Past Events

As social sector leaders, we are often overwhelmed by field data we don’t have the bandwidth to analyze. This session explores how generative AI can serve as a ‘junior teammate’ to make monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) faster and cheaper. We will cover practical workflows, from auto-drafting Theories of Change to analyzing qualitative survey responses in minutes. Finally, we will outline ethical guardrails for protecting community data privacy, masking PII, and preventing bias.

How can nonprofits build budgets that reflect the true cost of their work and communicate these needs confidently to funders? This two-hour online masterclass will introduce participants to the True Cost Computation and Communication Guidelines, authored by CA Ritu Jain and CA Ravi Bagaria under the Pay-What-It-Takes India initiative led by The Bridgespan Group. The session will explore programme and support costs, along with contingency and reserves. Through practical examples and an interactive exercise, participants will examine how to compute and present true costs, recognise different funder mindsets, and strengthen funding conversations at the proposal and budgeting stages. The emphasis

This highly practical masterclass introduces the Data + AI Lifecycle through the lens of real nonprofit challenges. You’ll learn how data flows across your organisation, identify where that flow breaks down, and understand how stronger data foundations lead to better reporting, better decisions, and more responsible AI adoption. Through a hands-on data audit and practical exercises, you’ll diagnose your organisation’s biggest data bottleneck, prioritise the most important improvements, and leave with a clear roadmap for building a more integrated, scalable data system.

As India’s social sector grows in ambition, scale and complexity, what does it take to build organisations that endure? Join Gayatri Lobo and ILSS for a conversation on leadership, management and institution building, drawing on experiences from building organisations, developing leaders, strengthening the ecosystem, and leading through change.

Fundraising is one of the most critical functions within nonprofits, yet it remains one of the least invested in. To help address the challenges and strengthen your organisation’s fundraising approach, the Centre of Excellence for Fundraising at ILSS is offering “Fundraising Essentials: Strategy, Storytelling and Donor Relationships”—a two-day, immersive workshop designed for nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals.

Fundraising is one of the most critical functions within nonprofits, yet it remains one of the least invested in. To help address the challenges and strengthen your organisation’s fundraising approach, the Centre of Excellence for Fundraising at ILSS is offering “Fundraising Essentials: Strategy, Storytelling and Donor Relationships”—a two-day, immersive workshop designed for nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals.

In this session, Krishna will unpack how social purpose organisations can leverage Generative AI to strengthen decision-making, improve effectiveness, and amplify impact. He will also explore the mental models and leadership capabilities needed to build AI-native organisations while keeping human outcomes at the center.

A two-hour interactive masterclass with Sushanta Gupta, fundraising expert and donor retention strategist with 18+ years of experience across fundraising, sales, and donor communications for fundraising professionals who want to move beyond reactive fundraising and build stronger, data-informed individual giving programs.

A two-hour interactive masterclass on Unlocking Giving in a Digital World for fundraisers, senior leaders and board members

The India Fundraising Conference (IFRC) is a unique platform celebrating fundraising as critical for social impact and fundraisers as drivers of change. Each year the conference gathers hundreds of social sector leaders to address our most pressing fundraising challenges and foster a vibrant community of fundraisers.