The Baltimore Nonprofit Summit brings together organizations, funders, and stakeholders in an effort to strengthen and support community-based organizations in the Baltimore area—with an emphasis on Black and minority-led organizations. We are committed to coalition building where organizations with constituents from all backgrounds come together to advance goals of equity.
Introductory Conversation: Funding Black Futures
We will begin the day with a conversation with Jamye Wooten, founder and CEO of CLLCTIVLY, and Danielle Torain, director of OSI Baltimore. Our guests will discuss the new landscape facing nonprofit organizations and the funders who support them. This will include a look into the challenges and opportunities of the current moment and our guests’ experience supporting Black and Brown organizations in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
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Schedule
- 8:30–9:00 a.m.: Check-in and breakfast
- 9:00–9:05 a.m.: Welcome from TU
- 9:05–9:30 a.m.: Introductory Conversation: Funding Black Futures
We will begin the day with a conversation with Jamye Wooten, founder and CEO of CLLCTIVLY, and Danielle Torain, director of OSI Baltimore. Our guests will discuss the new landscape facing nonprofit organizations and the funders who support them. This will include a look into the challenges and opportunities of the current moment and our guests’ experience supporting Black and Brown organizations in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
- 9:30–9:45 a.m.: Drum Performance by WombWork Productions
- 10:00–11:15 a.m.: Concurrent sessions
Topics include diversifying funding streams (investments, endowments, and loans; social entrepreneurship; fundraising events) and decolonizing funding streams workshop.
- 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Lunch & Spoken Word Performance
Chats on youth services, community leadership, holistic health, artistic expression, intern hosting, community self-sufficiency, legal info, asset-based community development, TU assets.
- 12:45–2:00 p.m.: Concurrent sessions
Demystifying Funding: discussions with funders, grantwriting, and more.
- 2:15–3:30 p.m.: Concurrent sessions
Topics include utilizing consultants, evaluating for impact, can I use tech for that, and operational finance and accounting 101.
- 3:45–4:30 p.m.: Listening session
What NPOs Need Now
