2025 Annual Meeting
What is it that Christians are invited into to do good in the world? How should who we are in Christ - our identity - shape what we do?
PCP members represent over 100 different foundations and grantmaking entities, each of which has a unique mission, perspective, and approach to funding. Yet what we share is a desire to bring Christ's hope and healing into the broken places of the world. At our 2025 Annual Conference we will explore questions connecting who we are with what we do. We'll hear from John Dickson, author of Bullies and Saints, about how Christians have changed the world and what tools God has given us to do so, and from Anne Snyder, Editor-in-Chief of Comment Magazine, about the idea of being a faithful remnant. As always, we'll also delve into many practical challenges and opportunities inherent in our work, with sessions on managing risk, planning for transition and succession in our foundations and with our partners, how to discuss difficult issues with partners, artificial intelligence, responding to current trends, and much more. We'll unveil PCP's long-awaited partner database, and we'll spend an evening out enjoying dinner and full exhibit access at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum.
We look forward to seeing you in Colorado Springs!
Program Highlights
Keynote Talks
Bullies and Saints: How Christians Have, and Can, Change the World
John Dickson, writer, speaker, academic, and public defender of the Christian faith.
See John's bio below
On Being a Faithful Remnant
Anne Snyder, Editor-in-Chief of Comment Magazine
See Anne's bio below
Panels
- Managing and Embracing Risk
- Having Hard Conversations
- Transition Planning for Foundation Staff
- Mountains and Valleys: Proudest Moments and Biggest Mistakes
Breakouts
- Grantmaking From a Solo Shop or Small Office
- Grantmaking with AI: A Funders Discussion
- Responding to Rapidly Changing Circumstances
- Collaborating: What Can We Bring About Together, and How?
And More
- Ample time to network with peers
- In-depth table discussions on focused topics
- Launch and demonstration of PCP's shared partner database
- Glimpses into new experiments that foundations are piloting
- Dinner at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum, where we'll have the museum to ourselves and full access to all exhibits.
Keynote Speaker Bios
John Dickson
John’s story is eclectic. Starting out as a professional singer-songwriter, he now works as an author, speaker, historian, and media presenter. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Public Christianity (2007-17). He has published over 20 books, two of which became television documentaries, with a third, For the Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than you Ever Imagined, released in Australian cinemas in June 2018.
John has held a variety of teaching and research positions before moving to Wheaton College, including in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University (2002-2015), the Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies Department at Sydney University (2011-2021), Ridley College Melbourne (2019-2022), and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford (2015-2023). A busy public speaker, he lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife Elizabeth and the youngest of their three children.
Anne Snyder
Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and oversees its partner project, Breaking Ground. She is the host of The Whole Person Revolution podcast and co-editor of Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year, published in January 2022.
Prior to leading Comment, she directed The Philanthropy Roundtable‘s Character Initiative, a program seeking to help foundations and business leaders strengthen “the middle ring” of morally formative institutions. Her path-breaking guidebook, The Fabric of Character: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Renewing our Social and Moral Landscape, was published in 2019. From 2014 to 2017 Anne worked for Laity Lodge and the H.E. Butt Foundation in Texas, and before that, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, World Affairs Journal and The New York Times. She is a Senior Fellow of The Trinity Forum and a Fellow at the Urban Reform Institute, a Houston-based think tank that explores how cities can drive opportunity for the bulk of their citizens. She has published widely, including The Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, Bittersweet Monthly and of course Comment, but consistently tries to balance her writing work with the call of community. Anne spent the formative years of her childhood overseas before earning a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College (IL) and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.
Conference Schedule
Monday, April
12:00 - 3:00 Optional Pre-Conference Activities
Possibilities include:
Cog Train to Pike’s Peak
Hike Echo Rock Canyon Trail at Glen Eyrie
Explore Garden of the Gods (next-door to Glen Eyrie)
Smaller group meetings
2:00 - 4:00 New ED Cohort Meeting
3:00 - 5:00 Conference Registration and Check-In
4:30 - 6:00 Welcome Events & Reception
6:00 - 8:00 Dinner and Evening Program
Tuesday, April 29
7:00 - 8:15 ED Breakfast & Meeting
8:30 - 9:00 Worship
9:00 - 3:15 Conference Sessions
3:15 - 5:30 Free Time
5:30 Bus departs for dinner
6:00 - 8:30 Dinner and Fun at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Wednesday, April 30
7:00 - 8:15 ED Breakfast & Meeting
8:30 - 9:00 Worship
9:00 - 2:00 Conference Sessions
2:30 Optional post-conference meetings
Communities of Practice
Learning Circles
2:30 Departure for optional post-conference adventures
Manitou Incline
Garden of the Gods
More in the works
Conference Fee:
The conference fee of $800 per person covers all conference materials, expenses, activities, and meals beginning with dinner on Monday, April 28 and concluding with lunch on Wednesday, April 30th.
Cancellation Policy:
Conference fees are subject to the following:
- 100% refundable until February 29, 2025
- 90% refundable March 1, 2025 – March 27, 2025
- Non-refundable beginning March 28, 2025
- Cancellations should be made in writing by sending an email to Judy Moreau at judith@pcpcommunity.com
Lodging:
We have 82 guest rooms available in 7 lodges on Glen Eyrie’s beautiful grounds.
Well-appointed standard rooms are $155/night, and premiere rooms are $215/night (prices are inclusive of taxes and fees).
Standard Lodges (Big Horn, Oaks, Cedar Ridge, and Glenview)
Premiere Lodges (The Castle, The Pink House, and Eagle's Nest)
Please note that some of premiere lodging rooms do not have air conditioning, but temperatures are expected to be moderate in late April. All premiere rooms have either 1 king or 1 queen bed, are set up for a maximum occupancy of two, and a minimum guest age of 14.
Glen Eyrie Property Map:
Off-Property Lodging:
If you would like to make outside lodging arrangements, some hotels close to Glen Eyrie include Hyatt Place Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods Resort, Colorado Springs Marriott, and Hilton Garden Inn Colorado Springs Downtown.
Travel Information:
Conference attendees are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.
- Glen Eyrie is 18 miles (30-minute drive) from the Colorado Springs Airport (COS), and does not offer a shuttle service. Taxi, rideshare, or a local shuttle van are options for getting to Glen Eyrie from the airport.
- If you fly into Denver instead of Colorado Springs, shuttle service is available from the Denver Airport to the Colorado Springs Airport and a couple of other points in the city (~2 hour ride) for approximately $55 each way. Groome Transportation offers an online reservation system and makes 18 round trips each day. You will still need to secure transportation from your drop-off to Glen Eyrie.
- If you rent a car, drive time from the Denver Airport to Glen Eyrie is approximately 1.5 hours.
- If you will come by car, parking is available at Glen Eyrie for no charge.
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Conference Registration
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$800.00 |
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4 nights - 4/27/25 Arrival
These rooms are located in the Big Horn lodge. |
$620.00 |
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3 nights - 4/27/25 Arrival
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$465.00 |
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3 Nights - 4/28/25 Arrival
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$465.00 |
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2 Nights - 4/28/25 Arrival
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$310.00 |
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Pink House - SOLD OUT
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$860.00 |
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Castle West Queen - SOLD OUT
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$860.00 |
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Castle West Queen - SOLD OUT
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$645.00 |
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Eagles Nest - 2 Nights (SOLD OUT)
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$430.00 |
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