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We're looking forward to seeing you in Whistler! 🇨🇦

Early registration pricing—available only to members—ends Monday, September 1. Register now for three days of connection, community, and taking action. 💪

For more info about our 2026 Global Summit, visit: bit.ly/Summit26

#CollectiveCourage
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In a new profile in @forbes.com, Forward Global Member Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder of Ohai.ai and Care.com, shares insights on her approach to redefining strategic business savvy with authentic care, compassion, and community to drive impact at scale.
August 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
How are U.S. nonprofits using generative AI, and what opportunities exist to expand adoption and impact?

A new report commissioned by Forward Global Member Mark Zitter draws on interviews with 25 sector leaders to explore these questions and outline a path forward.

🔗 https://www.markzitter.com/ai
August 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Protecting our future on this planet is the challenge of our lifetime. Our 2025 #GlobalJourney to #Greenland will take us to the frontlines of #climate change to explore what we can do to make a difference—as consumers, as entrepreneurs, as investors, as philanthropists.

Learn more: bit.ly/3RMCvL4
June 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Our new #ForwardGlobalAdventures program launches this fall with an adrenaline-filled journey to #Morocco!

We'll take a deep dive into the majestic landscapes of the Sahara and the Atlas Mountains, focusing on impact, the environment, and local engagement.

Learn more: bit.ly/43ZMG6v
April 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As part of the event, she had the opportunity to interview Forward Global member Juliana Sprott, highlighting Juliana’s innovative approach to addressing food insecurity and her commitment to investing in the people powering change.
April 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Last week, Forward Global President Lisa Wolverton delivered a keynote address @cagp-acpdp.bsky.social's National Conference on Strategic Philanthropy that invited the audience to rethink what it means to have “enough,” & to consider how wealth can be a powerful tool for purpose and lasting impact.
April 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
By popular demand, our return Journey to Greenland launches this September!

Visit communities at the forefront of climate change to learn about the most promising systemic solutions, including how philanthropy & social investing can support a safer and more sustainable future: bit.ly/3RMCvL4
April 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The latest #BreakFakeRules episode was recorded LIVE at our #ForwardGlobalSummit! Hear from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social of @thebulwark.bsky.social & @glengalaich.bsky.social of @stupskifoundation.bsky.social to learn how philanthropy can step up to defend democracy. stupski.org/break-fake-r...
March 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Now we translate learning & connection into action! Closing out our 2025 #ForwardGlobalSummit by processing our learnings, and getting advice, ideas & feedback from our "pod" peers. We're getting specific & pushing ourselves (and each other) to meet this moment.

#ShapingOurStory #FutureToBelieveIn
March 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Wealth-holders can help innovate at the intersections—driving lasting change @ the nexus of gov, business & philanthropy. Suz Mac Cormac, Adrien Cohen, Michael Tubbs & Lorene Arey challenge us to rethink structures & norms that may have worked for some but never worked for all. #ForwardGlobalSummit
March 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Our Summit's special sauce lives in the way attendees exchange opportunities for shared impact and investment.

#ForwardGlobalSummit #ShapingOurStory #FutureToBelieveIn

@stupskifoundation.bsky.social
@thebulwark.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Feeling grounded and ready for action w/ @obi-belonging.bsky.social's john a. powell's antidotes to separation and “othering,” and call to support belonging and collective wellbeing. "The opposite of othering is not saming but belonging." #ForwardGlobalSummit #ForwardGlobal #ShapingOurStory
March 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Attendees joined pods at the start of the Summit and we are working together in these curated small groups to write the story of the future we want to create—putting literal pen to paper to activate our movement toward a future we believe in. #ForwardGlobalSummit
March 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We're living our theme of #ShapingOurStory: #AFutureToBelieveIn throughout the Summit by connecting around the power of stories—those we carry, those we listen to, those we haven’t heard and should pay attention to, and those that bind us together in pursuit of what is bigger than any one of us.
March 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
During these peer-interviews they shared about #enoughness and pushing ourselves to give more and faster, aligning investments and financial management with our philanthropic values, and taking risks to make a significant difference.
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
For our Member Relay session, three amazing Forward Global Members—Nicole Pesco, Claire Trottier, and Doug Galen—shared how they have personally grappled with questions around purpose, risk, and aligning wealth and values in conversation.

#ForwardGlobalSummit #ShapingOurStory #FutureToBelieveIn
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gloria Walton, Nwamaka Agbo, Cristiane Sultani & Dan Lin inspired us by sharing first-hand perspectives as leaders across the sector during our #StoriesThatShapeUs session. All four, in their own ways, challenged the Community to imagine the future that should be—and make it so. #ForwardGlobalSummit
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"If we can imagine a more just and sustainable world, we are taking the first steps to make it so," shared Sabrina Pourmand, Forward Global Board Member. "Look at narrative changes as a fundable strategy for culture and systems change."

#ForwardGlobalSummit #ShapingOurStory #FutureToBelieveIn
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The 2025 #ForwardGlobalSummit is happening now! CEO Renee Kaplan kicks us off with a welcome message to ground us. "We can be far braver and more innovative together than we can be alone...We're here to curate a community and a culture that challenges the status quo." #ShapingOurStory
March 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We're thrilled to open our 2025 #ForwardGlobalSummit with talks from four thought leaders in the sector—Gloria Walton, Dan Lin, Nwamaka Agbo, and Cristiane Sultani—sharing their perspectives on the #StoriesThatShapeUs.
March 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM