SWMO Funder Network Convening: Supporting SWMO in Uncertain Times

Description

Join your southwest Missouri funder peers for our second SWMO Funder Network Convening of 2025! The SWMO Funder Network is now in our 5th year of convening and has a history of generously sharing information and supporting peer funders within the Network. Recent shifting federal funding priorities have caused uncertainty for many of our nonprofit partners and those they serve. As a Network, we have an opportunity to explore how we might best support our communities through individual and coordinated responses.

At this meeting, you will have the opportunity to:

• Connect with other funders and discuss current and forecasted impacts of shifting federal funding on your grantees and on the SWMO region more broadly.
• Explore strategies for the SWMO Funder Network to support communities with a coordinated response.

Schedule

9:00 - 9:15am          Coffee (and snacks!) & Conversation

9:15 - 10:30am        Guided Discussion

10:30 - 11:00am       Network Info & Wrap-Up