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Collective Impact Funder Community of Practice: Large Group Learning Call November 17, 2016 PREPARED FOR: COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUNDER COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE PARTICIPANTS An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Agenda for Today’s CI Funder COP Learning Call Topics for Today’s Virtual Meeting Timing • 10 min Introductions and COP Overview • Failing Forward: Lessons from Hitting Roadblocks in Collective Impact o Presentation and discussion with Maggie Morales , Lake County Community Foundation 60 min o Presentation and discussion with Tawanna Black , Northside Funders Group o Presentation and discussion with Martha Maksym , United Way of Northwest Vermont • Open Time for Group Discussion on Lessons 15 min Learned from Hitting Roadblocks in Your Work • Next Steps 5 min 2 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

I. Introductions and COP Overview II. Failing Forward: Lessons from Hitting Roadblocks in Collective Impact III. Wrap Up and Next Steps 3 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Goals of the Collective Impact Funder Community of Practice • Networking and building relationships with other funders of collective impact • Learning about the strategies and nuances for funders engaging in collective impact , and how to most effectively engage in and support collective impact • Improving the practice of grantmakers as funders and partners in collective impact 4 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Since Mid-2014, the CI Funder COP Has Offered Meetings and Peer Learning Calls on Topics Such as Community Engagement, Equity, Funder Alignment, and Leadership May 2015: Sept. 2014: Jan. 2015: Feb. 2016: Sept. 2016: Second 30+ COP Small group Fourth in- Fifth in- annual CI participants peer person person Funder join first knowledge COP COP Convening large group exchange meeting meeting (New learning call calls begin (DC) (Chicago) Orleans) 2014 2015 2016 Nov. 2014: Feb. 2015: May 2014: 40 Second in- Oct. 2015: COP June 2016: attendees person Third in- launches at Third at first in- COP person first annual annual CI person meeting COP CI Funder Convening COP (DC); ~50 meeting Convening (Seattle) meeting orgs now in (Chicago) (Aspen) (Seattle) the COP 5 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

47 Organizations Are Currently Participating in the CI Funder COP Confirmed Funder COP Participants (as of November 2016) • Annie E. Casey Foundation • SC Ministry Foundation • Aspen Community Foundation • Social Venture Partners • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Stuart Foundation • Campbell Soup Company • The Children’s Trust • Community Memorial Foundation • The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida • First 5 LA Counties • First 5 Monterey County • The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation • GlaxoSmithKline • The HCA Foundation • Greater Cincinnati Foundation • The Lake County Community Foundation • Gulf Coast Community Foundation • The Rider-Pool Foundation • Healthcare Georgia Foundation • The Seattle Foundation • Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts • The Staten Island Foundation • Health Foundation of South Florida • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation • Hunt Alternatives / Demand Abolition • United Way of Greater Cincinnati • Institute of Mental Hygiene • United Way of Hancock County • Interact for Health • United Way of Northwest Vermont • Lake Area United Way • United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley • Legacy Foundation • United Way of the Greater Triangle • Lumina Foundation • Venture Philanthropy Partners • Michigan College Access Network • Wisconsin Partnership Program • Monterey Peninsula Foundation • Funder COP Organizing Partners: Aspen Forum for • Northside Funders Group Community Solutions, FSG, GEO, and GFE • Ontario Trillium Foundation • Robert R. McCormick Foundation • Saint Francis Foundation • Santa Fe Community Foundation 6 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

COP Participants Are Geographically Diverse, But Also Have Clusters in Places like Chicago, Cincinnati, and Seattle = Headquarters of CI Funder COP Participant 7 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

I. Introductions and COP Overview II. Failing Forward: Lessons from Hitting Roadblocks in Collective Impact III. Wrap Up and Next Steps 8 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Suggested Ground Rules for Our Failing Forward Discussion 1 Listen actively and do not interrupt if someone is speaking 2 What is said here, stays here; What is learned here leaves here 3 No one knows everything; together we know a lot 4 Notice and respect your and others’ experiences, emotions, and feelings 5 Speak from the I, not for the group 6 We cannot be articulate all the time; therefore, assume positive intent from others’ comments 7 Expect and accept a lack of closure 8 Challenge each other to help facilitate change and support each other 9 Strive to be present and make the best use of our time together 9 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Two “Failing Forward” Stories from Robert and Jen on the Collective Impact Forum Team 10 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Stories from Three COP Members Maggie Morales Manager of Community Engagement Lake County Community Foundation Tawanna Black Executive Director Northside Funders Group Martha Maksym Executive Director United Way of Northwest Vermont 11 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

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Le Lessons Le Learned • The Foundation encouraged the coalition to “staff up” too quickly. • La Laying th the groundwork for a a col olla laborative visi vision is is cri critical. • What we con onsid idered a a lon long-term in investment was as not ot lon long-term enough. • Build ild a a su sustain inable le le lead adership str tructure. Q & A 13

Stories from Three COP Members Maggie Morales Manager of Community Engagement Lake County Community Foundation Tawanna Black Executive Director Northside Funders Group Martha Maksym Executive Director United Way of Northwest Vermont 14 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Stories from Three COP Members Maggie Morales Manager of Community Engagement Lake County Community Foundation Tawanna Black Executive Director Northside Funders Group Martha Maksym Executive Director United Way of Northwest Vermont 15 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Chittenden County Opioid Alliance 16 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

Group Discussion • For our three “failing forward” presenters, what was the experience like for you? • For those listening to these stories, what are notable takeaways or themes across the three stories? • Does anyone else have a “roadblock” or challenge you are facing in collective impact that you’d like to share with the group (either today -- time permitting -- or in a future call)? 17 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

I. Introductions and COP Overview II. Failing Forward: Lessons from Hitting Roadblocks in Collective Impact III. Wrap Up and Next Steps 18 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

We Are Actively Planning our 2017 COP Calls and Meetings January 2017 Informal Group Call • When: TBD on Jan. 5 or Jan. 10 (indicate your availability in this poll) • Topic: Group reflections on the U.S. election, and implications for your investments in collective impact February 2017 In-Person Meeting • When: Feb. 8 (5:30-8:30pm EST, includes dinner) and Feb. 9 (8am-4pm EST, includes breakfast and lunch, with optional happy hour from 4:30-6pm EST) • Where: Washington, D.C. • Topics: How- to discussion on the funder’s role in community engagement • Planning to attend? You will receive an RSVP link in December 2017 Collective Impact Convening • When: May 23-25, 2017 • Where: Boston, MA (see next slide for more details) 19 An Initiative of FSG and Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions