IFIP’s Ninth Annual Conference

More than 130 participants will gather at IFIP’s 2010 Conference in beautiful Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia to share and learn from each other. Our main conference sessions will be held at Tin-Wis Resort, owned by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and named "BC Aboriginal Business of the Year" for 2008 by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation and also "Strength in Marketing" award from Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC. Post-site visits include the opportunity to explore the region’s exquisite beauty and rich biological and cultural diversity with members of the International Society of Ethnobiology; or attend the May 18th meeting of Mission Related Investment (MRI) conducted by Confluence Philanthropy. IFIP’s 2010 Conference will explore emerging trends in Indigenous Philanthropy, with a focus on coalition-building to enhance donors’ effectiveness, increase grantees’ capacity, and ensure program sustainability. See www.internationalfunders.org for more info and call for Sessions

Event Types(s)

Conference

When

May 15, 2010 09:00 AM to
May 17, 2010 05:00 PM

Where

Tofino, Vancouver Island

Attendees

Planning Committee, IFIP thanks these devoted members for their guidance and expertise:, • Gary Martin, Executive Director, Global Diversity Foundation and Co- chair of Planning Committee, • Timothy R. Dykman, Co-Director, Ocean Revolution, A Project of the Ocean Foundation and Co-chair of Planning Committee, • James Stauch, Vice President, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and IFIP Board Member, • Scott Rehmus, CEO and Neil Philcox, Director of Projects, Coast Opportunity Funds, • Elena Moreno, Executive Director, Circulos, • John Kenny and Paul Kenny, Kenny Family Foundation, • Susan Smitten, Communications Director, RAVEN, Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs, • Anne Henshaw, Ph.D. Program Officer, Oak Foundation, • Susan Balbas, Executive Director, Tierra Madre Fund, • Marion Gracey, President, The Muttart Foundation, • Cliff Fregin, CEO, New Relationship Trust, • Jennifer W. Grimm, Arctic Funders Group, • Ross McMillan, Executive Director, Tides Canada Foundation, • Meaghan Calcari, Program Officer, Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation, • Lilian Autler, Institutional Giving Coordinator, Grassroots International

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Building and Sustaining Coalitions: 

Finding Common Ground for Education,

Environment and Human Rights Advocacy

A special feature of IFIP conferences—somewhat unique among donor affinity groups—is the opportunity to network and engage in person-to-person exchanges of cultural learning with grantmakers, NGOs, and Indigenous leaders from around the world. The presence of Indigenous leaders at IFIP conferences provides greater immediacy, poignancy, and relevancy to donor discussions of grantmaking methodologies.

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