collinsrandj@comcast.net.
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