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Opportunity Amidst the Chaos: Budgets, Values, and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector

The nonprofit sector stands at a crossroads as cataclysmic changes in the federal government threaten long-standing funding models and service structures. This presentation challenges nonprofits to step boldly into a transformative role—reconceptualizing how we resource our work, how we deliver services, and how we intermediate between government, the private sector, and the public good. At its core, this is the work of social innovation: treating budgets as statements of values and aligning them with deep community listening, flexibility, and collaboration to build a stronger, more equitable future.

Simeon Banister

President, CEO, Rochester Area Community Foundation

Hot Topics from the NYS Charities Bureau

James Sheehan

Chief, New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau

State of the World: Federal Updates and Fiscal Options

Join us for a panel discussion focusing first on the latest federal actions impacting nonprofits and collective actions we can all take to help. Then, we’ll switch gears, exploring an option that is gaining attention in the sector as a way to increase financial stability and community impact: mergers and affiliations.

We will be joined by Jessica Mendieta, Policy Analyst with the National Council of Nonprofits, for updates on the federal level and Julie Sadowski, Executive Director of Rockland Community Foundation, to describe her experience with mergers and the impact on the participating nonprofit organizations.

Speakers:

David Birdsell, Ph.D

Provost and Senior V.P. for Academic Affairs, Kean University

Jessica Mendieta

Policy Analyst, National Council of Nonprofits 

Julie Sadowski

Executive Director, Rockland Community Foundation

EARLY BIRD: The NEW Budget and Cash Flow Toolkit!

Join us bright and early as Ivy walks us through her updates to our popular Toolkit, a must have for developing a budget that is allocated functionally by program and funding source!

Ivy Nightingale

Accounting Advisor, Financial Management Group, New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON)

EARLY BIRD: Managing Risk for Non-Profits in these Unsettling Times

The session will discuss how funding cuts & The Big Beautiful Bill will impact unemployment at a Nonprofit as well as increases in NY unemployment expenses and how the organization can better insulate themselves.

We will cover the following:

• Funding & Medical cuts & how they will affect an NP
• Increase in state UI costs
• Choices that an NP has with funding their UI
• The pros & cons of these choices

Tommy Ferentino, Ph.D, CIC

Regional Director, First Nonprofit

Ask the Experts

Join our Faculty and Staff for a rousing Q and A session! Ask any questions our Camp Finance sessions may have left unanswered, or ones they may have prompted.

Led by:

Kelly Mathews

COO; Sr. VP, Financial Management Group, NYCON