Register now for the Corporate Philanthropy Institute on Oct. 2 in San Francisco

On Oct. 2, the Corporate Philanthropy Institute, presented by Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, will explore how companies and corporate responsibility professionals can uphold their inherent values during changing times. 

The event, titled “The Value Proposition: Purposeful Action in a Changing World,” will be held at the University of California – San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center. It is expected to attract more than 150 professionals working in corporate citizenship and philanthropy across the globe. Sessions will engage participants in big ideas and then break concepts down into usable strategies, approaches, and actionable plans.

Speakers include:

• Olivia Khalili, Director at Oath for Good (formerly Yahoo!)

• Daniel Lee, Executive Director at Levi Strauss Foundation

• Eric Olson, Senior Vice President at Business for Social Responsibility

• Birger Stamperdahl, President and CEO, Give2Asia

• Justin Steele, Principal at Google.org

• Nicolette Van Exel, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Intuit

The day’s sessions include:

• Trends and opportunities in global giving and CSR

• Threading worker’s rights through the supply chain

• Living our values in turbulent times

The day’s activities will also include announcement of the 2017 Corporate Responsibility Impact Awards winners. Nominations for this prestigious recognition are being accepted through Sept. 8. Candidates may be nominated for company of the year, practitioner of the year and/or emerging practitioner of the year recognition.

The event is open to members of Northern California Grantmakers, member clients of Silicon Valley Community Foundation and non-affiliated corporate funders and CSR professionals. For more information and to register, visit siliconvalleycf.org/cpi. 

The gold-level sponsors of the 2017 Corporate Philanthropy Institute are Gilead, PG&E and Wells Fargo. Genentech and Workday are silver sponsors. Bronze sponsors are eBay, Google and Target. Donor sponsors are Equinix, Kaiser Permanente, Singularity University, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation.

About Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation advances innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems. As the largest community foundation in the world, we engage donors and corporations from Silicon Valley, across the country and around the globe to make our region and world better for all. Our passion for helping people and organizations achieve their philanthropic dreams has created a global philanthropic enterprise committed to the belief that possibilities start here. Learn more at siliconvalleycf.org. 

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation advances innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems, engaging donors to make our region and world a better place for all. Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a comprehensive center of philanthropy. Through visionary leadership, strategic grantmaking and world-class experiences, we partner with donors to strengthen the common good locally and throughout the world.

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