Women's Philanthropy Group Fall Convening

We hope you’ll join us at our Women’s Philanthropy Group Fall Convening on Tuesday, November 18, for an afternoon of conversation, connection, and learning. Together, we'll discuss an important and sometimes overlooked opportunity to support our nonprofit community: capital campaigns.

Capital campaigns can sometimes feel daunting, complicated, and even a little unglamorous. But they can also be transformational. They can be what allows an organization to build the space, infrastructure, and foundation it needs to continue serving our community for decades to come.

And right now, with so much uncertainty at the national, state, and local levels — and with funding cuts affecting nonprofits across the board — the question of how we support organizations for the long term feels especially important.

How do we continue supporting the programs and services our community needs today, while also making investments that help our nonprofit organizations thrive tomorrow?

We hope you’ll join us!

We’ll start the afternoon with Nia Wassink, who will give us an inside look at capital campaigns and share her years of experience and knowledge about how they actually work, from feasibility and phasing to naming opportunities, and what happens to an organization’s operating budget once a campaign is complete.

Then, we’ll hear directly from three wonderful local organizations: BMOCA, Wild Bear, and Recovery Café. Each represents a unique part of Boulder County, works in a distinct space, has a varied organizational budget, and is at a different stage of its capital campaign.

We’ll break into small groups for candid conversations with these organizations, an opportunity to ask questions, hear about their experiences, learn what they’ve discovered along the way, and better understand what these campaigns really look like from the inside.

Most importantly, we’ll have a chance to learn from one another and explore how philanthropy can help meet this moment for our nonprofit community.