It's finally here! If you loved our 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2020 calendar!
We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from:
- Fundraising & Grants
- Nonprofit Management
- Marketing & Communications
- Nonprofit Technology, and more!
It doesn't just stop here! Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags.
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January
The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The purpose of the conference is to expose social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices and innovative thinking.
Date: Sunday, January 5 2020 to Tuesday, January 7 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Cost: $250
@NPL_Alliance | #AMI202
Alliance Management Institute: EnVision
The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The purpose of the conference is to expose social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices and innovative thinking.
Date: Sunday, January 5 2020 to Tuesday, January 7 2020
Sponsored by: Alliance Management Institute
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Cost: $550
@NPL_Alliance | #AMI2020
Our Nonprofit Labs are a deep-dive day filled with networking and learning the best practices to bring back to your nonprofit. The day is focused on providing practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in fundraising, communications, board development and management.
Date: Tuesday, January 7 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Los Angeles, California
Cost: $75
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
The Creating Change Conference, run by the National LGBTQ Task Force, is the foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ social justice movement.
Date: Wednesday, January 15 2020 to Sunday, January 19 2020
Sponsored by: National LGBTQ Task Force
Location: Dallas, Texas
Cost: $550
@TheTaskForce | #CreatingChange2020
2020 Nonprofit Organizations Institute
Don’t miss the 37th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute featuring nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations.
Date: Thursday, January 23 2020 to Friday, January 24 2020
Sponsored by: Philanthropy Southwest
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $645
February
Our Nonprofit Labs are a deep-dive day filled with networking and learning the best practices to bring back to your nonprofit. The day is focused on providing practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in fundraising, communications, board development and management.
Date: Thursday, February 6 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Sacramento, California
Cost: $115
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
Thrive: The Corps Network Annual Conference
At “Thrive,” we will examine the power our communities possess; the global and local threats our communities face; and ways we can engage young adults authentically to sustain community health through service.
Date: Sunday, February 9 2020 to Wednesday, February 12 2020
Sponsored by: The Corps Network
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
@TheCorpsNetwork | #CorpsWork
The Agents of Change Summit is a gathering of over 700 Public Health Professional attendees that continues to grow. In 2020, the Agents of Change Summit returns to San Diego with new research, case studies, technologies, and insights to help you change health behaviors in your community.
Date: Monday, February 10 2020 to Tuesday, February 11 2020
Sponsored by: The Rescue Agency
Location: San Diego, California
Cost: $779
@AOCSummit | #AOCS20
The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest gathering in the country focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action. Our mission is to strengthen communities through service, action, and advocacy.
Date: Thursday, February 13 2020 to Sunday, February 16 2020
Sponsored by: The IMPACT Conference
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Cost: $250
@impactconf | #ImpactConf
At the 2020 ANA D.C. Nonprofit Conference, you’ll hear innovative marketing, fundraising, and collaboration ideas, to help you expand your donor base and strengthen the bonds with your existing donor. Make your plans to join us and hundreds of fundraising and marketing professionals at this 3-day event. You will have more marketing tools at your disposal than ever before. Additionally, more companies are instituting purpose-driven initiatives, creating a huge opportunity for your nonprofit organization. If you want to expand your donor base and advance your mission, you need to keep up.
Date: Wednesday, February 19 2020 to Friday, February 21 2020
Sponsored by: ANA Nonprofit Federation
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Cost: $879
Social Capital is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together senior leaders from nonprofits, corporations and foundations for a candid exchange on growing sustainable impact.
Date: Tuesday, February 25 2020 to Thursday, February 27 2020
Sponsored by: Social Capital Partnerships
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Cost: $1,795
The 2020 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference
“This is a networking opportunity like no other AND gave me the opportunity to hear really creative ideas, see experiments tested in other organizations and hear from people who do things differently from me.” - reviewer
Date: Thursday, February 27 2020 to Friday, February 28 2020
Sponsored by: Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $995
This day-long event hosts a number of expert speakers to provide informative talks and interactive workshops alongside opportunities for networking. The 2020 conference will include eighteen sessions that cover a wide scope of topics such as fund development, financial accountability, organizational and board development, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Date: Saturday, February 29 2020
Sponsored by: Center for Nonprofit Stewardship
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Cost: $165
March
We’re embracing change and celebrating models of innovation to help associations move forward. As you develop core competencies that expand your skillset, you’ll make way to design an innovative future for your organization.
