ChangeInSight Data Equity Summit

The 2026 ChangeInSight Data Equity Summit runs Friday, October 16, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Central at Impact House, 200 West Madison Street in the Chicago Loop, with doors at 8:30 AM. The day is in-person only; livestream is unavailable. Sessions cover AI and trust in the nonprofit sector, cultural humility and disaggregated community data, and Chicago partner lessons on participation and trustworthy information. Tickets list ChangeInSight partners as free and non-partners at $35 to help cover lunch and light refreshments. All attendees must register by October 15 on the GiveSmart page; pre-registration is required. Space is limited, so treat early registration as part of the logistics.

Hosting sits with the Chinese American Service League alongside ChangeInSight and the Julian Grace Foundation. CASL is Chicago’s long-running Chinese American social-services institution; ChangeInSight is the data-equity program lane that brings nonprofit partners into shared measurement practice. A full Loop day on AI governance, cultural humility in surveys, and community trust is why this clears Circuit: named host, clear nonprofit and philanthropy audience, and a re-checkable GiveSmart URL rather than a thin Meetup. Madison Street Loop parking and transit both need a weekday buffer. Bring questions tied to your own intake forms or funder reporting so the panels stay concrete.

This is right for nonprofit operators, foundation staff, community researchers, and Asian American service organizations who need data equity tools rather than a gala dinner. Skip it if you need investor pitch density or a Pakistani American professional conference. Partners should confirm free partner registration; non-partners should budget the $35 lunch fee and register before the October 15 cutoff. Stay through the closing Chicago-partner block if the morning AI panel alone will not answer your trust question.

If you are choosing between this Friday summit and OPEN Chicago’s annual conference the following weekend, stay here for nonprofit data equity and CASL corridor density; use OPEN for Pakistani American professional and entrepreneurship programming. Register on e.givesmart.com/events/PVq/, keep confirmation for Impact House check-in, and re-check session notes closer to October 16.