Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: Mini Conference: 8:30 – 11:15am, Luncheon: 11:30-1:30 pm
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Mini-Conference Sessions (8:30-11:15am)
Each mini-conference session will run 45-minutes, allowing attendees to participate in two (2) of the three (3) sessions below:
Community-Centric Major and Planned Gifts
Presented by Spencer Haworth, United Way of South Central Michigan
Demystifying Grant Writing: Strategies for Stronger Proposals and Stronger Partnerships
Presented by Maria Newhouse, Kalamazoo College
Who Gets Funded? Reimagining Equity in the Nonprofit Sector
Presented by Heather Boswell, SuccessStone Strategies
Lunch Topic:
A conversation on philanthropy with Shelley Irwin, host and producer of The Shelley Irwin Show on WGVU, and T. Clay Buck, co-host of Fundraising is Funny and founder and principal of Next River Fundraising Strategies
