Funders' Forum

Funders share their "secret sauce" with insights into their funding cause areas, typical funding awards and funding schedules. The Greater Dallas AFP goes behind the curtain for this 2025 Funders' Forum. What motivates funders to give? How can we work with funders in these changing times? Attendees will gain an insider's perspective on funding priorities when making tough decisions about awarding program dollars. Takeaways will include an increased understanding of:

• Funding priorities
• Foundation governance
• Best practices in approaching funders & relationship development.

Register Online Here. Alternatively, you may download the reservation form and fax it in. (For security purposes we urge you NOT to email this interactive PDF form with your credit card number on it back to us. Instead, please snail mail, fax to 972-490-4219, or print out and scan before sending with your credit card information.) Online registration closes on Monday, August 25, 2025 at 10 PM. Online registration accepts credit cards only. To pay by check, mail or fax in the downloadable registration form.

ABOUT OUR MODERATOR: Alicia A. Peoples, JD, is past president of the Greater Dallas Chapter AFP. She is a graduate of Trinity University with a B.A. in political science and a law degree from Wake Forest University. Alicia spent college internships and the first two years out of law school in public interest and labor law. Returning to Texas after law school, Alicia spent five years in the volunteer roles of vice president and president of an East Texas political action committee, where she gained hands-on experience in direct mail marketing, mass communication, public relations, event planning, and fundraising. She's spent another 15 years as a nonprofit executive where she continues to hone these skills.

PANELISTS INCLUDE:

• Gianfranco Grande, National Senior VP, Partners for Sacred Places
• Karen Hughes White, CEO, Texas Women's Foundation
• Cathryn McClellan, Chair, HERitage Giving Fund

Register Online Here. Alternatively, you may download the reservation form and fax it in. (For security purposes we urge you NOT to email this interactive PDF form with your credit card number on it back to us. Instead, please snail mail, fax to 972-490-4219, or print out and scan before sending with your credit card information.) Online registration closes on Monday, September 15, 2025 at 10 PM. Online registration accepts credit cards only. To pay by check, mail or fax in the downloadable registration form.

Register Online Here. Alternatively, you may download the reservation form and fax it in. (For security purposes we urge you NOT to email this interactive PDF form with your credit card number on it back to us. Instead, please snail mail, fax to 972-490-4219, or print out and scan before sending with your credit card information.) Online registration closes on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 10 PM. Online registration accepts credit cards only. To pay by check, mail or fax in the downloadable registration form.