Past Events

October
23–24
2024

2024 Journalism Funders Gathering

WHAT IS JFUNDERS? This annual gathering, which began 21 years ago, provides an important opportunity to strengthen connections among journalism funders and to provide opportunities for funders to discuss their work and share ideas with one another. WHY SHOULD I ATTEND? We know that funders rely in part on the expertise of other funders. This […]

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September
16
2024

JFunder Network Call – September

JFunder Network Calls are an opportunity to share what your organization is doing, learn about collaborative efforts from your peers, and stay connected to what’s happening in the field. If you’d like to present an update on your work or want to bounce an idea off your colleagues, let us know. Email MIF Manager of […]

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August
22
2024

From Stories to Solutions: Media’s Role in Philanthropy

Media Impact Funders and the Chronicle of Philanthropy invites you to a program exploring the critical role of storytelling in philanthropy.

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July
31
2024

Film funder convening in partnership with BlackStar Film Festival

This event has sold-out! To be added to the waitlist please email shannon@mediafunders.org. You will be notified by Monday, July 29 should space open up. Media Impact Funders is thrilled to be hosting a film funder gathering ahead of the BlackStar Film Festival, which celebrates the visual and storytelling traditions of Black, Brown and Indigenous people […]

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July
24
2024

Exploring the role of local forums to strengthen information, community and democracy

Media Impact Funders, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) and New_Public invite you to a collaborative program to explore the critical need for a reinvented local forum and its role in strengthening civic engagement and democracy. Facebook is 20, and not coincidentally, these last two decades have been some of the worst years ever for […]

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July
23
2024

Global Journalism Funding: Insights and Strategies

Join us for an enlightening session hosted in collaboration with the Journalism Funders Forum, a peer-learning community of Philea. We are excited to welcome Katie Donnelly, a research consultant with Dot Connector Studio, who will present the findings from the Media Impact Funders’ latest research. This comprehensive study offers a detailed snapshot of the global […]

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July
15–17
2024

2024 United Philanthropy Forum Annual Conference

From July 15-17, join United Philanthropy Forum in St. Louis for their annual conference that sparks and strengthens new PSO connections and partnerships, shares and explores new ideas for our field, and builds our personal skills as effective PSO leaders. #ForumCon24 is the one and ONLY conference that brings together Forum colleagues to delve into […]

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July
8
2024

JFunder Network Call – July

JFunder Network Calls are an opportunity to share what your organization is doing, learn about collaborative efforts from your peers, and stay connected to what’s happening in the field. If you’d like to present an update on your work or want to bounce an idea off your colleagues, let us know. Email MIF Manager of […]

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June
24
2024

Beyond Bars: It’s a Movement, Not a Moment

This program is organized in collaboration with Philanthropy New York, Brave New Films, Galaxy Gives, and the Justice Reform Working Group. The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, with over 2.3 million people behind bars. The impact of America’s mass incarceration reverberates across children, families, and communities. ‘BEYOND BARS’ […]

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June
10
2024

JFunder Network Call – June

JFunder Network Calls are an opportunity to share what your organization is doing, learn about collaborative efforts from your peers, and stay connected to what’s happening in the field. If you’d like to present an update on your work or want to bounce an idea off your colleagues, let us know. Email MIF Manager of […]

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