Date: Sunday, March 1 2020 to Tuesday, March 3 2020
Sponsored by: ASAE
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Cost: $1,599
@GreatIdeasConf | #ASAEideas20
Our Nonprofit Labs are a deep-dive day filled with networking and learning the best practices to bring back to your nonprofit. The day is focused on providing practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in fundraising, communications, board development and management.
Date: Wednesday, March 4 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Cost: $115
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
ACCP: The Corporate Citizenship Conference
The Corporate Citizenship Conference is a must-attend event for CSR professionals! Over 4 days, conference attendees hear from industry leaders, network with peers, gain practical insights and best practices to take back and use to innovate programs, and identify resources that can help them grow their skills.
Date: Sunday, March 8 2020 to Wednesday, March 11 2020
Sponsored by: Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals
Location: Orlando, Florida
Cost: $3,300
@accprof | #accp2020
Tie Practices to Values. Narrow the power gap. Drive equity. Learn, share, evolve. Steward responsively. Across three days in Seattle, join the grantmaking community to move these ideas to the front lines of philanthropy. Together, we’ll delve into how we can put the five Principles for Peak Grantmaking into practice—transforming how grants get made.
Date: Monday, March 9 2020 to Wednesday, March 11 2020
Sponsored by: PEAK Grantmaking
Location: Seattle, Washington
Cost: $1,370
@PEAKgrantmaking | #PEAK2020
The Nonprofit Learning Lab approaches all our trainings with an understanding that nonprofit professionals have a base of knowledge and are seeking out additional information and guidance to more effectively operate in their roles. We provide trainings that offer practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in their overall management.
Date: Wednesday, March 11 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cost: $115
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
DRIVE/ is the only U.S. event that offers a focused learning experience for education institutions and other nonprofit organizations to explore all things data. Two full days of programming include sessions on data management, mining, analytics, visualization, governance, artificial intelligence and more.
Date: Monday, March 23 2020 to Wednesday, March 25 2020
Sponsored by: CASE
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost: $1,140
2020 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTEN)
Next spring in Baltimore, MD, gather together with more than 2,000 of your nonprofit colleagues to collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. The 20NTC is designed to help you reinvigorate your work and bring that renewed passion back to your community.
Date: Tuesday, March 24 2020 to Thursday, March 26 2020
Sponsored by: NTEN
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Cost: $1,249
@NTENorg | #20NTC
Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference
The world’s largest conference for fundraising professionals returns to the east coast in 2020. Baltimore, Maryland—Charm City—awaits with more than 100 sector-shifting sessions covering the most important topics in fundraising and countless ways to grow your network.
Date: Sunday, March 29 2020 to Tuesday, March 31 2020
Sponsored by: AFP
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Cost: $1,899
@AFPIHQ | #afpicon
Women's Philanthropy Institute 2020 Symposium: Philanthropy
How do we create community in the digital age? How is technology influencing our work in philanthropy? Does it enhance or disrupt our ability to accelerate social change, build philanthropic relationships, and collaborate effectively? Explore the answers at Philanthropy Plugged In.
Date: Tuesday, March 31 2020 to Wednesday, April 1 2020
Sponsored by: IUPUI
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cost: $925
@WPIInsights | #WPISymposium
April
39th Annual NAYDO Conference on YMCA Philanthropy
The NAYDO 2020 Conference on YMCA Philanthropy promises to be a monumental experience. Get ready for a memorable conference that includes a wide variety of exciting and informative educational track workshops, Hot Topics table group discussions, networking opportunities, and an inspirational keynote by Andy Shallal.
Date: Wednesday, April 1 2020 to Saturday, April 4 2020
Sponsored by: NAYDO
Location: National Harbor, Maryland
Cost: $1,100
@YMCA_NAYDO | #NAYDO2020
Our Nonprofit Labs are a deep-dive day filled with networking and learning the best practices to bring back to your nonprofit. The day is focused on providing practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in fundraising, communications, board development, and management.
Date: Thursday, April 2 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Cost: $99
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
ASAE Marketing, membership & Communications Conference
The Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference (MMCC) gives association and nonprofit professionals the insights necessary to take their marcomm and membership strategies to new heights. Learn the latest in engagement, technology, and trends from industry innovators.
Date: Thursday, April 16 2020 to Friday, April 17 2020
Sponsored by: ASAE
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Cost: $1,499
@MMCconf | #MMCCon
Cause Camp draws in the best of the best when it comes to nonprofit thought leaders. And we wouldn't dare make you choose one speaker over another. We’re proud to put on a one-track, complete conference so you’re not missing out on anyone—or anything.
