Thanks for making Philanthropology a SUCCESS!

Many thanks to our attendees, panelists, facilitator and sponsors for making Seattle's first EPIP Philanthropology(c) workshop such a success!

We were thrilled to have had 22 different organizations in total represented at the workshop- even a representative from an organization in Idaho!

Many many thanks to the following people:

• Kalpana Krishnamurthy, our fantastic facilitator, for leading us through the day,
• Rusty Stahl & Sophia Silao, EPIP's Executive Director and Associate Director for flying across the country to join us,
• Eleanore Garton, Senior Researcher at the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University, for documenting and evaluating the day,
• Steven Rathgeb Smith, Director, Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs, University of Washington, for welcoming our group,
• Anne Xuan Clark, Charles Fields, Audrey Haberman, Ken Gordon, and Scot Nakagawa, our panelists who shared their insights on the field of philanthropy and offered their advice on how to be successful,
  
• Our sponsors- the Quixote Foundation, EPIP, and the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Non-Profits and Philanthropy

Below are snapshots from the day. We hope you will join the Seattle EPIP chapter for our next event- a Spring Fling happy hour on May 21st!

Panelists share their personal stories of how they got into the philanthropic field. Most cited luck!

Participants evaluate their own foundations on a Agree/Disagree scale across the room.

Staff members at community foundations discuss how their organizations incorporate social justice values into their workplace.

What IS "Philanthropology"?

Registration is open for EPIP Seattle's first Philanthropology (c) Workshop: Understanding Social Justice Philanthropy.

Some of you might be asking, "What in the world IS "Philanthropology?!"

Philanthropology is EPIP's unique grantmaker education program. Philanthropology "provides EPIP members with peer-based and inter-generational professional development through workshops, Web and print resources, partnerships and ongoing programs. Participants will gain: an in-depth orientation to the foundation field; resources to help you take up your role and manage the paradoxes of philanthropy; and a safe space to learn about the complex relationships between foundations, donors, grantees and social change."

EPIP Seattle is excited to be able to offer this day-long professional development workshop to Seattle's next generation of grantmakers. We hope you'll join us on March 26, 2009!

Click here to be redirected to EPIP's website to register. Registration is only $35 for EPIP members, $50 for non-members.

Panelists Confirmed for EPIP Philanthropology Workshop!

We're excited to have confirmed an amazing panel of speakers for the EPIP Philanthropology Workshop on March 26, 2009. If you haven't registered, now would be a good time to do so! Click the link on the right under "Upcoming Events" to register.

Below is a list of speakers, with biographies to follow soon. Thanks to each of these foundation representatives for volunteering their time to come speak with the EPIP group!

• Anne Xuân Clark, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  
  
• Charles Fields, Program Officer, Marguerite Casey Foundation
  
  
• Ken Gordon, Executive Director, Potlatch Fund
  
  
• Audrey Haberman, Executive Director, Pride Foundation

Save the Date for Philanthropology: 3/26!

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Time: 9am-5pm - light breakfast and lunch included
Location: The Commons, 3rd Floor, Parrington Hall, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington (map)
Registration: $50 for non-EPIP members / $35 for EPIP members. To register, visit www.epip.org.


This day-long professional development workshop will be interactive and personal as we dive deep into the role of foundations in advancing social justice. A panel discussion will feature a variety of local Northwest senior foundation leaders. During this engaging workshop we will explore case studies of how local and national funders have incorporated social justice values and practices into their grantmaking.

This event is designed to attract new and emerging grantmakers who are seeking networking, leadership development and learning opportunities. For more information on Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, visit the national organization's website at www.epip.org.


This event is co-sponsored by the Quixote Foundation, the UW Evans School's Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy and Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy.