Future of Philanthropy
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Boulevard in Sacramento
Get ready for another inspiring day with people who care deeply about giving back to the Sacramento region!
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation’s third annual Philanthropy Summit brings our community together to learn, connect, and celebrate the power of local generosity — and to imagine what the future of philanthropy can look like right here at home.
Secure Your Spot
Philanthropy Summit Tickets: $100
Join us for this year’s Philanthropy Summit: Future of Philanthropy. Spend the day with people who care about the Sacramento region and want to shape what giving looks like in the years ahead. Each tickets grants access to the full day’s activities, including lunch, and appetizers and refreshments at the evening mixer.
As a fundholder of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation or Yolo Community Foundation, you enjoy complimentary access. The Celebration of Generosity follows the day-long educational sessions at this year’s Philanthropy Summit. You are welcome to attend the entire day or join us for just the Celebration (4:30-6 p.m.). We look forward to seeing you!
Use the unique link mailed and emailed to you to access this page and register. The link is also available in your donor portal. Please contact us at rsvp@sacregcf.org or (916) 921-7723 for assistance.
A limited number of reduced-price scholarship registrations were available to organizations with budgets under $100,000. These have sold out.
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Schedule
The Philanthropy Summit brings together a day of conversation, learning, and community. Below, you’ll find the full schedule. Plan your day in advance, or come ready to explore!
9 AM
Plenary Session
Welcome & Keynote
Join us for a warm welcome, an update on the Sacramento Region Community Foundation’s work across the region, and a look at the ideas shaping the future of philanthropy.
Audience: All audiences
Why do people give? Cherian Koshy has spent his career studying that question, and the answer is rooted in trust, identity, and belonging.
In this keynote, he’ll share what research tells us about how giving decisions actually get made, and why a modest gift can carry as much meaning as a large one. You’ll come away with a clearer sense of the reasons for giving, plus practical ideas for building the kind of trust that helps generosity take root across the Sacramento region.
Cherian Koshy
Author of Neurogiving: The Science of Donor Decision-Making, strategist & entrepreneur
Cherian Koshy, ACFRE, CFRE, CAP®, is a globally recognized expert in fundraising strategy, leadership, and innovation, working at the intersection of ethics, technology, and philanthropy. He is the author of Neurogiving: The Science of Donor Decision-Making, a multi-week USA Today bestseller and #1 Amazon bestseller in Nonprofits.
Cherian blends neuroscience, behavioral science, and real-world experience to help organizations inspire generosity ethically and lead with clarity in times of change. He serves on the global board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and on the board of The Giving Institute. His insights have been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, CEOWorld, and Yahoo Finance. He is the founder of the AI-powered platform NonprofitOS, which was acquired by Kindsight, where he now serves as Vice President.
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions offer practical ideas and fresh perspectives on philanthropy from all angles. Choose the conversations that speak to your interests.
Every session is open to all audiences. The label included with each session points you toward the ones shaped with you in mind. Sessions are subject to change.
Audience: All audiences
What if philanthropy was not transactional? What if giving could be joyful, collective, and rooted in community? This interactive workshop explores collective giving through the experience of the APIs RISE Fund and drawing on cutting-edge national research. This workshop challenges participants to rethink philanthropy, how decisions get made, and what it means to give with community.
Vince Sales
He/Him
Chief Executive Officer, Everyday Impact Consulting; Co-Chair, APIs Rise Fund
Vince A. Sales serves as co-chair of APIs Rise Fund, a giving circle hosted by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. He also works as CEO of Everyday Impact Consulting (EIC), a social impact organization providing services tailored to the unique needs of nonprofit, governmental, philanthropic, and corporate organizations to create social good.
Vince has more than 30 years of combined experience in higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic foundations. In his various roles, he has provided consulting services for strategic planning, community engagement and outreach, communications and media relations, government and community relations, policy/advocacy, community power-building, and fund development.
Vince completed his designation as a Certified Specialist in Planned Giving from the American Institute for Philanthropic Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Vince earned his BA in Mass Communications (with high distinction) from the University of California, Berkeley and an MPA (nonprofit administration emphasis) from San Francisco State University.
Yumi Sera
Donor, APIs Rise Fund
A member of APIs RISE, Yumi Sera established and led California’s Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, directing statewide campaigns and a trusted messenger network of 100+ community-based organizations.
Audience: Nonprofits
From Passive to Powerful is a practical, hands-on workshop that helps nonprofit leaders transform their boards into active, accountable fundraising partners. Through real-world examples and interactive exercises, participants learn how to build a culture of accountability, strengthen board engagement, and create a strategic fundraising pipeline.
Dr. Dawnté Early
She/Her
President & CEO, United Way California Capital Region
A recognized leader in health equity, public health and mental health, Dr. Dawnté Early leads with the belief that real change happens in partnership with the community. Since January 2022, she has guided United Way to help 100,000 people across the region, including nearly 62,000 children, while investing $62 million in the community.
In 2021, Dr. Early made history as the first Black councilmember elected to the West Sacramento City Council and now serves on its first all-female council. She has been widely recognized for her leadership, including as a Sacramento Business Journal Most Admired CEO and Sacramento Observer’s 2025 Person of the Year. United Way was named in Sacramento Business Journal’s 2025 Fastest Growing Companies.
Prior to United Way, Dr. Early held leadership roles with California Department of Public Health and Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, where she advanced behavioral health and criminal justice reforms.
A proud UC Davis triple alum, Dr. Early holds a master’s degree in child development, doctorate in human development and a minor in quantitative psychology.
Amber Lovett
She/Her
Chief, Resource Development & Marketing Officer, United Way California Capital Region
Amber Lovett is Chief Resource Development and Marketing Officer at United Way California Capital Region, where she leads integrated strategies across fundraising, partnerships, brand visibility and community engagement to support children and families.
Over two decades, she has helped expand revenue, grow grant funding more than 524% since 2022, and support over $62 million in community investments reaching 100,000 people. She secured a $10 million MacKenzie Scott grant and helped launch the region’s first Guaranteed Income program. Amber has strengthened donor and partner networks, elevated the organization’s profile, and served as interim CEO in 2021, guiding a successful leadership transition. She is a Sacramento State alum.
Audience: Nonprofits
Local governments and nonprofits exist in a type of symbiotic relationship. When nonprofits are stable, it benefits everyone, especially local government agencies and area residents. During challenging times, a strong relationship between local governments and nonprofits is even more essential. Come learn about partnership and funding opportunities, and strategies for success.
Karen Baker
She/Her
Executive Director, Yolo Food Bank
Karen Baker is a nonprofit and public sector leader, strategist, and community program innovator. Currently, she is the Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank and has served in cabinet positions and agency lead posts under California Governors Schwarzenegger, Brown, and Newsom leading California Volunteers.
Prior to her current position, Baker was the architect and co-chair of Listos California, a statewide disaster preparedness campaign aimed to educate diverse and vulnerable populations. Prior to her work in state government, she was a managing partner with Valley Vision in Sacramento and was the director of innovation at Share Our Strength (an anti-hunger national non-profit). Baker served as a Clinton administration presidential appointee with the team that established the national service program, AmeriCorps. Baker also led Chrysalis, a nonprofit dedicated to job readiness for individuals experiencing homelessness.
After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Sociology, she completed a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She now lives in Sacramento with her husband and two children.
Lucas Frerichs
County Supervisor, County of Yolo
Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs represents the cities of Davis and Winters, the campus of UC Davis, and the rural land of southwestern Yolo County.
Lucas has served on the Board since January 2023, and previously served as Mayor and Councilmember for the City of Davis from 2012-2022. Lucas also serves on numerous local agency boards, including serving as Chair of both First 5 Yolo and the Yolo Habitat Conservancy.
He is committed to advancing policy that promotes the ability of families, in all their forms, to have their basic needs met in safe, connected communities where there is opportunity for personal fulfillment, and access to protected natural resources.
Chevon Kothari
She/Her
Deputy County Executive, HHSA, County of Sacramento
Appointed Deputy County Executive for Health and Human Services in June of 2022, Chevon Kothari brings more than 25 years of leadership advancing the health, safety, and well-being of vulnerable communities. She joined the County in 2021 as Director of Health Services and previously held key state and local roles, including Health Services Director of Sacramento County, Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Social Services and Agency Director of the Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency.
Chevon also led a nonprofit focused on serving families experiencing domestic violence, substance abuse and homelessness for a decade, strengthening her deep commitment to community-centered service. Her career includes work on a mental health crisis intervention team, designing and implementing prevention initiatives, supporting organizational capacity building as a consultant, and chairing multiple boards and commissions, including serving as a First 5 Commissioner in two counties, President of the Board of Directors of CASA, and the President of the California Welfare Directors Association, amongst others.
Across every role, Chevon has demonstrated a passion and commitment to build a strong, equitable social safety net that ensures all people not only have their basic health and safety needs met but have opportunities to thrive.
Chevon has a Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
11:45 AM
Lunch
Keep the conversation going with old friends and new faces who share your commitment to the region.
Boxed lunch included.
1 PM
Plenary Session
Come back together to celebrate some of the people who make generosity possible: This session includes recognition of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), California Capital Chapter’s National Philanthropy Day honorees, as well as a plenary presentation.
Audience: All audiences
This presentation uses economic data on the region’s nonprofit sector to reframe how donors and philanthropists think about their giving, not as charity, but as an investment in critical infrastructure. It closes with suggestions from nonprofit leaders on what it will take to sustain the sector.
Shannon Williams
Executive Director, Institute for Social Research at Sacramento State
Shannon A. Williams, PhD, is Executive Director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at California State University, Sacramento, where she leads community-based research and evaluation projects across the public policy, government, and nonprofit sectors. With more than 25 years of experience translating complex data into actionable insights for policy and practice, she has built ISR into a recognized resource for applied research across California. Her work brings her into regular partnership with nonprofits throughout the Sacramento region, giving her a direct view of the sector’s role as regional economic infrastructure. She also serves as a District 4 Commissioner on the Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission.
Debra Oto-Kent
Founder and Executive Director, Health Education Council
Debra Oto-Kent, MPH, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Health Education Council (HEC), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing health equity in underserved communities. Since 1991, she has led HEC in building cross-sector partnerships and resident-driven initiatives that engage communities in creating healthier, safer, and more connected neighborhoods. Under her leadership, HEC has received Innovation Awards from the California Department of Public Health and CDC and has been recognized as California Nonprofit of the Year in 2016, 2021, and 2023.
She has written and presented extensively on her primary areas of expertise: coalition building among diverse stakeholders; community engagement; and improving the public’s health with an emphasis on improving health outcomes in low-income, diverse communities. Through her work, she has authored two children’s books, Finding Your Connecting Place (2023) and A Park for Everyone (2022), that highlight the power of community action to improve well-being. Ms. Oto-Kent received a master’s in public health from UCLA’s School of Public Health.
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions offer practical ideas and fresh perspectives on philanthropy from all angles. Choose the conversations that speak to your interests.
Every session is open to all audiences. The label included with each session points you toward the ones shaped with you in mind. Sessions are subject to change.
Audience: Nonprofits
We spend a lot of time talking about collaboration, yet many collaborative efforts fail to move from conversation to action. Drawing on lessons from initiatives across the Sacramento region, this session explores the most common threats to collective action — and the tools, structures, and leadership practices that help collaborations thrive.
Evan Schmidt
She/Her
Chief Executive Officer, Valley Vision
Evan Schmidt is the CEO of Valley Vision, a nonprofit civic leadership organization dedicated to advancing economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental sustainability through collaboration and data-driven action. Over the past two decades, she has helped design and lead complex cross-sector initiatives that bring together philanthropy, government, business, and community organizations to address regional challenges.
Evan’s work focuses on the conditions that enable collective action to succeed—including trust-building, shared governance, leadership resilience, and accountability. A recognized regional leader, Evan works at the intersection of philanthropy, public policy, community engagement, and systems change.
Audience: Donors
Dig into a treasure chest of giving strategies designed for your specific situation. In this interactive session, some of the Sacramento region’s leading philanthropic advisors will explore three real-world case studies showing how you can give complex assets wisely, minimize taxes, and make a lasting impact on the causes you care about. Whether you’re new to sophisticated giving or refining your approach, you’ll leave with concrete ideas you can put to work right away.
Cookie Desai
Estate Attorney, Watson & Machado LLC
Karina “Cookie” Desai is an associate at Watson & Machado LLP based out of Sacramento and San Francisco. She graduated from UC Davis School of Law in May 2024 and focuses on estate planning, planned charitable giving, trust and probate administration, and related real estate, tax, and business matters.
