\u201cEveryone\u201d encompasses a growing number of attendees each year. More than 520 people registered for the summit, held at the Marriott Anaheim Suites in Garden Grove.<\/p>\n
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A \u201cLearning Labs\u201d post of notes for guests during the Orange County Grantmakers Summit at the Anaheim Marriott Suites on Thursday.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
Baratunde Thurston, a writer, comedian and podcaster who hosts the PBS show \u201cAmerica Outdoors,\u201d was the keynote speaker.<\/p>\n
He infused comedy into his comments from the beginning, joking that his true reason for attending the summit was to double the Black population of Orange County.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so good to be in a room with people brave enough to use so many banned words,\u201d said Thurston, who helped re-launch \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d with Trevor Noah. \u201cEquity, justice, democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
One takeaway from Thurston\u2019s remarks was the use of the word \u201ccitizen\u201d as a verb, which is in line with his podcast, \u201cHow to Citizen With Baratunde.\u201d <\/p>\n
Thurston said using \u201ccitizen\u201d as a verb involves showing up to participate, understanding your power, committing to the collective and investing in relationships.<\/p>\n
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Keynote speaker Baratunde Thurston makes remarks during the Orange County Grantmakers Summit on Thursday.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hear stories of failure, of collapse, of despair, of despondency, and lack of agency and power,\u201d he told the attendees. \u201cThe news is nothing but problems, and not a solution to be seen. You know more than most people, that is not the whole story. Don\u2019t just tell me about the fire, tell me about the people trying to put it out. Tell me about the people building fire-proof structures. Tell me about the people building that right next to where it always burns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nonprofit dollars continue to be stretched in the county, though there are helpers. Earlier this year, Samueli Foundation committed $15 million to new nonprofit initiatives. Last month, the foundation notified 138 nonprofits that they would receive $50,000 to $100,000 each, their proposals accepted through the Breakaway Fund, which upped its budget from $5 million to $11 million.<\/p>\n
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Robyne\u2019s Nest executive director Natalie Moser takes notes during the Orange County Grantmakers Summit on Thursday.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
Palumbo said her organization\u2019s philanthropic funders should be in community with the nonprofits they partner with. She added that out of 55 funding members, only five were not in attendance Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe divide is not something that our organization supports,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a member of OCG, it\u2019s because you are committed to being in community with nonprofits, and this is the best way to do that. Everyone gets to hear the same contact, digest it and have space to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Summit-goers did two rounds of \u201clearning labs,\u201d in the morning and afternoon. They also heard comments from philanthropic leader, lawyer and author Dimple Abichandani, as well as Juli\u00e1n Castro, the chief executive of the Latino Community Foundation.<\/p>\n
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Guests listen to speakers during the Orange County Grantmakers Summit at the Anaheim Marriott Suites in Garden Grove on Thursday.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
Jonathan Forbes, senior development director of Irvine-based nonprofit Human Options, is the co-chair of the Orange County Grantmakers Summit committee.<\/p>\n
He said one thing that will stick with him from Thursday\u2019s gathering was a learning lab led by Asha Starks, community organizing manager for Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development. She discussed grassroots mutual aid.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so relatable,\u201d Forbes said. \u201cWe all help other people. Do you consider yourself a philanthropist when you lend somebody $5? No, but you can claim it on your taxes when you give a nonprofit $5. She just challenged the whole concept of philanthropy, generosity, giving.\u201d<\/p>\n
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John Guastaferro, the Hyundai\/Genesis Foundation Executive Director, speaks during the Orange County Grantmakers Summit on Thursday.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
Forbes said it was amazing that the summit, which once struggled to fill 150 seats, has now become a big event that local leaders look forward to each year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really easy to be reactionary in this moment, and there\u2019s plenty to react to, for good reason,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I wanted this to be something that acknowledged where we are, but also inspired everybody to be bold. It\u2019s easy for us to be cautious. One of the speakers said, \u2018Fund courage, not charity,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s the whole point of today.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Three nonprofit leaders also earned awards at the summit. <\/p>\n
Jordan Barrera, director of communications and development at Anaheim-based Higher Ground Youth & Family Services, was awarded the Emerging Leader Award. Ana Urzua, executive director of Cooperaci\u00f3n Santa Ana, earned Outstanding Changemaker, while Girls Inc. of Orange County chief executive Lucy Santana took home the Legacy Award.<\/p>\n
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Khloe Rios-Wyatt, the CEO of Alianza Translatinx, speaks during Thursday\u2019s Orange County Grantmakers Summit.<\/p>\n
(James Carbone)<\/p>\n
Palumbo said she considered the summit a pause from the heaviness of the day-to-day grind.<\/p>\n
Bianca Carranco, the director of development and communications at Santa Ana-based nonprofit Project Youth OC, agreed.<\/p>\n
Her organization seeks to help young people and their families through evidence-based, trauma-informed programs. Carranco said six members of her group attended the summit. In the mid-afternoon, she gave a 10-minute \u201clightning talk\u201d in the main ballroom about building leadership from the inside out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s just a space of vulnerability and honesty, transparency,\u201d Carranco said of the summit. \u201cWe\u2019re going through a lot, whether you are a nonprofit or you are a funder. I think we\u2019re facing similar obstacles, and it\u2019s incredible to see everybody coming together and having these conversations to see how we can support one another.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County Grantmakers hosted its annual all-day summit Thursday, themed \u201cBrave Leaders, Bold Moves.\u201d It was a time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1769,1762,1765,1767,1758,1761,1766,1764,1759,1768,592,1760,1757,1763,72],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-baratunde-thurston","tag-bianca-carranco","tag-citizen","tag-community-member","tag-director","tag-funder","tag-jonathan-forbes","tag-nonprofit-dollar","tag-orange-county-grantmakers-summit","tag-organization","tag-people","tag-responsible-development","tag-summit","tag-thurston","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}