Upcoming Events Related to the Administration and Congress
Executive Order on DEI: What Nonprofits and Philanthropies Need to Know
Virtual
Organizers: Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, National Council of Nonprofits, United Philanthropy Forum
On January 21, the Trump administration issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” directing federal agencies to identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs deemed discriminatory. Large nonprofit organizations and foundations with assets of $500 million or more are among those that could be identified.
Join this webinar for a discussion on how this action affects nonprofits and philanthropy. Legal expert Emily Cuneo DeSmedt of Morgan Lewis will provide valuable insights to help nonprofits and philanthropies understand this order.
GIA & GIH Funder Briefing on the Older Americans Act Reauthorization
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers In Health
Funding the Fight for Immigrant Rights in 2025 and Beyond
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
In anticipation of Inauguration Day 2025, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) released their 2025 Recommendations for Philanthropy, “Fighting for our Future: Immigrant Rights and our Multiracial Democracy.” As anticipated, the president rescinded dozens of orders from the previous administration and signed a series of new executive orders impacting immigrants and refugees on day one. Hours later, a coalition of immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit challenging an executive order targeting birthright citizenship, a right that has been settled law by the Supreme Court for 127 years.
Movement groups have long been preparing for these attacks on migrant populations, and it is imperative that philanthropy resource the work that is ahead. Join this webinar to learn about funding opportunities to protect the safety, security, and well-being of populations under assault, support rapid response and mutual aid interventions, bolster legal representation and litigation efforts, resource organizing, advocacy, and power-building funds and campaigns, and more.
Defeating the DOGE Agenda: Combating the Threats to Social Security and Medicare and More
Virtual
Organizer: Economic Opportunity Funders
Join Groundwork Collaborative’s Lindsay Owens and Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert on Tuesday, February 4 for an insightful webinar exposing the real agenda behind Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and how philanthropy can respond to its threats.
For decades, lawmakers have consistently given tax breaks to the rich and tried to cut government programs to the bone. DOGE is the latest iteration of this two-step. While DOGE poses a serious threat to the public investments our families and communities need, if we are strategic, we can make DOGE wildly unpopular and ineffective, and possibly even stop it all together. In this session, speakers and participants will review the latest polling on Musk and DOGE, discuss effective messaging strategies to ensure the public understands the threat DOGE poses to vital programs that working families depend on, and outline legal and advocacy strategies to combat DOGE and increase public support for essential programs.
How the Care Movement is Organizing Against Devastating Federal Tax and Budget Cuts
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers In Health
This important webinar examined the potentially devastating impact of possible federal budget and tax cuts on women, children, older adults, and people with disabilities and the care movement’s planned response. These budget cuts could shift costs onto states, undermining family health and income security. The effects could reverberate across generations, reverse gains for women, children, older adults, people with disabilities, and workers, and hinder future federal public investments in equitable childcare, paid leave, aging, and disability care. Watch the recording to learn how a cross-issue, cross-generational state and federal movement is raising the voices of the families most impacted, and how philanthropy can engage at this pivotal moment.
Speakers
- Alison Friedman Phillips, The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
- Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center
- Anna Shireen Wadia, Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund
- Jaimie Worker, Caring Across Generations
Webinar Slides
Recording
Resources
- United Philanthropy Forum Foundations on the Hill – February 23-26, 2025
- Economic Opportunity Funders Budget and Tax Briefing – March 24-25, 2025
- Women’s Funding Network Feminist Funded – September 9-11, 2025
- National Women’s Law Center Action Alert Sign–up
- National Women’s Law Center 5 FAQs on the Republican Tax Plan
- National Women’s Law Center Tax the Patriarchy
- National Women’s Law Center House Republicans’ Billionaire Tax Cuts
- Come at a Cost—Your Family’s Budget
- National Women’s Law Center 2024 Election Night Summary
- Saving Medicaid – and Our Democracy, by Anna Wadia, Courier, February 2025
- Care Can’t Wait: Why Families Must Come Before Billionaires in the 2025 Tax Fight, by Ai-Jen Poo, Ms. Magazine, January 2025
- How a $50 Million Philanthropic Investment Is Bolstering Coalitions of Care Workers, Advocates, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 2024
- WFN’s Post–Election Strategy Webinar recording, December 2024
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Hosted by: Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund, Economic Opportunity Funders, Tax Equity Funders Network, and Women’s Funding Network.
Cosponsored by: Grantmakers In Health, Better Taxes for a Better America, Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable, Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and Grantmakers for Thriving Youth
Safeguarding the EPA while Building Power for Environmental Health and Justice
Virtual
Organizers: Health and Environmental Funders Network, The Funders Network, Biodiversity Funders Group, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas
Join this webinar for a learning and strategy conversation designed for funders. They will discuss what is happening at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), what’s at stake, and what actions funders can take—both through immediate funding and longer-term power-building strategies. In addition to hearing from expert speakers, staff from NGOs focused on defending the EPA will share their insights and contribute to the discussion.
Looking to 2025: What Does a New Congress Mean for Philanthropy?
Virtual
Organizer: Council on Foundations
In January, the 119th Congress will be sworn in and take on the work of choosing leadership for the House and Senate, as well as for each of the 40+ Committees that make up Congress. Join this webinar to learn about the dynamics of the new Congress and how the Council on Foundations expects the shifting policy environment to impact philanthropy. Plus, speakers will discuss the upcoming 2025 tax bill and how to ensure philanthropy’s priorities are included.
CDC Injury Center at Risk – What’s Ahead?
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers In Health
Injury is the leading cause of death among people ages 1–44. Since 1993, the Injury Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has worked to prevent injury, overdose, suicide, and violence across the lifespan through science and action. Last year, Congress considered legislative proposals to eliminate funding for the Injury Center and similar proposals are likely to be revisited in the new Congress. This webinar examined the Injury Center’s vital activities, explored potential threats to future capacity, and considers the role of health funders in supporting the Injury Center’s continued ability to track trends, conduct research, raise awareness, and implement prevention programs in partnership with states, localities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations. Speakers included Alison Maffey of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Sharon Gilmartin of the Safe States Alliance, and Julie Morita of The Joyce Foundation.
Webinar Recording
Pathways to Economic Inclusion: Exploring the Intersection of Tax, Health, and Family Well-Being
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers In Health
Tune in for a timely discussion that delves into the critical connections between tax equity, health equity, and family well-being.
This webinar offered an overview of the 2025 tax landscape, examining key topics such as the proven power of cash-based initiatives to improve health outcomes, the ability to scale these efforts in the form of federal tax credits, and the opportunity for collective action to advocate for a more equitable revenue system.
Objectives
- Discuss the role of cash and tax credits in supporting families.
- Identify strategies for funders to support equitable revenue systems that improve health outcomes including the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
- Explore opportunities for funders to collaborate on advancing family well-being and improving health outcomes.
Panelists
- Constance Harper, Vice President, Strategic Impact & Innovation, Deaconess Foundation
- Tasha Green Cruzat, President, Children’s Advocates for Change
- Rachel Wick, Senior Program Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Gezche Graves, Senior Director Free Tax Help, United Way Bay Area
Cosponsors: Grantmakers In Health, Asset Funders Network, Goodnation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Tax Equity Funders Network
Holding the Line of Defense in Florida by Building Local Power
Virtual
Organizer: Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
With the promise of tougher enforcement under a new administration, organizations across the state of Florida are mobilizing and organizing to defend immigrant and other marginalized communities. Florida has been among the battleground states in the fight for immigrant rights with recent passage of SB 1718 and other harmful policies aimed to curb migration into Florida and stoke fear within communities.
With federal- and state-level threats, groups in Florida are thinking creatively about how to defend, protect, and expand the rights of immigrant and refugee communities, starting at the grassroots, local level. Join this webinar to learn from a panel of leaders about opportunities for philanthropy to resource this movement at the state and local levels.