Date: Monday, April 20 2020 to Tuesday, April 21 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Hub
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Cost: $375
@NPhub | #causethechange
Conference on Adolescent Health
Join a multi-disciplinary audience of over 400 adolescent health professionals from across the country for two days of engaging content around adolescent health.
Date: Monday, April 20 2020 to Tuesday, April 21 2020
Sponsored by: Adolescent Health Initiative
Location: Detroit, Michigan
@Adolescent_Hlth | #AHI2020
Come to the national event for community, policy, government and business leaders who work for fairness in lending, housing and business.
Date: Monday, April 27 2020 to Wednesday, April 29 2020
Sponsored by: National community Reinvestment Coalition
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
@NCRC | #JustEconomy
May
YTH Live 2020 will showcase the brightest minds and cutting edge research in topics ranging from sexual and reproductive health to mental health and digital rights. Whether you are an Executive Director, developer, IT professional, or even a high school student, YTH Live can help you learn about the latest trends in health, innovation, and technology.
Date: Sunday, May 3 2020 to Monday, May 4 2020
Sponsored by: YTH
Location: San Francisco, California
Cost: $495
@YTHorg | ##YTHLive
Our Nonprofit Labs are a deep dive day filled with networking and learning best practices to bring back to your nonprofit. The day is focused on providing practical strategies to help nonprofits be more effective in fundraising, communications, board development, and management.
Date: Thursday, May 7 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Learning Institute
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Cost: $99
@nonprofitll | #nonprofitlabs
Annual Conference for Corporate and Foundation Relations
This annual event brings together more than 400 development professionals, grant writers, officers and prospect researchers to engage in conversation about the challenges in securing external support for our institutions. Join us in May for a program that will focus on strategies that will work for your institution.
Date: Wednesday, May 13 2020 to Friday, May 15 2020
Sponsored by: CASE
Location: San Francisco, California
Cost: $1,495
If you are a meeting planner, content curator, or event guru, there is a place where you can be free to explore and discover creative ideas, learning formats, and engagement that can create unforgettable memories for your event attendees. That place is the Xperience Design Project (XDP), a two-day, business-focused experience for association professionals and industry partners.
Date: Tuesday, May 19 2020 to Wednesday, May 20 2020
Sponsored by: ASAE
Location: National Harbor, Maryland
@XDPbyASAE | #myXDP
Engage for Good is an annual gathering of corporate social impact professionals from top corporate and nonprofit brands sharing trends, best practices and practical execution tactics for building a better world and the bottom line together.
Date: Wednesday, May 27 2020 to Thursday, May 28 2020
Sponsored by: Engage for Good
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $1,295
@EngageForGood | #EFG2020
June
The Annual Management Conference is uniquely positioned to bring together social work and human service leaders, international experts, researchers, and practitioners in an informative event resulting in attendees at all levels leaving with cutting-edge social service management strategies.
Date: Wednesday, June 3 2020 to Friday, June 5 2020
Sponsored by: The Network for Social Work Management
Location: New York, New York
Cost: $375
@TheNSWM | #NSWM31
2020 AFP DFW Philanthropy in Action Conference
TBD
Date: Thursday, June 4 2020 to Friday, June 5 2020
Sponsored by: Association of Fundraising Professionals
Location: Irving, Texas
Cost: $275
Sponsored by the New York City Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-NYC), Fundraising Day in New York is the largest, single-day conference on philanthropy. Whether attending for the first time or the fortieth, you’ll find an amazing array of session topics covering every current and emerging aspect of fundraising, presented by leaders and seasoned experts in the field you’ll want to hear from and meet. Almost 2000 fundraisers are present to share ideas, network, and learn from each other.
Date: Friday, June 5 2020
Sponsored by: AFP-NYC
Location: New York, New York
Cost: $575
Planet Philanthropy is the premier fundraising conference for Florida! On average, over 400 nonprofit leaders from various organizations ranging from social services, education, health, religious, the arts and much more will join us to learn about the latest and greatest resources to enhance their knowledge and skills.
Date: Saturday, June 6 2020 to Tuesday, June 9 2020
Sponsored by: AFP Florida
Location: Orlando, Florida
Cost: $525
@AFPFL | #AFP20PP
The Points of Light Conference is the world’s largest service-related convening, bringing together nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders to gain and share the knowledge, resources and connections needed to galvanize the power of people to create change. This global event provides the singular opportunity for thousands to come together to collaborate and ensure the social sector continues to grow and innovate in this rapidly changing world.
