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EVENT PHOTOS:    ToolBox Reception   |   Non Profit Connections   |  2011 Annual Luncheon 

Upcoming Events and Meetings

 

Each year the Community Foundation of North Texas provides a full calendar of events for our donors, their professional advisors and nonprofit leaders. We are a strong advocate for private philanthropy in North Texas and encourage sharing new and proven ideas to make our region even better. Our Insights Series for donors and community philanthropists, our seminars for nonprofits, and our legal and accounting sessions on effective charitable giving provide many opportunities for networking and learning. Please join us!


March 6

Annual Luncheon
11:45 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club Horizon/Terrace Room

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June 5

Chesapeake Scholarship Reception
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: The Chesapeake Foyer (100 Energy Way 76102)

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September 6

Insights Series
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club - Bistro

Speaker: TBD

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October 2

Professional Advisor Speaker Series

7:30 am to 9:00 am
Location: Fort Worth Club - Trinity Room (CPE & CLE credit available)

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October 4

Insights Series
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club Bistro

Speaker: TBD

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November 13

Insights Series
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club Bistro

Speaker: TBD

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Past Events

February 7

Professional Advisor Outreach Cabinet (PAOC)
11:45 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club
Speaker: Shannon Guthrie
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January 26

Nonprofit Connections Best Board Seminar...Ever!
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: La Mancha Business Center
Speaker: Sandy Hughes

Click here for more information and registration.

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November 8

Insights Series #3
Case Studies in Family Wealth and Charitable Planning 
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club - Sunset Room

Speakers: John Hunter, J.D., CPA, The Blum Firm; Lisa Jamieson, J.D., CPA, Shannon Gracey
Moderator: Dee Steer, Kelly, Hart & Hallman

Case studies are useful to learn how others in similar situations handled complex family and wealth planning issues. For more information, click here. _________________________________________________________    

November 4

Poverty in Parker County: "Opening People's Eyes to the Cost of Poverty"
9:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Doss Heritage and Culture Center (Weatherford, TX)

For more information, click here.  

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November 3

North Texas Giving Day Feedback Session--Fort Worth
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Location: Funding Information Center (La Mancha Event Center)  

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October 6

Insights Series #2
Peer to Peer - How Fort Worth Philanthropists Make Their Decisions
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club - Sunset Room
Moderator: Bill Landreth This session explores the blend of emotion, data and circumstance which drives the decisions of generous local philanthropists.

For more information, click here.

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October 4

Professional Advisor Outreach Cabinet
Speaker Series  (CLE event)
7:30 am to 9:00 am
Location: Fort Worth Club - Sunset Room

Using a Community Foundation to Accomplish Your Client Goals
with Nancy Jones, President of the Community Foundation of North Texas; Allyson Baumeister, CPA Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC; and John Hunter, The Blum Firm.

To view the presentation slides, click here.

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September 27

Toolbox Grant Celebration
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Thistle Hill Mansion
For more information about ToolBox Grants, click here.

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September 15

Giving Day (Donor Bridge)
7:00 am to 7:00 pm

For more information, click here.

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September 8

Insights Series #1
Strategic Giving in Fort Worth - Assessing the Needs and Solutions for the Economically Disadvantaged
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club - Sunset Room
Speaker: Dr. Paul Penley, Director of Research, Excellence in Giving and author
Commentator: John Robinson, EVP, Amon G. Carter Foundation

Dr. Penley is the author of a 2010 study on Fort Worth's unmet needs for the poor and the nonprofit organizations in Fort Worth best positioned to meet those needs. For more information on what Dr. Penley spoke on, click here.

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July 6

Giving Day Kick-off
3pm
Location: La Mancha Event Center
Press Release

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March 8

Community Foundation 2011 Annual Luncheon
Sponsored by Frost Bank and Sproles Woodard LLP
11:45 am to 1:00 pm 
Location: Fort Worth Club Horizon/Terrace Room
Press Release
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February 16 – 17

Texas Community Foundations Network Retreat
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Norris Conference Center, Fort Worth, TX
Gathering of Texas Community Foundations leaders
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February 16

Professional Advisors Speaker Series (CLE event)
7:30 am to 11:00 am
Location: Fort Worth Club Top of the Town
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Hoyt, Professor of Law, UMKC School of Law
This event was worth three hours of CLE credit with the State Bar of Texas
If you were unable to attend this PA Cabinet Meeting, click here to view the presentation slides
(This is a large file and will take time to load.)

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February 10

InSights Series #3
Sponsored by Southwest Bank
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club Sunset Room

How Much is Enough to Give to Children, Others and Community?

with Cory Dowell, Director, Wealth Management Group, Alliance Bernstein and moderator Denny Alexander
If you were unable to attend, click here to view the presentation slides

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January 14

Non-Profit Connections
Sponsored by Community Foundation of North Texas, Funding Information Center & United Way of Tarrant County

8:30 am to 11:30 am
Location: La Mancha Business Center

Turning Ordinary People Into Fundraising Superheroes

with Author Carol Weisman
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January 13

InSights Series #2
Sponsored by Southwest Bank

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Fort Worth Club Sunset Room

How Do I Ensure My Children and Grandchildren are Enhanced and Not Diminished by Wealth?
with author Carol Weisman and moderators Rusty Reid, CEO Higginbotham & Assoc. and Chris Huckabee, CEO Huckabee & Associates

Open to all

If you were unable to attend Insights Series #1, click here to see notes from the presentation.