Archive for February, 2010

Download the newsletter here:  TCFN Newsletter February 2010

In this issue: February 2010

Community Foundation Participants:
Cumbria, Ottawa, Vancouver, Southern Arizona, Dallas

Other Community Foundation News:
Localgiving.com
Community Foundation Network
Ten years in Russia
Development in India

Events:
Council on Foundations:  2010 Annual Conference Intersections:  Social Change, Social Justice, Social Innovation
25-27 April 2010 (Denver, USA)

Caribbean Philanthropy Network:  Network Symposium
16-18 May 2010 (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)                                                                                     

European Foundation Centre:  Open Days and EFC Annual General Assembly and Conference 2010
31 May – 4 June, 2010 (Brussels, Belgium)                                                                                                           

Publications:
Equity Advancing Equity

Regional Focus:  Community Foundations in Africa

TCFN will be offering four webinars in 2010, and we encourage you to sign up early to reserve your space. Through the webinars, TCFN participants will be able to view presentations over the Internet and phone in to a local number and participate in the live conversation.

TCFN participants are especially welcome to invite members of their board, staff, and colleagues to participate in these valuable learning sessions.

All webinars are scheduled for 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST.

•  April 7, 2010 – What Social Media means to your Community Foundation
•  May 12, 2010 –Community Foundations and Disaster Relief and Readiness
•  October 27 – Community Foundation’s Reaction to the Economic Downturn:  A Synopsis of our work from 2007 – 2010
•  December 8 – WINGS-CF Global Status Report

 From May 31 – June 4, 2010, foundations will take centre stage in Europe as the EFC hosts for the very first time a Foundation Week in Brussels, promising an exciting schedule of activities and a unique space for foundation practitioners, EU representatives and the general public to engage with one another. The 21st EFC Annual General Assembly and Conference will take place during this week-long event (2-4 June) in the new conference centre, the “Square”.

By staging the Foundation Week at the heart of Europe, this is THE opportunity for foundations to increase their visibility and engagement among the key players of the European Institutions. No matter whether you are large or small, operational or grantgiving, mission investing or spending out, working inside or outside your national borders, this is your chance to put yourselves on the map and to share the issues that are of greatest concern to citizens across Europe and elsewhere in the world.

For more information, please visit www.efc.be/foundationweek.