Date: Wednesday, June 10 2020 to Friday, June 12 2020
Sponsored by: Points of Light
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
July
Bridge to Integrated Marketing and Fundraising Conference
Join us, as the brightest, most creative and most world-changing fundraising and marketing professionals from every sector of our industry will gather for three enlightening days of dynamic keynotes, panels, workshops, networking and more. Learn about the latest strategies, techniques and most current innovations in all areas of fundraising and marketing related to: direct response, individual giving (major and planned giving), corporate giving and special events and much, much more.
Date: Wednesday, July 15 2020 to Friday, July 17 2020
Sponsored by: DMAW & Association of Fundraising Professionals - DC Chapter
Location: National Harbor, District of Columbia
Cost: $695
@BridgeConf | #Bridge20
Public Media Development and Marketing Conference
The PMDMC is the one time each year when more than 1,000 public media leaders and revenue-generating professionals from organizations of all sizes join together to dream big, stay energized, and build a more sustainable future for public media. This event delivers innovative, future-focused content and highlights the most high-potential strategies that drive awareness and revenue. Best of all, the relationships formed with colleagues at the conference are often called upon throughout the year to solve problems, commiserate, and implement change.
Date: Tuesday, July 21 2020 to Friday, July 24 2020
Sponsored by: Great Public & PBS Development Services
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
@GreaterPublic | #PMDMC20
August
TBD
Date: Wednesday, August 5 2020 to Friday, August 7 2020
Sponsored by: ANA Nonprofit Federation
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cost: $879
National Urban League Conference
The National Urban League Annual Conference hosts the nation's leading political, business and community leaders to enable you to convene, share ideas and discover solutions to issues that have historically plagued underserved urban communities across the country. The goal of Annual Conference is to arm each participant with real-world solutions to urban challenges and empower you to be a change-leader in your respective community.
Date: Wednesday, August 5 2020 to Sunday, August 9 2020
Sponsored by: National Urban League
Location: Houston, Texas
ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition
Secure the future by learning, connecting, and achieving more by working together to forward your mission. ASAE Annual Meeting brings association professionals new ideas, trends, and best practices to give you the wows, zings, and ah-has. Together we create the future.
Date: Saturday, August 8 2020 to Tuesday, August 11 2020
Sponsored by: ASAE
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
@ASAEannual | #ASAE20
COA's 2020 Conference will provide participants with a forum to exchange information, discuss innovative ideas and strategies, and build lasting connections. This conference will bring together a diverse community across the human services field to share their areas of expertise and explore the ways that accreditation supports the delivery of high quality services.
Date: Sunday, August 9 2020 to Tuesday, August 11 2020
Sponsored by: Council on Accreditation
Location: New York City, New York
For more than a decade, Netroots Nation has hosted the largest annual conference for progressives, drawing thousands of attendees from around the country and beyond. Our attendees are online organizers, grassroots activists and independent media makers. Some are professionals who work at advocacy organizations, progressive companies or labor unions, while others do activism in their spare time.
Date: Thursday, August 13 2020 to Saturday, August 15 2020
Sponsored by: Netroots Foundation
Location: Denver, Colorado
Cost: $510
@Netroots_Nation | #NN20
October
International Literacy Conference 2020
ILA is a global advocacy and membership organization dedicated to advancing literacy for all through its network of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers, and experts across 146 countries. Thousands of literacy educators, advocates, and leaders from around the world will attend the ILA 2020 Conference.
Date: Thursday, October 15 2020 to Sunday, October 18 2020
Sponsored by: International Literacy Institute
Location: Columbus, Ohio
@ILAToday | #ILA20
Nonprofit Storytelling Conference
The Nonprofit Storytelling Conference is unlike any conference you've ever attended. Your job is hard enough. You are busy taking care of everyone else. Let us take care of you. Our goal is to create a space where you'll feel nurtured and cared for. As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave.
Date: Thursday, October 29 2020 to Saturday, October 31 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Storytelling Conference
Location: Chicago, Illinois
@NPStoryConf | #NPStoryConf
November
The ARNOVA conference is designed to create a public conversation on, as well as opportunities for presenting research about, pressing issues and vital opportunities facing the voluntary or nonprofit sector. It is both a showcase for the best and most current research, as well as a seed bed from which new research is born. This three-day event includes two plenary sessions, 180+ panel and/or paper presentation sessions, a poster session and numerous opportunities for networking/idea sharing.
Date: Thursday, November 12 2020 to Saturday, November 14 2020
Sponsored by: ARNOVA
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
@ARNOVA | #ARNOVA20