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.
For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click here.
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January
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
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
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 to Tuesday, February 11 2020
Sponsored by: The Rescue Agency
Location: San Diego, California
Cost: $779
@AOCSummit | #AOCS20
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 to Friday, February 21 2020
Sponsored by: ANA Nonprofit Federation
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Cost: $879
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 to Friday, February 28 2020
Sponsored by: Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $995
March
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
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
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery.
Date: Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 22 2020
Sponsored by: SXSW
Location: Austin, Texas
@sxsw | #SXSW
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 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 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 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 to Wednesday, April 1 2020
Sponsored by: IUPUI
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cost: $925
@WPIInsights | #WPISymposium
April
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 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 to Tuesday, April 21 2020
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Hub
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Cost: $375
@NPhub | #causethechange
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 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
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 to Thursday, May 28 2020
Sponsored by: Engage for Good
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $1,295
@EngageForGood | #EFG2020
June
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
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 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 to Friday, July 24 2020
Sponsored by: Great Public & PBS Development Services
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
@GreaterPublic | #PMDMC20
August
TBD
Date: Wednesday, August 5 to Friday, August 7 2020
Sponsored by: ANA Nonprofit Federation
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Cost: $879
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 to Saturday, August 15 2020
Sponsored by: Netroots Foundation
Location: Denver, Colorado
Cost: $510
@Netroots_Nation | #NN20