Cookie’s long-standing commitment to community-oriented action and social justice extends through her work, where she is passionate about helping individuals and families create a lasting impact through charitable and community-oriented planning. Through a collaborative and values-driven approach, Cookie helps clients align their estate planning and philanthropic goals with practical solutions, empowering them to leave a legacy that benefits both their loved ones and the communities they care about.
Rebekah Rabiroff
She/Her
Director of Legacy Giving, Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Rebekah Rabiroff helps local people shape meaningful, lasting legacies that strengthen the community for generations.
Rooted in the belief that thoughtful philanthropy transforms communities, Rebekah brings extensive experience spanning the healthcare, performing arts, and higher‑education sectors. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as Senior Director of Development at Sacramento State and held leadership roles at New Century Chamber Orchestra and Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, along with education and development positions at Carnegie Hall and the League of American Orchestras.
Rebekah holds an MBA from the City University of New York (Baruch College) and a BA from Mount Holyoke College.
Audience: All
The most transformative philanthropy begins by recognizing that communities are not problems to be solved — they are partners with wisdom, assets, and lived expertise. This session explores how storytelling can shift power, elevate community voices, and help donors and nonprofits move beyond transactional giving toward authentic partnerships that produce lasting, community-driven change.
Sia Y. Magadan
She/Her
Executive Director, Reach Out and Read California
Sia Magadan is a first-generation American, bridge builder, and champion for children and families. As Executive Director of Reach Out and Read California, she spends her days advancing early literacy, strengthening communities, and reminding people that books can change lives long before a child ever enters a classroom. The daughter of Sierra Leonean immigrants, Sia is passionate about creating opportunities for historically underserved communities and helping philanthropy live up to its highest ideals. Whether she’s connecting people, raising resources, or advocating for California’s youngest learners, Sia believes that every child deserves a fair beginning—and every community already holds the seeds of its own greatness.
Shannin Stein
She/Her
Director of Advancement, Alchemist CDC
Shannin Stein is Director of Advancement for Alchemist Community Development Corporation (CDC), where she leads strategic partnerships, philanthropy, and resource development for initiatives that connect communities to land, food, and opportunity.
With over 30 years of experience spanning hospitality, agriculture, nonprofit leadership, and community development, she has built a career around helping organizations move beyond transactional relationships to build lasting partnerships rooted in trust and shared ownership. Shannin is currently leading capital and strategic development of Alchemist Public Market, an innovative employment social enterprise that will bring together food entrepreneurship, workforce development, food access, and sustainability-focused community gathering space into a single neighborhood destination in Sacramento’s River District.
Her work is grounded in the belief that the most effective philanthropy does not rescue communities, it invests in their existing strengths, elevates local voices, and empowers residents to shape their own future.
3:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions offer practical ideas and fresh perspectives on philanthropy from all angles. Choose the conversations that speak to your interests.
Every session is open to all audiences. The label included with each session points you toward the ones shaped with you in mind. Sessions are subject to change.
Audience: All
What happens when you trust the organizations you fund? Join us for a lively conversation with philanthropic partners and nonprofit leaders that will illustrate why centering relationships is the most powerful funding tool. Through real-world storytelling and concrete examples, we’ll discuss moving from transactional to transformative grantmaking. Walk away with tangible skills for co-creating and forging relationships and practices rooted in abundance and humanity.
Ray Green
Executive Director, Improve Your Tomorrow
Ray has spent more than 12 years advancing policies and programs that improve educational, health, and workforce outcomes for marginalized communities. Most recently, as a Program Officer at The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, Ray led a nationally recognized collective impact initiative and secured over $12 million in funding to support young people across the region.
Before that, Ray served as Program Director at Roberts Family Development Center, where he launched one of the nation’s largest Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School programs—empowering young scholars through culturally rooted literacy and enrichment. From city-wide initiatives to national stages, including being a speaker at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum, Ray has continually amplified the voices and needs of boys and young men of color.
Ray’s leadership has earned him recognition like the Sacramento Kings DREAM All-Star Award and the trust of institutional partners such as Sacramento State, UC Davis, and local school districts. He’s been instrumental in building coalitions, influencing policy, and making sure that community-driven solutions remain at the center of change.”
Hasani Johnson
Senior Director of Development
W. Hasani Johnson is the Senior Director of Development at Improve Your Tomorrow (IYT), where he leads fundraising strategy, cultivates strategic partnerships, and has helped secure more than $10 million in funding to expand educational opportunities for young men of color. With more than a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and financial literacy, Hasani has built cross-sector partnerships with foundations, corporations, government agencies, and community leaders to advance educational equity and economic mobility.
His purpose is grounded in two guiding beliefs: “”We drink from a well that we did not dig,”” and “”To whom much is given, much is required.”” As a father raising four sons, Hasani understands firsthand the transformative power of education, mentorship, and access to opportunity for young men. He believes it is both a privilege and a responsibility to use his gifts to build bridges, strengthen communities, and help create pathways for the next generation.
Hasani is honored to facilitate conversations that inspire collaboration, strengthen philanthropy, and advance lasting community impact.
Madeline Porter
Director of Grantmaking Practice, James B. McClatchy Foundation
Madeline is Director of Grantmaking Practice at the James B. McClatchy Foundation, where she leads the strategy, design, and execution of JBMF’s equity-centered, trust-based grantmaking. Over the past six years, she has guided its approach, moving from traditional processes toward partner-centric, story-driven ethos. She now serves as the architect of JBMF’s grantee engagement systems, piloting collaborative methods that reduce administrative burden and elevate grantee voice, and co-leading the strategic infrastructure investments that support the Foundation’s Sunrise Plan to spend down by 2030.
Madeline grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California and moved north to attend the University of California, Davis, where she earned her degree in Community and Regional Development. That experience sparked a lasting interest in connecting resources to locally-rooted organizations working toward community resilience.
She began her career at the San Francisco Parks Alliance, managing government grants for publicly funded beautification projects across the city. But her love for the Sacramento region’s vibrancy, culture, and weather pulled her back to the Central Valley, where she has built her career in philanthropy ever since.
Viridiana Romero
Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Northern California Grantmakers
Viridiana brings a breadth of experience from the nonprofit, private, and philanthropic sectors. Viridiana currently serves as Northern California Grantmakers’ Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, managing funder collaboratives and pooled funds, and leading programming, partnerships, and strategic initiatives activating the region’s philanthropic sector.
Audience: Nonprofits
Participants will learn a service-first approach to personal branding that builds credibility, thought leadership, and memorability without self-promotion. Through actionable frameworks, you’ll discover how to stand out in the age of AI, strengthen philanthropic support, amplify your mission, and create new opportunities for organizational growth.
Vanessa Errecarte
She/Her
Lecturer, UC Davis Graduate School of Management; Founder, Marketing Simplified
Vanessa Errecarte, M.A., M.B.A., is an award-winning lecturer who created and teaches one of the nation’s only for-credit MBA courses in personal branding at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. She also teaches an array of other popular marketing courses and has been twice named Teacher of the Year.
Errecarte is the founder of Marketing Simplified, a widely recognized marketing consulting and training agency, a frequent speaker at major industry events, and a contributor whose insights have appeared in the Financial Times. Her bestselling book, Valuable & Visible, helps professionals and organizations stand out in the AI era. Errecarte serves on the Yolo Community Foundation board.
Audience: Nonprofits
Whether you lead a nonprofit, fund one, or sit on its board, you are asking the same question: Are we just surviving, or are we still moving toward something that matters and actually delivering on it? This session makes the case that in uncertain moments, clarity is the strategy. Nonprofit leaders leave with a practice they can use right away and philanthropists leave with better questions to ask.
Jose Alvarez
Alvarez Leadership Group
Jose Alvarez has spent 20 years helping organizations stay focused when everything feels uncertain.
Most recently, he was the senior HR partner to the CEO and executive team at Del Monte Foods, a $2 billion multinational. When the company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and moved through a complex sale, Jose kept 85% of the workforce intact and kept the team delivering through all of it.
He does not lead with programs. He leads with the problem in front of him and the people trying to solve it. He believes the organizations that thrive through uncertainty are the ones with leaders who know how to translate priorities into something every person on their team can see themselves in.
Jose has lived in the Sacramento region for 34 years.
4:30 PM
Celebration of Generosity
Sacramento Region Community Foundation’s annual mixer
An evening gathering that’s a tradition of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, the Celebration of Generosity features food, drinks, and community. Join us to celebrate the philanthropy that’s strengthening the Sacramento region, and to look forward to all that’s still ahead.
