Featured Guest Speakers
Conference Venue
Saint Kate-The Arts Hotel located on downtown Milwaukee’s Riverwalk: 139 E. Kilbourn Avenue and ThriveOn King: 2153 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Saint Kate is a 15 minute drive from Milwaukee Mitchell Airport
Conference Schedule and Agenda Highlights
Monday May 18: 5:30-7pm at Hotel Monaco
- Welcome reception (Rialto Suite, Rooftop)
- Dinner on your own
Tuesday May 19: 8:30am – 4:45pm at Hotel Monaco, Sofia Ballroom
- Breakfast buffet from 7:30-8:30am in the Rialto Suite (rooftop)
- Conference Kick Off & Welcome to Pittsburgh!
- Anchoring Communities: Community Foundations Strategies & Support Amid Federal Policy Shifts
- CFON Housing Cohort: Learning & Innovations
- Data & Storytelling for Impact (tentative)
- Equity & Authentic Community and Neighborhood Building
- Depart at 6:15pm for offsite event and dinner
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Wednesday May 20: 8:30am – 3:30pm, Pittsburgh Foundation
- Breakfast buffet from 8:00-8:30am
- Community Foundations and Civic Health
- Strategies for Bridging Divides, Amy McIsaac, PACE
- Interest Area Breakout Groups
- Community Impact
- Donor Engagement
- Operations & Support
- Policy & Advocacy
- Economic Mobility in Pittsburgh
- Call to Action and Closing Remarks
- Box Lunches at 12:45
- Optional Site Visit to Catapult (depart 1:30, return by 3:30)
Registration
Registration is free for CFON members and you may bring up to 3 representatives from your foundation (staff, board members, key partners)
- Click here to register. Space is limited. The deadline for registration is May 1, 2026.
- Reserve your hotel room at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco by April 20th for our group rate of $239 + tax