Attending industry events allows philanthropic organizations to exchange insights, share best practices, and learn from teams navigating similar landscapes.
They also serve as good opportunities to discover new technologies, think about how to meet donor demands, report progress, and more. When choosing the right philanthropy events and conferences, pay attention to how the event fits your organization's goals.
The following events, organized in 2026 and 2027, offer different topics such as fundraising, technologies, partnerships, and other aspects of the sector. Dates and locations below are based on the conference and event websites. Some major conferences have already announced their 2027 dates, but conference details may still change, so be sure to check them out with the organizers.
Why Philanthropy Events and Conferences Are Important
Attend every conference with a clear purpose. Regardless of budget, prioritize productivity so your team returns with actionable insights.
The best philanthropy events help organizations to learn from the experience of other organizations dealing with similar issues. Moreover, participants have a chance to try new technologies, get ideas about how to operate in a particular way, establish professional relationships with people in the sector and find new ways to raise funds and manage grants.
Depending on the type of the event, your team will have a chance to:
- Receive direct insights on how similar organizations deal with the issues your organization faces
- Get familiar with new technologies and solutions in fundraising, grant management, and nonprofit technologies
- Strengthen relations with other stakeholders in the sector including funders, nonprofits, and vendors
- Discover how to improve reporting, data management, and impact measurement
Select events based on the challenges your organization faces, rather than their size or popularity.
2026 and 2027 Philanthropy Events and Conferences
1. FluxxCon
Dates: November 8-11, 2026
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Best For: Grantmakers
FluxxCon is geared toward grantmakers, nonprofit leaders, and public sector teams who want to see where funding technology and sector strategy are heading next. Sessions run across four tracks: strategy, data, operations, and leadership, so attendees walk away with a clear read on how to move their own organization from "intention to impact."
2. Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) Global Conference
Dates: November 10-13, 2026
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Best For: Grantmakers
TAG is for technology and operations staff working inside grantmaking organizations, these are the people responsible for the systems, security, and AI policies that keep philanthropy running. Attendees leave with practical, peer-tested resources: real AI usage policies, incident response plans, vendor evaluations, and strategic frameworks shared directly by funders. It's the right room for anyone who needs to benchmark their tech stack and governance approach against 650+ peers doing the similar work.
3. Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference
Dates: February 22-24, 2027
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Best For: Peer-to-peer fundraising
The Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference attracts professionals responsible for supporter-driven fundraising campaigns including various campaigns, walks, and rides.
For nonprofits and charities that run a lot of peer-to-peer fundraising activities, this conference serves as a good opportunity to learn how to conduct better recruiting of participants, manage the process, and increase fundraising performance. This conference is ideal for development teams aiming to optimize their fundraising activities and donor engagement processes.
4. Monthly Giving Summit
Date: February 25, 2027
Location: Virtual
Best For: Monthly giving and donor retention
Specifically designed for charities and nonprofits of all sizes, this virtual summit provides actionable solutions for launching or scaling monthly giving campaigns and improving donor retention, making it an ideal choice for lean teams.
5. Nonprofit Technology Conference
Dates: March 23-26, 2027
Location: Portland, Oregon, and virtual
Best For: Nonprofit technology and digital strategy
The NTC is invaluable for teams exploring how technology can advance their mission. It covers essential topics like data, digital strategy, technology management, and responsible tech use, offering critical insights for operations leaders and foundations seeking to align their technology, including CRM platforms, reporting tools, and grant management software, with their broader strategic goals.
6. AFP ICON
Dates: April 11-13, 2027
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Best For: Fundraising education
AFP ICON is a premier fundraising event for development leaders and nonprofit executives, covering donor stewardship, major gifts, communications, leadership, and ethical fundraising practices.
This event is ideal for foundations looking to send multiple team members to explore a wide range of fundraising topics simultaneously.
7. Engage for Good Conference
Dates: April 20-23, 2027
Location: Palm Springs/Indian Wells, California
Best For: Corporate partnerships and social impact
This conference brings together nonprofit, corporate, and agency professionals concerned with social impact and partnership development.
Charities and nonprofits will gain practical insights for strengthening relationships with corporate partners. Additionally, corporate philanthropy teams can learn to refine their partnership and impact measurement strategies, ensuring funding effectively translates into social results.
8. GiveCon
Dates: May 3-6, 2027
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Best For: Fundraising, nonprofit technology, and organizational leadership
This is the annual nonprofit conference of Bloomerang aimed at fundraising professionals, development teams, and nonprofit technology leaders.
This event combines fundraising strategy, donor management, technology, and leadership content. There are over 60 sessions on several tracks.
9. Points of Light Conference
Dates: June 28-July 1, 2027
Location: Long Beach, California
Best For: Volunteer engagement and civic leadership
The conference is aimed at nonprofit leaders, corporate social impact teams, volunteer professionals, and other organizations working with civic engagement and community involvement.
This conference benefits organizations that rely on volunteers for service delivery or community outreach. It also helps attendees explore the connections between corporate service programs, community organizations, and broader social impact initiatives.
Why You and Your Team Should Attend
Your team can benefit from attending one of the conferences listed above only in case you are really going to solve a particular problem. Before signing up for the event, define what problem your organization wants to resolve and then search for the conference that can help with it.
A foundation may need better data management in its funding portfolio; a charity may need to establish better corporate partnerships, and a nonprofit may require better recurring donors and improved fundraising efficiency. It may also be useful to send people from different functions like a program manager, a development professional, an operations leader, or executive leadership.
What You'll Learn
Though these 2027 events cover different aspects of philanthropy, several themes can be mentioned.
At these events, you and your team will have a chance to learn about:
- Fundraising and donor retention
- Peer-to-peer and recurring giving
- Technology, data, and AI
- Corporate and nonprofit partnerships
- Volunteer and community engagement
- Leadership and organizational strategy
- Reporting and impact measurement
- Better systems for managing funding and relationships
For example, NTC focuses on digital strategy, AFP ICON on fundraising, and Engage for Good on partnerships and social impact.
That is why it is better to choose events based on your organization's goals.
How Fluxx Can Help You Apply Learnings
Learning something new at a conference is just a part of the process. The key aspect is to ensure your organization has the right systems and workflows to apply these ideas in practice.
A foundation may return home with an idea of improving visibility in its funding portfolio, a nonprofit with an idea of better grant tracking or a charity with an idea of improved reporting. But if the right infrastructure is missing, all these ideas will be just some notes that never translate into reality.
Grant management software can help organizations transform new ideas into repeatable processes.
Fluxx can help organizations:
- Improve grant and funding workflows consistency
- Make information on applicants, grantees, awards, and reporting centralized
- Improve visibility across programs and funding activity
- Reduce the effort needed for the administration of lean teams
- Ease the access of leadership to reporting and impact data
- Conserve historical information that can be used for strategic purposes
The right technology is essential for converting conference insights, especially those regarding data, reporting, or operations, into practical, everyday workflows.
Turning 2027 Conference Insights Into Action
The ideal conference depends on your organization's unique needs: NTC is perfect for tech-focused teams, AFP ICON for development education, the Monthly Giving Summit for recurring giving strategies, and Engage for Good for partnership development. Regardless of the event, attend with a clear purpose. Before registering, identify the specific challenges you aim to solve and establish a plan to implement your findings. Your conference takeaways should streamline operations—not add more work. Implementing the right systems ensures your new strategies seamlessly integrate into your daily funding and impact workflows.
Book a demo with Fluxx to see how grant management software can help your organization to turn conference learnings into clear workflows and better grant management.