GRANTMAKERS FORUM

OF NEW YORK

Community Foundation Retreat
April 28, 2006    8:30 am-4:30 pm

Finger Lakes Institute, Hobart and WIlliam Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

 

Serious Talk, Casual Attire

Jeans or other comfortable clothing suggested.

Directions: Finger Lakes Institute

Parking: Park on Main Street or if no available spaces, go to Main Gate of HWS Colleges on Rt. 20. Passes will be available.

Fee: $75.00 Members, $90 Nonmembers

 

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Contact Us:

Grantmakers Forum of New York
919 Winton Road South
Rochester, NY 14618-1633

gfny@grantmakers.org

 

 

 

AGENDA

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8:30 am

Continental Breakfast/Registration

9:00 am

Welcome and Overview

9:05 am

Plenary
Finger Lakes Institute ResearchHobart and William Smith Colleges

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Plenary
“On The Brink of New Promise”

Getting Your Arms Around “On The Brink of New Promise” 
The Futuring Toolkit: Group Exercises

Noon

Lunch

1:45 pm

Issue Roundtables: Join one conversation or many.

  • Relationships with Professional Advisors
  • Managing the Donor-Advised Funds Surge
  • NYS Rules and Regulations
  • Economic Development—Should We Or Shouldn't We?

2:45 pm

Issue Roundtables:

  • Donor-Advised Funds and the Patriot Act
  • Private Foundation Conversions
  • Serving Geographies With Diverse Constituencies
  • Community Needs Assessments

3:45 pm

Plenary

The Future of Community Foundations:
Models of other states, Models for New York State

4:30 pm

5:00pm

Adjourn

 

Optional : Unwind while learning about student waterways research aboard the Finger Lakes Institute research vessel, Scandling
 

Grantmakers Forum of New York , 919 Winton Road South, Rochester, NY  14618
ph. 585.232.2380  fax. 585.232.8413  email. gfny@grantmakers.org