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• Education Insights

  • When
    Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

  Recap of the 2025 Legislative Session

  The event date is being rescheduled. We'll announce the new date once we know when the legislative session will end.

  What impact will this year's legislative session have on our students, teachers  and schools? Hear first-hand in this 60 minute presentation that will recap the major education legislation and budget priorities of the 2025 Session. Register now to be a part of this important discussion hosted by Consortium of Florida Education Foundations and Florida Philanthropic Network.

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  Brewser Brown

  SKB Consulting Group

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Darrick D. McGhee, Sr.

  Chief Operating Officer

  Johnson & Blanton, LLC

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  This event is for FPN members only

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• FPN Florida Health Funders Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, May 15, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Please join us for our next meeting of the Florida Health Funders as we welcome Floridians for Dental Access (FLDA). Led by Dr. Frank Catalanotto, DMD, FLDA is the state’s leading coalition of supporters working to analyze local, state, and national oral health data, elevate voices of citizens most affected by lack of dental access, and discover and promote participation in short-term and longer-term solutions that will make a difference in access to oral health. 

  During our meeting, FLDA will discuss their work to increase access to dental care and update us on their current efforts to secure authorization of dental therapy in Florida. They will discuss the history of this work, their partnership with American Children’s Campaign, and highlight what it takes to move impactful legislation through the Florida Legislature.

  
  

  Featured Speakers

  Frank Catalanotto, DMD

  Dr. Frank Catalanotto is the founder and President of Floridians for Dental Access. He is the former dean and currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. While Dean, he initiated the UF Statewide Network for Community Health to provide increased community based educational opportunities for dental students and residents, while also significantly increasing access to oral health care for underserved patients. He was also responsible for Florida’s decision to authorize Medicaid reimbursement of medical personnel for providing preventive dental procedures. He is a Past President of the American Dental Education Association. He is the co-author of more than 110 scientific publications and has been the principal investigator or co-investigator for numerous federal, state and foundation grants. Dr. Catalanotto’s current advocacy efforts are focused on new emerging oral workforce models with a focus on dental therapy. He was a founding member of the National Partnership for Dental Therapy and the National Coalition of Dentists for Health Equity. The opinions he expresses are his own and are not the official opinion of any organization with which he is associated. 

  Roy Miller

  Roy Miller is the President & Founder of American Children’s Campaign. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Florida State University with a degree in social work, Roy took charge of an 8-hour-per-day teen crisis hotline. He grew it into a multi-county operation that later became Tampa Bay 211. He also built two runaway crisis shelters and was a leader in creating the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services. He was recruited from the nonprofit sector to become a full-service political consultant with an outstanding win ratio. He returned to his roots in child advocacy in 1992 to form a nonpartisan children’s advocacy and public education project, which grew into American Children’s Campaign.

  Karen Bonsignori

  Karen Bonsignori is the Director of Strategic Communications for the American Children’s Campaign. Karen is an award-winning communications and marketing professional whose specialty is helping under-recognized organizations and public causes achieve the awareness and visibility they deserve. Prior to joining American Children’s Campaign, she served as associate vice president of External Relations for a national nonprofit with 40 programs for at-risk youth, as well as directed public relations for some of Tampa Bay’s leading PR and advertising agencies. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards including the top public relations award in the state of Florida ― the prestigious Dick Pope All Florida Golden Image Award. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and completed post baccalaureate studies in Public Relations Management at University of Florida. 

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• Social Hour

  • When
    Monday, June 02, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Kojo: Bar Hana [1289 North Palm Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236]

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  Join us for a delightful social hour event the evening of Monday, June 2nd.

  This open invitation, free of charge event is intended for both FPN members and non-member grantmakers alike. It's a great opportunity to network with others within the philanthropic industry and enjoy some libations and light bites. Don't miss this chance to mingle and make new connections!

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• Day of Learning: Policy & Advocacy Technical Assistance

  • When
    Tuesday, June 03, 2025
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Gulf Coast Community Foundation Philanthropy Center [1549 State Street, Sarasota, FL 34236

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  FPN is committed to convening and educating funders around public policy and advocacy, specifically so our member foundations better understand how the system works at both a federal and a Florida statewide level.

  We invite our members to participate in a training to learn the methods around advancing policy and advocacy, state laws, and ballot measures for tax-exempt organizations both from the federal and statewide perspective.

  The training, Florida Funders - Technical Assistance and Support, will convene funders across the state to learn from experts how to go beyond fundamental advocacy efforts. The objective is to provide federal and Florida-specific public policy and advocacy technical assistance relevant to Florida foundations' efforts in this space.

  Session supported through Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.

  • The training will be led by attorneys and experts in the field specific to Florida and Federal regulations.
  • Participants will utilize a groundbreaking new policy tool which will help them examine their policy work and how they can advance their efforts.
    
  • Attendees will have the opportunity for Q&A with the experts and networking/discussion with other attendees to find areas for collaboration and best-practice sharing.
    

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• Florida Education Funders In-Person Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, June 04, 2025
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    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay- Pinellas Office [110 Central Ave, St. Petersburg]

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  Join us for our next in-person Florida Education Funders meeting! Florida Education Funders will support a culture of high expectations for all students, in and out of school, from early childhood through post-secondary education, leading to career success.

  Florida Education Funders Roles:

  • Provide a learning agenda on Florida-specific issues aligned with education funders' goals.
    
  • Work on a shared advocacy agenda.
  • Network, potentially leading to deeper programmatic learning & funding collaborations. 

  Topics Will Include:

  Cross Sector Collaboration in Early Learning- Panel Discussion

  ApplyTampaBay.org

  School District Attendance Policies 

  Policy Persona Exercise

  2025 Legislative Session Debrief

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