Appetizers and refreshments included.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Philanthropy Summit is a full-day gathering brought to you by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. Our goal is to inspire generosity, share practical knowledge about effective social impact, and spark collaboration among people and organizations working toward a more just and vibrant Sacramento region.
The Philanthropy Summit takes place Tuesday, September 15, at Cal Expo in Sacramento, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The final portion of the day, Celebration of Generosity, is the Foundation’s annual mixer, scheduled from 4:30-6 p.m. Attendance to any portion of the day requires a ticket.
The Philanthropy Summit’s primary audiences are:
- Local donors and philanthropists who care about the Sacramento region and want to give with more purpose and impact
- Nonprofit professionals, including staff and board members from organizations across the region
We also welcome professional advisors (accountants, attorneys, financial advisors, and consultants), business leaders, government officials, community members, media, and teams from fellow community foundations.
A limited number of tickets will be available at the door, so you’re welcome to join us even if you decide at the last minute. That said, advance tickets are offered at a significantly lower price, and getting yours ahead of time helps us plan for a great day, from seating to lunch counts. So if you already know you’ll be there, registering early is the easiest way to lock in the best price.
Yes! Your ticket includes access to the full day — plenaries, education sessions, lunch, and the Celebration of Generosity mixer — but you’re welcome to attend all or just part of it. You can let us know your plans when you register, and update them anytime if things change.
Yes! A boxed lunch will be provided, with light snacks available during the education sessions. At the Celebration of Generosity, you’ll enjoy appetizers and refreshments. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available throughout the day, and dietary restrictions can be indicated when purchasing your ticket.
We’re unable to offer refunds, and we apologize for any inconvenience. If you can’t make it, you’re welcome to transfer your ticket to someone else by updating the name attached to it using the link in your confirmation email. Or, if you’d prefer to donate your ticket to a community member, please let us know by emailing rsvp@sacregcf.org.
Yes. Cal Expo and the Summit’s spaces meet ADA requirements. If you have questions about accommodations, please let us know. We’re happy to help!
Complimentary parking is available at the venue. We also encourage attendees to consider public transit, rideshare, or carpooling. The Philanthropy Summit’s activities are a short walk from the parking lot, and golf carts will be on hand to help with the trip between the lot and the venue for anyone who’d like a ride.
Please wear what makes you feel most comfortable for educational sessions, networking, and celebrating.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering! Please contact Holly Wong, holly@communityeventco.com, for information.
Sponsors
This summit is made possible by partners who believe in the power of local giving. Their support brings our community together to imagine — and build — the future of philanthropy. We’re grateful for their generosity.
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at National University
Nugget Markets
RCA Community Fund
A Charitable Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Sacramento Venture Philanthropy
Western Health Advantage
Bronze
Boutin Jones, Inc.
NonProfit Podcast Network
Tri Counties Bank
National Philanthropy Day Sponsor
Connected501
Celebration of Generosity Sponsor
US Bank
Coffee Break Sponsor
New York Life
Lunch Time Sponsor
Raley’s Food for Families
Education Sponsors
Child Action
Downey Brand
RCA Community Fund
A Charitable Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation
SMUD
US Bank
WEAVE
Opportunity Sponsors
Foresight
Beebout, Williams & Olds CPAs
National Philanthropy Day
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) California Capital Chapter celebrates the individuals and organizations whose generosity and leadership strengthen our community through the annual National Philanthropy Day Awards. These awards recognize the people and partnerships that inspire giving, service, and collaboration across the capital region, and whose commitment to philanthropy helps create lasting positive change.
- Outstanding Changemaker: Garry Maisel, Retired CEO, Western Health Advantage
- Outstanding Organization: Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation – Leadership Sacramento
- Outstanding Fundraising Professional: Kelly Siefkin, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Sacramento Region Community Foundation
- Outstanding Corporation: Sacramento Venture Philanthropy (SVP)
- Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy: Nathan & Victoria Sweetin, Youth Volunteers, Food Literacy Center
Honorees will be recognized during the 1 PM Plenary Session at the Philanthropy Summit.
A Successful Summit
Thank you to those who joined us at the 2025 Philanthropy Summit for a day of education and celebration alongside other people passionate about fostering a vibrant nonprofit ecosystem in the Sacramento area.
