GCYF has again partnered with the Alliance for Justice to present a series of webinars on policy and advocacy grantmaking. The three part series will give foundations the opportunity to explore how foundations can engage in various types of advocacy and provide an overview of activities that constitute advocacy and public policy work; evaluate the impact of advocacy grants; and explore advocacy activities that foundations themselves can engage in. Each session in the series will be offered twice and will be presented in the context of a different issue effecting children, youth and families.  

Are you interested in learning more about how to evaluate advocacy grants? Join GCYF and the Alliance for Justice for this training webinar to obtain the tools needed to evaluate advocacy grants and to assess whether a potential grantee has the resources to engage in policy and advocacy work. This training webinar will be discussed in the context of community change (September 2010 session) and economic security (March 2011 session).

Participants will learn about and discuss: 

• Key principles for evaluating advocacy work 

• Indicators for assessing advocacy capacity

• Key concepts for evaluating community organizing work

• The electronic Build Your Advocacy Grantmaking: Advocacy Capacity Tool Assessment and Evaluation Tools

• The electronic Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing 
  

Featured Speaker:

• Carol Goss, President and CEO, The Skillman Foundation

Registration:

Those who are seeking to participate in this event are interested in becoming familiar with resources and tools that will aid in the evaluation of advocacy work, and learning about the program methodologies and measurement instruments other grantmakers have adopted.

Registration is free for GCYF Members; $40 for Non-Members. Receive a 15% discount for registering for 2 or more webinars at a time.

Please note that you will be required to complete a brief survey before accessing the registration page, where you can register for multiple events in the series.

Register Now

Participation is limited to representatives of grantmaking institutions, philanthropic advisors and grantmaking affinity groups.

If you are unable to attend this session, save the date or register early for the second session, to be held on March 15, 2011 2-3:30 p.m. ET.

• Featured Speaker: Michael Laracy, Director, Policy Reform and Advocacy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Learn more and register for other events in the series:
Webinar I - Getting Impact: Foundation Support for Advocacy
Webinar III - Engaging in Advocacy: Why, How & the Rules for Foundations Participating in Advocacy