The Ins and Outs of Corporate and Foundation Research

The Ins and Outs of Corporate and Foundation Research  

Friday, April 26, 2019

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

10 Brookline Place
Room 563

Brookline, MA 02445

This session will teach you how to find and develop materials that help your CFR office and maximize the return on your research time. Corporate and Foundation research can seems like a "Alice in Wonderland" moment -- all those grants and all that data -- how do you know when you have finished your work? This session you will hear from a professional who has worked all the angles of the C&F pipeline (research, proposal development and stewardship) and will take you through some tried and true steps to ensure you don't waste time and deliver a product that is a value to your team.

PRESENTER:

Meredith Baird Reece worked in Corporate and Foundation Relations at WGBH/Channel 2 PBS for nearly 10 years before returning to her Alma mater Simmons University to lead multiple departments including Prospect Research, Donor Relations, Communications, and Events. She now leads the C&F effort at Simmons, while working from her home office in Southern RI.

COST:

$85 Members

$125 Non-Members

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:

From the North

Via I-93, the Tobin Bridge (Route 1), Route 28

Follow signs to Storrow Drive Westbound. Continue for about 1.5 miles, take exit to the left marked "Fenway - Route 1 South," staying in far left lane as you drive up the ramp. Just before the lights, bear right onto Boylston St. At third set of lights, stay straight as the road merges into Brookline Ave. Continue driving past the main DFCI campus almost 1/2 mile and take a right on Pearl Street (the last street before Huntington Avenue) and follow it around to the left until you see 10 Brookline Place on the right. The parking garage is underneath the building; should the parking lot be full, please ask the parking attendant at the garage entrance to valet your car. There is also street parking outside of our office which can be paid by the hour (2-hour maximum). 

From the South

Via Southeast Expressway (I-93, Route 3 North)

Take exit 18 "Massachusetts Ave. - Roxbury." After exiting, follow signs to Massachusetts Ave. At Massachusetts Ave. intersection, go straight onto Melnea Cass Blvd. and continue for 0.9 miles to seventh light, turning left onto Tremont St. At first intersection (Boston Police Station on the corner), turn right onto Ruggles St. At third light, turn left onto Huntington Ave. Eventually, Huntington will become Route 9/Boylston Street, go under the underpass, pass Brookline Avenue, and take a right onto Pearl Street. The building is on your left and the parking garage is located underneath the building; should the parking lot be full, please ask the parking attendant at the garage entrance to valet your car. There is also street parking outside of our office which can be paid by the hour (2-hour maximum).

From the West

Via Route 9 (Massachusetts Turnpike to Route 128 to Route 9)

Take Mass. Pike (I-90) East to 128 South. Follow to Exit 20A, 9 East Brookline/Boston. Go 6.5 miles to Brookline Avenue (it will be a large intersection before an overpass, with gas station on left) and turn left. Take another left onto Pearl Street and follow it around to the left until you see 10 Brookline Place on the right. The parking garage is underneath the building; should the parking lot be full, please ask the parking attendant at the garage entrance to valet your car. There is also street parking outside of our office which can be paid by the hour (2-hour maximum).

Via the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and downtown

Take Mass Pike to Exit 22 "Copley Square/Prudential Center," bearing left toward Prudential. Continue straight onto Huntington Ave. Eventually, Huntington will become Route 9/Boylston Street, go under the underpass, pass Brookline Avenue, and take a right onto Pearl Street. The building is on your left and the parking garage is located underneath the building; should the parking lot be full, please ask the parking attendant at the garage entrance to valet your car. There is also street parking outside of our office which can be paid by the hour (2-hour maximum).

By MBTA

Take the MBTA's Green Line - Riverside Branch/D Train -to the Brookline Village stop. Our building is the large beige building immediately behind the T stop. If you are on the "Inbound Track" side, walk toward the end of the platform and take the stairs to the top and you will be at the main entrance of our building; if you are on the "Outbound Track" side, cross the tracks and walk to your right to the stairway at the end of the platform.

Telephone Directions

If you are en route and need help finding your way, please call the Division of Philanthropy/Jimmy Fund reception desk at (617) 632-3019.