Second Session: Full Funding for Results - May 14
Global Donors Exchange (GDX) invites you to the second session in its Full Funding for Results series on May 14.
This series explores new solutions to the challenges posed by the restricted/unrestricted funding paradigm, and to the traditional limits set on “overhead.”
Session #2: The donor/ grantee commitment process: how one regional community of funders and grantees came together for results-oriented funding
Please join us to hear from Doug Schenkelberg, Vice President Policy and Strategy, Donors Forum and Ann Goggins Gregory, COO Habitat for Humanity, Greater San Francisco, (former Bridgespan partner facilitating Donors Forum process) and learn how the Donors Forum came together to promote full-cost funding in the Chicago grantmaking community.
This will be followed by a panel discussion to explore how this might work in the Pacific Northwest: • Lisa Cohen, Executive Director, Washington Global Health Alliance • Kristen Dailey, Executive Director, Global Washington • Kristen Holway, Senior Manager Learning Practice, Philanthropy Northwest • Moderator: Eric Walker, Senior Advisor, InsideNGO
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 12:00-2:00pm Location: PATH (2201 Westlake Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98121) Registration: $40 (lunch will be provided). Click here to register.
Please note that this event in the series is appropriate for donors, board members and grantees, and that you do not need to have attended the first session to participate in this session.
--
Thank you to our co-presenters: Washington Global Health Alliance Global Washington Philanthropy Northwest Inside NGO
Doug Schenkelberg has more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector including over a decade of experience advancing public policy and systems change for Chicago nonprofits at the local, state, and federal level. He directs the strategic initiatives undertaken by Donors Forum, and takes the lead on implementing and advancing Donors Forum's strategic and policy goals as part of Engaging for Impact. Prior to joining Donors Forum in October 2013, Doug was Director of Advocacy and Outreach at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. He has also served as the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy at Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, and Director of Policy at the Lawyers Committee for Better Housing. Doug earned a BA from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and a Master's of Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Ann Goggins Gregory is the Chief Operating Officer at Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. She joined the organization in 2014 and oversees programs, the social enterprise called the ReStore, HR and Operations. Previously, Ann was a Senior Director at the Bridgespan Group. In that role, she led the organization’s work on measurement and learning and spearheaded research efforts on various nonprofit management topics. She co-authored “The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle,” which appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2009. Her articles on the importance of investment in “good overhead”—such as leadership development, talent, knowledge sharing, and core infrastructure—have also appeared in the Harvard Business Review and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Ann holds an undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina, an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband Will and children Harriet and Clark.
Lisa Cohen is the founding executive director of the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA), a coalition of the state’s leading global health research and development organizations. Lisa oversees WGHA’s strategic direction including mobilizing Washington state’s global health sector, cultivating global health champions and advocating on behalf of global health organizations. Prior to the formation of WGHA, Ms. Cohen spent 25 years as executive producer and managing editor for a number of Seattle television news departments. She taught journalism at the University of Washington, She served as interim executive director for Seattle CityClub and as a strategist for She currently serves on the governance boards for Global to Local, Seattle CityClub and the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association as well as numerous civic advisory committees. She earned her BA and MA degrees in Broadcast Journalism and International Communications respectively from the University of Washington.
Kristen Dailey is the Executive Director of Global Washington, a network of over 160 non-profit, for-profit, academic institutions, and philanthropists in Washington state innovating to improve lives around the world. Dailey has over 19 years of experience in international development including advocacy, issue campaigns, microcredit, and building partnerships among NGOs, businesses, and government. Prior to Global Washington, she was the COO and Senior VP at the Initiative for Global Development and has held positions at Global Partnerships, the United Nations Foundation, and organizations working with low-income refugee and immigrant families in South Seattle. Kristen has an MPA from the Evans School of Public Affairs at UW and is committed to finding effective, sustainable solutions to global poverty.
Kristen Holway manages Philanthropy Northwest’s professional development, learning and research programs. Kristen is passionate about advanced leadership development, writing and being a bit of a disruptor. She is your main contact for incubating new learning cohorts or testing new partnerships. When she’s not overseeing Philanthropy Northwest’s Essential Skills and Strategies workshop and biennial Trends in Northwest Giving report, Kristen is busy translating emerging issues from the field into real-time engagement and networking opportunities for members. Previously, Kristen was a partner with The Giving Practice and brings over a decade of experience in the private sector to Philanthropy Northwest – with business development jobs at both Google and Oracle Corporation. Kristen holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from the University of Vermont. She serves on the board of directors for the Literacy Council of Seattle, a grassroots organization that empowers adult immigrants and refugees by teaching them essential English skills.
Eric Walker has more than 30 years of experience in leadership, financial and operations management, institutional capacity building, and systems development in international nonprofit organizations. He has served on executive teams of multiple international NGOs working across the international development sector, including his long-term role as finance and operations leader of the global health NGO PATH. He is an acknowledged expert in developing systems for managing contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded by US government agencies, private foundations, multilateral agencies and other governments in areas of overhead recovery, regulatory compliance and business model development. In 1980, he cofounded InsideNGO, a global operations membership association, and has led training sessions around the world on USAID rules and regulations, indirect costs, organizational effectiveness measurement, and field operations. Mr. Walker is known for his ability to make complex and particularly dry topics interesting and engaging through active learning and practical application approaches. Mr. Walker continues to serve as a senior advisor to InsideNGO particularly in addressing sector-wide issues. Mr. Walker serves on advisory panels for Charity Navigator and the Charity Defense Council; serves on multiple NGO boards; and recently contributed to “Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World” (Pallotta, 2012). Mr. Walker co-teaches “Global Health Project Life Cycle - Managing for Success”—a graduate level course in the School of Global Health, at the University of Washington. He has recently published “Optimizing Overhead in Challenging Times: 10 Approaches to Adapting to a New Landscape.” Most recently, Mr. Walker launched a small management-consulting firm (www.egwalkerassociates.com) dedicated to addressing INGO sector issues, adapting INGO business models, and uplifting INGO manager skill sets. Mr. Walker earned his master’s degree from Georgetown University in 1978.
--
Registration links and additional information will be posted shortly for the following session:
Session #3: Solutions for grantees: how to take specific steps to deal with and break the overhead myth.
Date TBD.
(Appropriate for grantees and board members)
--
The following organizations help support this and other GDX Events:
Executive Sponsor
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Lead Sponsors
Channel Foundation Global Impact Philanthropy Northwest InsideNGO
Support Sponsors
The Seattle Foundation The Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Partner Organizations
Washington Women’s Foundation Pangea World Affairs Council