OC Grantmakers Annual Summit

Bringing Nonprofits together

Every year, the funders of OCG join together to host a one day summit for local nonprofit leaders. This event allows OCG members and Orange County nonprofit leaders to come together to learn, collaborate and grow.

OC Grantmakers Summit 2021

October 6 & 7, 2021

Thank you to those who attended the Orange County Grantmakers 2021 Annual Summit!

Keynote Speeches (Video Links)
Dr. Safiya U. Noble
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Awards Winners

To view the Agenda and more information:

OC Grantmakers Summit 2020

October 15-16 & 19-20, 2020

Thank you to those who attended the Orange County Grantmakers 2020 Annual Summit!

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Keynote Speakers
Ruha Benjamin
Alison Edwards
Kathleen Kelly Janus
Nupol Kiazolu
Vu Le
Wes Moore
Dean Richardson
L. Song Richardson
Keynote SESSION VIDEO LINKS

Day 1 Morning Keynote: Vu Le
“A Conversation Around Equity, Nonprofit Leadership, and Drawing a New Fish.”

Day 2 Morning Keynote: Kathleen Kelly Janus
“Recovering Together: How Nonprofits, Government and Business can Collectively Work Towards a More Equitable Future.”

Day 3 Morning Keynote: Ruha BenjaminNupol KiazoluAli EdwardsL. Song Richardson
“A Fireside Chat on Equity, Race, and How to Inspire Action” (audio only)

Breakout Session Speakers
  • Fred Ali
  • Eric Altman
  • Regina Birdsell
  • Bill Bracken
  • Lucy Salcido Carter
  • Samuel J. Casey
  • Eduardo Cisneros
  • Ely Flores
  • Harald Herrmann
  • Dean Kim
  • Dr. Bryant Marks
  • Megan McClaire
  • Perla Ni
  • Anne Olin
  • Carlos Perea
  • Dawn Reese
  • Alex Serna
  • Rick Stein
  • Jack Toan
  • Zoot Velasco
  • Sid Voorakkara
  • Marcus Walton
  • Kevin Mo-Wong
  • Iliana Welty
  • Daniel Zingale
Annual Summit Award Winners
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The Sister Regina Legacy Leader Award recognizes nonprofit, professional or volunteer leaders who demonstrate humble character, a long-term commitment to Orange County’s nonprofit community, and years of quietly working for the betterment of Orange County as a whole.

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The OCG Outstanding Change Maker Award recognizes and celebrates individual(s) that are doing extraordinary things to make Orange County a better place to live, work and thrive in.

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The Emerging Leader Award seeks to honor an up-and-coming nonprofit and/or philanthropic professional who has made a significant contributions to their field, and who has demonstrated their potential for leadership and continuing service.

OC Grantmakers Summit 2019

October 2, 2019

Thank you to those who attended the Orange County Grantmakers 2019 Annual Summit!

Keynote SpeECHEs (Video Links)

2019 Annual Summit Promo Video

OC Grantmakers Summit 2018

October 4, 2018

Thank you to those who attended the Orange County Grantmakers 2018 Summit! We hope you found the day inspiring, educational, and fun.

Presentations
Keynote Speakers

Nicole Hockley

Founder & Managing Director, Sandy Hook Promise

Jessica Ladd

Founder, Callisto

Dr. Manuel Pastor

Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, USC

Reverend James Lawson

Civil Rights Leader

Breakout Session Speakers
  • Asmaa Ahmed
  • Hussam Ayloush, MBA
  • Dave Barton
  • Elizabeth Campbell
  • Sandy Chiang
  • Peg Corley
  • Mary Anne Foo
  • Anne Grey
  • Miguel Hernandez
  • Roberto Herrera
  • Dr. Ana Jimenez-Hami
  • Joanna Lee
  • Susie López-Guerra, Ed.D
  • Paula Margeson
  • Adriana Martinez
  • Marshall Moncrief
  • Edward Muna
  • Dawn S. Reese
  • Richard Stein
  • Iliana Soto
  • Sandra Viera, MPA
  • Rev. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr.

OC Grantmakers Summit 2017

October 4 - 5, 2017

Working Together

The 2017 Conference focused on our nonprofit Executive Directors, CEO’s and Presidents, diving deep into a conversation around equity and innovation.

