Past Events

Join us for the third CEO Chat of 2026, featuring Tariq Malik from Securian.

Join us for an interactive session that will examine how typical funder-grantee relationships often reproduce power imbalances, and how thoughtful shifts in mindset, practice, and structure can foster genuine trust, deeper collaboration, and more equitable outcomes.

Join us for the second CEO Chat of 2026, featuring Bilal Alkatout and Migdalia Loyola Meléndez, Co-Executive Directors of Headwaters Foundation for Justice.

Join us for the first CEO Chat of 2026, on the state of the Council, as we welcome Michelle Maryns, who stepped into the role of MCF President this past August.

Join MCF and partners from Lathrop GPM for a quick dive into legal and governance basics for foundations. 

Examine the history of institutional giving in the U.S. to forge a stronger sector. Led by Jen Ford Reedy, President, Bush Foundation.

In this session, we will discuss the benefits (and limitations), flexibility, and potential impact of the philanthropic vehicles available to family philanthropy.

Learn how effective governance can support and sustain effective, compliant, and mission driven family philanthropies.