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Women in Development: Celebrating A Quarter Century

The Program Committee Presents:

"The Changing Landscape of Philanthropy in Boston"

Speaker: Paul Grogan is the President and CEO of the Boston Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the nation. Mr. Grogan has served as Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs at Harvard University, and from 1986 through 1998 was President and CEO of the nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the nation's largest community development intermediary. Under his leadership, LISC raised and invested more than $3 billion in private capital in inner city revitalization efforts across the country. Mr. Grogan serves on the boards of the Knight Foundation, the Community Development Trust of New York, Williams College, Jobs for Massachusetts and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. He is also founder and volunteer President of CEOs for Cities, a national organization comprised of big city mayors, corporate leaders and university presidents.

The Big Dig has given downtown Boston more than a better view, it has given the area's residents and business leaders a clearer way to see each other. A glance at the Boston Globe will reveal a heady time of new connections, initiatives, and creative opportunities. Where is it all headed? And what about the philanthropic landscape within this new Boston? The insular world of old money and Boston-based corporations is gone, and dozens of new nonprofits, individual donors, family foundations, partnerships and government entities are now gazing at each other with questioning eyes. Where, exactly, are we headed?

Please join us for breakfast with Paul Grogan as he explores Boston's new philanthropic landscape and what it means to us as development professionals. Mr. Grogan will offer a brief historical perspective of philanthropy in Boston; then focus on the new trends and challenges organizations face from individual donors, corporations, foundations, and government sources, and how nonprofits can anticipate and overcome these challenges in order to stay ahead of the curve.

Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Radisson Hotel Boston
200 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116

Registration: 7:30 a.m.
Program: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Registration Deadline for Member Cost: January 26, 2005

Hotel is located in Boston's Theatre District. Parking: Reduced rate parking is available in the hotel garage at 200 Stuart Street. MBTA: Red Line: to Park Street stop, change to Green Line: Boylston Street stop walk down Tremont to Stuart or Arlington Street stop exit to Park Plaza walk on Arlington to Stuart Orange Line: New England Medical Center stop, exit at Tremont Street side, walk on Tremont to Stuart turn left on Stuart.

Cost: $25 for WID members; $30 for non-members, late registration (after 1/26/05) and walk-ins.

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