• GEO Connect - D.C.

    Thursday, September 24, 2026 from  8:30 am to 10:30 am ET

  • Hosted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

    1310 L Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005

  • Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) is honored to invite you into conversation with Julie Nelson, Senior Vice President of Programs, and Karla Bruce, Chief of Staff, Race Forward.

    Please register by Friday, September 18. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Breakfast will be served. Please note any dietary or accessibility needs when you RSVP.  

    If you will be driving, GEO’s building has a parking garage (cost is $16 after 10:00 AM). Please note the garage closes at 7:00 PM. If you are planning to utilize public transportation, our office is close to the Metro Center stop and is accessible by multiple buses. When you arrive, please plan to check in at the building’s front desk with a photo ID before heading up to our office.

    At GEO, your safety and wellbeing are important to us. We strive to ensure that everyone feels safe and supported while visiting our office. If you have any questions about navigating locally in D.C., please let us know. 


    If you have any questions or trouble registering, please email Autumn Shepherd at shepherd@geofunders.org.

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  • Media Consent: Our mutual trust of each other is paramount to the relationships we will develop during our time together. While reading the "legalese" below, please know we will not reveal the details of our conversations to anyone. This experience is grounded in confidentiality to honor the vulnerability, candor and transparency this work requires. If GEO wishes to share beyond this convening and its participants anything you have said or shared (including quotes and stories) it would be only with your explicit review and consent. With that, we want to inform you that programming may be photographed. Please let us know if you consent to your photograph being captured without compensation, that shall constitute GEO property solely and completely, to display, reproduce, broadcast and otherwise use for future distribution and promotional purposes in print and online communications materials, to promote the convening and for GEO’s nonprofit purposes, inclusive of, but not limited to publications, newsletters, newspapers, magazines and other print media, on television, in mailings or other electronic media (including the Internet) for educational and awareness purposes.*
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