OC Grantmakers Summit 2016

February 4 & 5, 2016

Coming Together

The 2016 Summit was the largest conference to be hosted by Orange County Grantmakers. Topics focused on transformational leadership, innovation and development myths.
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POWERPOINTS

OC Grantmakers Summit 2014

May 22 & 23, 2014

Are You Ready to Upgrade?

The 4th two day summit invited even more organizations and focusing on innovation in the nonprofit sector.
AGENDA
PARTICIPANT PACKET

OC Grantmakers Summit 2013

February 7 & 8, 2013

Surviving to Thriving

The 3rd summit stayed with the two day format, and added “emerging leaders” to the invite list in addition to nonprofit chairs and executives. Topics included real-time strategies for bolstering nonprofit efforts in development and planning.

AGENDA
PARTICIPANT PACKET

OC Grantmakers Summit 2011

January 23 & 24, 2011

Candid Conversations

The 2nd summit was hosted over two days and added board chairs. Conversation focused on leadership, development and how to improve communications with donors and board volunteers.
AGENDA

OC Grantmakers Summit 2010

January 27, 2010

Embracing Chance, Creating Community

The first summit was an organic response to the brutal impact of the recession on the nonprofit sector in 2009. Hosted in one day, attendees focused on how to manage and refocus in hard times. The day ended in a vibrant town hall.

PRESS RELEASE

How do we build a compassionate and inclusive America in an age of distrust? WAJAHAT ALI knows from personal experience that when we come together to be the superheroes of our own stories, we can create honest social change. The beloved TED speaker has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic about our urgent issues—immigration, politics, parenthood—with boldness, hope, and humor. His memoir Go Back to Where You Came From, one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year, follows his life as a Muslim Pakistani-American on a surprising, emotional, and challenging quest for the good life. Iconic journalist Katie Couric says that “we are all so fortunate to be on the receiving end of his intellect, his humanity, and his heart.”

Wajahat Ali

“With wit and charm, Ali delivers a masterful meditation on growing up brown in America...he gives us a clear-eyed affirmation of the country America could be.” — Mara Gay, New York Times

Wajahat Ali uses his platform to fight tirelessly for the social change we need in our country—and he isn’t afraid to get personal while doing it. The Daily Beast columnist and former New York Times writer, TED speaker, award-winning playwright, and Peabody-nominated producer of the documentary series The Secret Life of Muslims offers us his experiences of triumph over hardship as a beacon of hope and resilience in the face of life’s impossible situations. From his experiences of Islamophobia growing up as a Muslim Pakistani-American to his two-year-old daughter’s liver cancer diagnosis, Wajahat is living proof that when we share our authentic stories, we build the America we wish to live in.”

In his memoir Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American, Wajahat teaches us how to create our own superhero origin story, invest in hope for the future of America, and enact real social change. The book was called “biting and funny and full of heart” by NPR. Representative Ilhan Omar called Wajahat’s work “hilarious” and “deeply moving”, and legendary writer Dave Eggers said it was the book he’d “been hoping Wajahat Ali would write for ten years—hilarious, stylistically fearless, deeply humane.”

Wajahat is also the author of The Domestic Crusaders—the first major play about Muslim-Americans in a post-9/11 world. He was the lead researcher and author for the Center for American Progress’s seminal report “Fear Inc., Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America,” and served as a national correspondent for Al Jazeera America, where he told stories about communities and individuals often marginalized or under-reported in mainstream media.

As Creative Director of Affinis Wajahat Labs, he worked to create social entrepreneurship initiatives to support and uplift marginalized communities. He also worked with the US State Department to design and implement the “Generation Change” leadership program to empower young social entrepreneurs. Wajahat initiated chapters in eight countries, including Pakistan and Singapore. For his work, he was honored as a “Generation Change Leader” by Sec. of State Clinton and recognized as an “Emerging Muslim American Artist” by the Muslim Public Affairs Council. 

He has given keynote speeches around the world such as TED, The Aspen Ideas Festival, Google, the United Nations, and The New Yorker Festival. His writing appears regularly in the New York TimesThe Atlantic, the Washington Post, and The Guardian. He’s a Senior Fellow at The Western States Center and Auburn Seminary and co-host of Al Jazeera’s The Stream.