Prepared for the Funder Census Initiative

January 2009 (updated March 2009)

2010 CENSUS: FUNDER EVENT CALENDAR

The following timeline displays events (and opportunities) sponsored by or involving funders and philanthropic affinity groups, in support of a fair and accurate 2010 census, especially in historically hard-to-count (HTC) communities and households. Please send information on additional events to Terri Ann Lowenthal at .

DATES / DESCRIPTION / PARTICIPATION
1/09/09 / Telephone briefing on “2010 Census: General Overview for Funders,” hosted by FCCP
2/09/09 / Telephone briefing on “2010 Census Undercount: Immigrant Communities,” hosted by FCCP and others
2/19/09 / Webinar on census for Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers (2:00 PM) / Bill O’Hare will speak
3/16/09 / Telephone briefing on “2010 Census Undercount: Low Income Communities and Children,” hosted by FCCP and others
3/19/09 / Census briefings for xxx in Detroit and Grand Rapids, MI, sponsored by the Population Resource Center / Bill O’Hare will speak
3/31/09 / GIST-GCYF meeting in Washington, DC / Census briefing
4/1/09 / Colorado Association of Foundations meeting; census-related event organized by Population Resource Center / Speaking opportunity
4/1/09 / Non Profit Vote Webinar on the census / Terri Ann will speak
4/30/09– 5/03/09 / Population Association of America annual meeting in Detroit
5/04/09 -
5/06/09 / Council of Foundations annual conference in Atlanta / FCCP census-related event on 5/3/09
8/01/09 –
8/06/09 / American Statistical Association annual meeting in Washington, DC
9/24/09 –
9/25/09 / Association of Public Data Users annual conference in Washington, DC
11/04/09 –
11/06/09 / Independent Sector Fall Conference in Detroit / Census panel featuring Census Bureau official, non-profit representative, FCI, other?

Census glossary:

Mailout/Mailback operation – Census Bureau mails questionnaire to most addresses on Master Address File; residents return questionnaire by mail.

Update/Leave operation – Census enumerators visit address, to verify location of housing unit and update Master Address File with correct mailing address, and “leave” census form for residents to mail back. U/L is used predominantly in sparsely-populated and remote areas, where addressing is nontraditional (such as Rural Route 2), and may be used in targeted urban and suburban blocks with small multi-unit structures that may house more than one family, as well as in areas devastated recently by natural disasters.

Group Quarters – Living quarters that house people in a group setting. GQ includes college dormitories, military barracks, prisons and jails, most nursing homes, juvenile institutions, and other similar facilities. Residents of GQ are counted with assistance from facility administrators and using a modified census questionnaire

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HTC = Hard To Count