Maine Philanthropy Center Conference - Workshops and Speakers | Maine Philanthropy Center

Maine Philanthropy Center Conference

Workshops and Speakers

We are thrilled to announce the workshop sessions for the 2025 MPC Conference! We had a record number of proposals from our community that highlighted brilliant, collaborative, and equitable work happening across Maine. Reading the proposals made us proud and hopeful. We appreciate all the thought and care put into each of the proposals, as well as our conference committee for their work in selecting the proposals

Workshops are now listed below along with the agenda. Descriptions and speaker lists will be added in the coming weeks.

May 20, 2025

Building Hope: Ending Homelessness in Maine

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Downeast Community Partners

Returning Significant Financial Resources to Wabanakik

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Wabanaki Benefit Foundation

Ten Principles for Rural Philanthropic Engagement

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by MDC, Inc.

Adapting-Not Abdicating: How to Remain Mission-focused in Uncertain Times

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Maine Alliance for Health and Prosperity

Moving Towards Equitable State Contracting and Grantmaking

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations

Civic Health Checkup: How’s Maine doing?

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Maine Community Foundation

Pathways to Equity: Amplifying Support for AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Communities through Philanthropy

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Khmer Maine

Show and Tell: Using Communications to Advance Climate Justice

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center

Voices of Black Elders: Is Maine Listening?

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Maine Council on Aging

Grants for Change and Community-based Racial Justice Grantmaking

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hosted by Maine Initiatives

Rooting in Consent: Trust-based Storytelling for Advocacy and Systems Change

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Stories for Change & the Nature Based Education Consortium

Housing Equity within BIPOC Immigrant Communities in Maine

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by ProsperityME

Health Equity Capacity-Building: Lessons from a 7-year Experiment in Funder-Grantee Power Sharing

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Maine Health Access Foundation

Wabanaki Tribal Sovereignty in our Homelands Now Called Maine

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Wabanaki Alliance

Cultivating Community: The Power of Gathering Spaces & The Impact of Belonging

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Queerly ME

Strengthening Gender Equity Work Through Shared Resources: A Model for Sustainable, Human-Centered Nonprofit Operations

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Maine Women's Lobby

Fundraising in a Changing Political Landscape: The Power of Collaboration in Resourcing Grassroots Nonprofits

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by AmiKha Consulting

Pathways to Inspiration: Sharing Power with Rural Youth to Foster Equity + Belonging

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Rural Youth Institute

Youth Can: Striving for Truly Inclusive Grantmaking & Funding Decision-Making

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN)

Case Study: Collaborative Financing to Build Collective Power – Bangor’s Cedar Falls Residents Cooperative

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Hosted by Genesis Community Loan Fund