Events
Federal policies and Arizona: Nonprofits and grantmakers navigating the new federal landscape
Together with the Arizona Community Foundation, AZ Impact for Good and Valley of the Sun United Way, we invite you to join sector leaders for a special convening on federal policy changes impacting Arizona's nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
When: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Global Forum, Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU's Downtown Phoenix Campus, 401 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
During this convening, we will:
- Discuss the rapidly changing operating environment and the shifting sands of new federal policies;
- Share new statewide research on how Arizona nonprofits have been impacted — and how they are responding;
- Bring together a panel of experts in law, policy, advocacy and more;
- And provide a guided space for solutions-oriented collaboration.
25 years of impact
On February 5, 2025, we celebrated 25 years of ASU Lodestar Center impact in Arizona and beyond. This special event featured Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
As one of our first community volunteer champions, Kate played an integral part in developing our Center's mission, vision and capacity building portfolio. Today, as IFRC president, she is advancing humanitarian efforts through the 191 IFRC Federation members and over 16 million volunteers.
Community and sector leaders, key stakeholders and program alumni joined us for this celebratory event and discovered our global vision for the next 25 years of impact.
Conferences and forums
Our annual convenings and periodic conferences are designed to stimulate thought about best practices of nonprofit leadership and management, to provide high-level training from leading authorities around contemporary issues facing the nonprofit sector, and to share the latest research findings about the sector.
PhilanthropyMatters Speaker Series
PhilanthropyMatters focuses on the "who, how and what" of philanthropy, featuring nationally recognized speakers and leading-edge programming for the field.