2025 EGA Federal Policy Briefing
The Dupont Circle | Washington, DC
Organizer: Environmental Grantmakers Association
Join peers at the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s 2025 Federal Policy Briefing, a great opportunity to align on collective efforts to protect sacred lands, defend ecosystems, and chart a path forward for the sustained support of democracy.
Join timely discussions with grantmaking peers and insights from decisionmakers to support you in resourcing strategic organizing, mobilization, and essential collaboration. Session topics will offer thoughtful reflections on the state of play, engagement with policy architects, and analysts that can guide your priorities and support strategies for sustainable water, food systems, transportation, energy, in this stage of democracy.
2025 is a year for collective action and durable gains. Now is the time to align philanthropic efforts that cross beyond political cycles!
Grantmakers In Health Funding Partners are invited to register at our member rate and book their lodging in the EGA room block.
Foundations on the Hill 2025
JW Marriott Washington DC | Washington, DC
Organizers: United Philanthropy Forum, Council on Foundations, Independent Sector
In-Person Event
The 22nd Annual Foundations on the Hill, hosted and presented by United Philanthropy Forum and the Council on Foundations in partnership with Independent Sector, is the premier public policy and advocacy conference uniting the philanthropic sector to strengthen our collective voice on Capitol Hill.
At Foundations on the Hill, we bring together PSOs, foundations, sector leaders, and advocates to strengthen our collective impact on federal policy. This signature event provides an unparalleled opportunity to engage directly with legislators and policymakers while building lasting relationships within our sector.
Through focused advocacy, expert-led sessions, and strategic networking opportunities, #FOTH25 empowers participants to effectively champion policies that promote a strong philanthropic sector and thriving communities nationwide.
Protecting Race-Explicit Programming Series: Navigating the Current Legal Landscape
Virtual
Organizer: Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Join Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy for the second session of the learning series where we will have a conversation about the current state of the law and how litigation has been used successfully and unsuccessfully to expand or constrain civil rights. Learn how foundations and organizations can assess their risk, prepare for new attacks against DEI in the coming year, and why philanthropy can and should continue to prioritize race-explicit grantmaking and programming.
The webinar will be moderated by Courtney Chappell, Vice President of Programs, AAPIP. Speakers include Nikki Endsley, Special Projects Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Annie Lee, Managing Director of Policy, Chinese for Affirmative Action; Amanda Mangaser Savage, Sullivan & Cromwell Strategic Litigation Counsel, Public Counsel; and Bianca Sierra Wolff, Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Arts and Changing Political Landscapes
Virtual
Organizers: Grantmakers in the Arts, Mallory Ruhsana Nezam (Justice + Joy)
In an era of constant change—from shifts in federal leadership and legislative priorities to evolving funding strategies and growing polarization in the public sphere—arts grantmakers face a unique moment of reflection and action. How can we learn from the culture wars of the past to navigate today’s challenges and reimagine the future of arts policy and funding?
Join Grantmakers in the Arts for an insightful discussion on new research at the intersection of arts and public policy, exploring the intense debates over government support for the arts during the 1990s. This pivotal period reshaped arts funding and public policy in America, offering critical lessons for our current context.
- Liz Deichmann, PhD, Research and Evaluation Consultant
- Vanessa Cooksey, President & CEO, Regional Arts Commission (RAC)
Black Disabled Leadership: Essential Yet Overlooked
Virtual
Organizer: Disability & Philanthropy Forum
Racial equity is impossible without disability justice, rights, and inclusion. And with at least 1 in 4 Black people in the U.S. living with a disability, disability justice requires Black disabled leadership. As we witness rollbacks in both legislative protections and organizational commitments to DEI, racial justice, and disability inclusion, philanthropy must take action to fund Black disabled communities. Join the Disability and Philanthropy Forum for a discussion with Black disabled leaders on how philanthropy can support Black disabled communities.
This webinar will cover topics including: the intersections of anti-Blackness and ableism, how anti-Blackness is disabling and increases risk for Black people with disabilities, and why disability justice and Black liberation must be joint movements.