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SUMMARY:Using Data to Drive Upward Mobility: Practical Lessons From Communities
DESCRIPTION:Join the Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Initiative for a virtual workshop focused on how local leaders can use data to better understand community conditions\, identify strategic priorities\, and advance upward mobility from poverty. \nParticipants will hear directly from local leaders who are using the Upward Mobility Framework\, Mobility Metrics\, and local data sources to shape planning\, align stakeholders\, prioritize investments\, and monitor progress. \nThe workshop will feature \n\na live walk-through of the Upward Mobility Data Dashboard and how communities can use it alongside local data\,\npractical examples from local leaders using data to understand and address barriers to upward mobility in their communities\, and\nopportunities for attendees to reflect on their own community contexts and ask questions throughout the session.\n\nWhether you’re starting your planning process or strengthening a data-driven approach\, this session offers practical insights and tools to inform every stage\, from assessing local conditions to implementing solutions.
URL:https://growcapacity.info/event/using-data-to-drive-upward-mobility/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit
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SUMMARY:CDFI Innovations in Improving Access to Small-Dollar Credit
DESCRIPTION:For many American households\, rising costs of living and stagnating wages may mean a greater need for credit to bridge temporary cash flow gaps or to weather short-term emergencies. But access to affordable credit remains a significant challenge. \nTo meet this need\, several financial products are emerging to help borrowers access credit and build credit profiles. New lending models have found ways to improve credit access for borrowers while minimizing lender risk. This webinar will feature a panel of speakers who are taking new and innovative community development financial institutions (CDFI) approaches to small-dollar lending and credit building. \nSpeakers \n\nDan Apfel\, CEO\, Genesee Co-op\nNick Mitchell-Bennett\, CEO\, cdcb; Administrator\, RGV Multibank \nInes Polonius\, CEO\, Communities Unlimited \nPaul Quintero\, CEO\, Ascendus\n\nBrett Theodos\, Director\, Center for Local Finance and Growth\, Urban Institute
URL:https://growcapacity.info/event/cdfi-innovations-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit
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SUMMARY:Giving Innovation Summit 2026: Charitable Giving and Philanthropy in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:Charitable giving and philanthropy have long been central to conceptions of American national identity\, understood since the nation’s founding to be vital to the maintenance of a robust civil society and of democratic life. From mutual aid networks to community foundations and digital crowdfunding\, Americans have consistently turned to voluntary giving to meet shared needs and express shared values. As the United States marks its 250th anniversary\, this tradition of charitable giving invites both celebration and honest examination as it maintains deep continuities and experiences profound changes. The past decade has brought significant pressure to bear on the landscape of giving: Shifting tax policy has altered incentives for everyday donors\, public funding gaps have increased need\, and declining institutional trust has changed where and how people choose to give. At the same time\, new models of collective and community-led giving are emerging in response. \nAs part of its 30th anniversary\, the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy brings together researchers\, philanthropic leaders\, policymakers\, and sector infrastructure actors to examine the evolving landscape of charitable giving and philanthropy in its fifth Giving Innovation Summit. As part of this convening\, we will explore the evolution of the infrastructure of everyday and collective giving\, probe the policy pressures reshaping charitable behavior today\, and examine how the charitable and philanthropic sectors are responding to widening gaps in public funding. Together\, we will ask what these transformations mean for the future of giving in America. \nSpeakers: \n\nSara Barba\, Managing Partner\, Integer\nJon Bergdoll\, Associate Director of Data Partnerships\, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy\, Indiana University Indianapolis\nDaniel Cueto-Villalobos\, Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Instructor\, Sociology\, University of Minnesota Twin Cities\nAsha Curran\, Chief Executive Officer\, GivingTuesday\nMichael Layton\, W.K. Kellogg Community Philanthropy Chair\, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy  \nRobert McClelland\, Senior Fellow\, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center  \nFaith Mitchell\, Institute Fellow\, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy\, Urban Institute\nRobert Rosenbaum\, Cofounder\, Project Resource Optimization Initiative\nBenjamin Soskis\, Senior Research Associate\, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy\, Urban Institute\nLaura Tomasko\, Senior Policy Program Manager and Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy Practice Area Lead\, Urban Institute\nVictoria Vrana\, Chief Executive Officer\, GlobalGiving\nTonia Wellons\, President and CEO\, Greater Washington Community Foundation
URL:https://growcapacity.info/event/giving-innovation-summit-2026-charitable-giving-and-philanthropy-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Hybrid Event
CATEGORIES:Donor-Funder,Donor-Funders
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