SCG Collaboratives
Presented in Collaboration with the Association of Small Foundations
The upcoming mid-term elections provide the backdrop for this update on the pulse of Capitol Hill – new legislation, proposed legislation, and talk in the halls of the Capitol and the White House that affect philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
What does the Serve America Act mean for foundations and their grantees, especially the Act’s Social Innovation Fund and Nonprofit Capacity Building Program? What is the possible impact of the Administration’s proposal to reduce tax breaks for charitable deductions for the wealthy? How will future legislation change the way grantmakers pay taxes on their net investment income?
Attend this program to address these questions–and their ramifications–as the mid-term elections approach. The program will also provide information and resources for both funders and grantees to address these legislative challenges and opportunities.
SCG President Sushma Raman will interview Timothy R. Walter, chief executive officer of the Association of Small Foundations, on current and pending legislation affecting private foundations and the nonprofit organizations they support. Following the interview, Dr. Robert D. Wexler, president of American Jewish University, will lead a panel discussion on current and future legislation and what it means for foundations and nonprofits.
Speakers
Regina Birdsell
President, Center for Nonprofit Management
Regina Birdsell is president of the Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management, which provides management and leadership education and coaching to nonprofit executives and volunteers. She has been a marketing and communications executive within the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors for over 20 years. Previously, Birdsell served as press secretary for California’s attorney general, worked to build the public affairs office at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, ran the New Los Angeles Marketing Partnership in collaboration with Mayor Riordan and other regional corporate leaders, and was later appointed by the governor as a consumer advocate.
Bill Parent
Associate Dean for Initiatives and Programs, UCLA School of Public Affairs Bill Parent is associate dean for initiatives and programs at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, where he oversees the UCLA Center for Civil Society and the Center for Community Partnerships. He teaches courses in leadership and management of nonprofit organizations and leadership in the public interest. Parent previously served as associate dean for advancement and assistant dean overseeing the Policy Form at the School. Before joining UCLA, he spent 14 years on the senior staff of the Harvard Kennedy School, and served as executive director of Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government Program, the largest single grant program of the Ford Foundation at the time. Parent was also a Teaching Fellow at Harvard College.
Sushma Raman
President, Southern California Grantmakers Sushma Raman is president of Southern California Grantmakers, a regional membership association of private-sector grantmakers advancing effective and responsible philanthropy for the public good. Raman has previously worked as a program officer and program manager with the Ford Foundation. Raman currently serves on the National Center for Family Philanthropy Board of Directors, Council on Foundations’ Family Foundation Committee and Independent Sector’s Public Policy Committee. She also serves as a juror at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Timothy R. Walter
Chief Executive Officer, Association of Small Foundations Timothy R. Walter is chief executive officer of the Association of Small Foundations, a group of over 3,100 foundations with few or no staff, about two-thirds of which are family foundations. The Association is primarily an educational organization helping donors and board members achieve higher levels of impact in their philanthropic work and run their foundations more smoothly. Walter also speaks and writes frequently on foundation governance, leadership and the state of the field. He worked previously with the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC, for which he traveled nationally and internationally as an expert on community and economic development for small towns and rural areas.
Robert D. Wexler, PhD
President, American Jewish University Robert D. Wexler is president of American Jewish University (AJU), where he has launched several major initiatives, including the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies, the Center for Israel Studies and the Community Partnership Initiative. The Community Partnership Initiative recruits promising administrators from organizations in the Afro-American, Latino and Asian communities to earn their MBA in Nonprofit Management. Wexler is a Colen Distinguished Lecturer in Bible and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also received a Master of Arts degree in Hebrew Literature. Prior to joining AJU’s staff in 1978, he served on the faculty of Princeton University.
Laura Zucker
Executive Director, Los Angeles County Arts Commission Laura Zucker is executive director of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and director of the Masters in Arts Management program at Claremont Graduate University. At the Arts Commission, Zucker provides leadership in cultural services of all disciplines for the largest county in the United States, encompassing 88 municipalities. The Commission funds more than 300 nonprofit arts organizations; supports the regional blueprint to restore arts education to all 80 school districts in L.A. County, Arts for All; funds the largest arts internship program in the country in conjunction with the Getty Foundation; implements the county’s civic arts program; and produces free community programs.
Date:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Time:
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (lunch will be served)
Location:
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Registration:
1. Email programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org.
2. Phone Kameron Green, program assistant, at (213) 680-8866, ext. 233.
Who May Attend: Family foundations who are current ASF or SCG members, or are eligible for SCG membership. For eligibility requirements see:
www.socalgrantmakers.org/membership/join Fee: $25 (Fee includes lunch, program materials and a curator-led tour of the Skirball Cultural Center)
Please make check payments payable to the Association of Small Foundations and mail to Southern California Grantmakers, Attn: ASF Program Payment.