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Registration Open | 2025 Financial Management Conference

A Critical Moment for Our Industry

This year’s Strength Matters Financial Management Conference will bring together more than 200 nonprofit community development leaders, mission-focused industry partners and strategic investment and accounting professionals to exchange insights, build connections, and chart new directions. At a time of deep and protracted uncertainty for our industry, it is more important than ever to get together to find new ways to collaborate on strengthening and revitalizing our industry.

Early bird pricing runs through July 9 — Register today!

Sessions will provide actionable strategies for:

  • Leading amidst uncertainty
  • Strengthening partnerships and exploring innovative funding approaches in a shifting landscape
  • Building organizational durability through thoughtful planning and management
  • Navigating workforce transitions and facilitating candid board discussions
  • Smart technology adoption that positions teams for long-term success

We understand the magnitude of current challenges yet remain inspired by our industry’s ever-present resourcefulness and ability to evolve. By sharing expertise and best practices, we’ll strengthen our collective capacity to fulfill our mission to provide affordable housing to people and communities who need it more than ever.

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Transform Your Organization’s Risk Response  

Transform Your Organization’s
Risk Response 

Each day, affordable housing leaders like you navigate increasingly complex challenges and emerging risks that threaten your mission. While ad-hoc responses and temporary solutions have become the norm for many organizations desperately trying to stay ahead, this reactive approach is not sustainable.

Recognizing this critical industry need, Strength Matters partnered with North Carolina State University’s prestigious Enterprise Risk Management Initiative to develop a tailored program specifically for affordable housing organizations. This collaboration brings you comprehensive risk frameworks, strategies, and tools designed specifically for the unique challenges our sector faces.

Our inaugural 2024 Strategic Risk Management training revealed something striking: despite representing organizations of different sizes, service models, and regions, participants shared remarkably similar concerns. Leaders from across the affordable housing spectrum voiced urgent worries about their ability to survive and thrive in today’s challenging landscape — concerns that likely mirror your own daily challenges.

Critical Challenges Facing Every Housing Nonprofit: 

  1. The Talent Crisis: You’re losing valuable team members to higher-paying competitors while experienced staff retire, taking irreplaceable institutional knowledge with them. How will you maintain continuity and excellence when your most valuable asset — your people — are walking out the door?
  2. The Financial Squeeze: While rising operating and insurance costs aren’t new, their unprecedented acceleration is threatening financial sustainability. How much longer can your organization absorb these increasing expenses before they compromise your mission?
  3. The Tax Credit Dilemma: The ability to provide affordable housing is too often dependent on a single funding mechanism. What happens to your projects — and the communities you serve — if and when tax credits become unavailable or insufficient?

From Vulnerability to Opportunity: Discover Your Organization’s Hidden Strengths

Risk isn’t just about threats — it’s also about opportunity. Learn how to identify and leverage strategic advantages others miss.

Our  risk management training equips you to identify your organization’s “crown jewels” — the key drivers that unlock strategic success. Using proven tools and methodologies, you’ll learn to:

  • Identify which risks could actually accelerate your organization’s growth
  • Align risk management with your strategic objectives
  • Transform potential threats into competitive advantages
  • Protect what matters most to your organization’s mission

Don’t let another year pass while these critical challenges continue to grow. Secure your spot today for our two-part workshop series in June 2025. 

Great course. Gave us concrete templates to use to develop Enterprise Risk Management program. —2024 Participant

Excellent class. Speakers are very engaging and are able to present the material in a way that feels implementable. Amazing tools to leave with. We so appreciate this.” —2024 Participant 

Webinar | The Nuts and Bolts of Asset Disposition

 


This webinar gives a step-by-step walk through the process for selling an affordable housing asset.

Topics covered will include:

  • Prepping the property for sale
  • Hiring the listing broker
  • Negotiating the listing agreement
  • Marketing and due diligence
  • Best and final
  • Negotiating the contract
  • Due diligence
  • Closing

The panel consists of a broker with deep experience in the sale of affordable housing projects and two CFOs who have recently been through the sales process, and moderated by Dana Moore, our CFO in Residence.

Henry Mathies
Greysteel
Karen Briggs Gwin
Avenue
Valorie Schwarzmann
Homeport

Strength Matters webinars are free to join live. Slides and recorded playback are available to subscribers.

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Save the Dates! Join us Sept. 16-19 in Charlotte for the 2025 Financial Management Conference

We’re excited to announce the 2025 Strength Matters Financial Management Conference will in Charlotte, NC at the Omni Charlotte Hotel. 

Schedule at a Glance: 
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Late Afternoon Start
Networking and welcome reception to build valuable connections

Wednesday, Sept. 17
Full Day
Immersive sessions addressing your most pressing financial challenges

Thursday, Sept. 18
Full Day
Immersive sessions addressing your most pressing financial challenges

Friday, Sept. 19
Half Day
Focused morning sessions, allowing for convenient travel arrangements

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Reserve a room at the Omni Charlotte Hotel for the conference rate of $259/night.  

Join Us for 2025 Conference Planning

 

We’re hosting two sessions to gather input and insight from nonprofit affordable housing finance leaders on what topics, issues and innovations you’d like to see covered at the 2025 Financial Management Conference this September or October (exact dates and location pending). 

Drop in to either of our one hour sessions on Zoom for a casual conversation about the issues you’d like to see covered at this year’s event to help organizations thrive: 

Ideation Session #1
Tuesday, Feb. 4 
2PM Eastern | 11AM Pacific 
Join via Zoom | Add to Calendar 

Ideation Session #2
Wednesday, Feb. 5 
4PM Eastern | 1PM Pacific 
Join via Zoom | Add to Calendar 

Can’t join us for the sessions? Send your thoughts to [email protected].

Join Us for 2024 Conference Planning

 

We’re hosting two sessions to gather input and insight from nonprofit affordable housing finance leaders on what topics, issues and innovations you’d like to see covered at the 2024 Financial Management Conference this September in Chicago (exact dates and location pending). 

Drop in to either of our one hour sessions on Zoom: 

Ideation Session #1
Wednesday, March 13 
2PM Eastern | 11AM Pacific 
Join via Zoom | Add to Calendar 

Ideation Session #2
Thursday, March 14 
2PM Eastern | 11AM Pacific 
Join via Zoom | Add to Calendar 

Can’t join us for the sessions? Send your thoughts to [email protected].

Save the Dates! Join us Oct. 24-27 in Minneapolis for the 2023 Financial Management Conference

We’re excited to announce the 2023 Strength Matters Financial Management Conference will be held in Minneapolis this October. 

Join us Tue. Oct. 24 through Fri. Oct. 27 at the Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown. Group rate of $189 per night is available for 10/24-1027. 

Conference registration will open in the summer. Please check back. 

 

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