2025 Registration Information

The VCET Summit will take place September 2 - 3, 2025 in Richmond, VA. Please note there is no “single day” registration. All registration sales are final and non-refundable.

If you are a VCET partner or VAPLP alum, please reach out to Nico Climaco, Director of Leadership Development, at nico@engageva.org about promo code eligibility.

Organization Rates

your organization is paying for the cost

We prioritize our community care rate for organizations led by communities of color and/or working class people. 

Paying at the higher end of the scale - the redistribution rate - makes it possible for us to offer scholarships at no-cost. 

Please select the tier where your organization fits most of the criteria within each tier. 

Community Care - $75

  • Annual budget up to $500,000

  • Highest paid staff member is paid less than $70,000/year (FTE) or there are no staff members

  • If your Board members are mostly low income or work to fundraise with no personal financial contribution required

  • If your organization is not able to financially support staff to attend professional conferences

Solidarity - $125

  • Annual budget between $500,000 and $1.25 million

  • Highest paid staff member is paid between $70,000 - $90,000/year (FTE)

  • If your Board members are mostly low income or work to fundraise with no personal financial contribution required

  • If your organization can offer partial financial support to staff to attend professional conferences

Individual Rates

you are paying for the cost out-of-pocket

Self-Assessment Questionnaire: Please review and reflect on the questions to determine your registration cost.

1. Are you and your family homeowners or landowners?

2. Are your bills or credit cards on autopay?

3. Have you not had difficulty accessing and affording healthcare or health insurance for you or your family members?

4. Do you have zero to no debt and/or do you have disposable income?

5. Do you have a safety net composed of “financially stable” or wealthy family and friends?

6. Do you have U.S. Citizenship?

7. Does your income only support you, and not other loved ones?

8. Have you or do you expect to inherit money or property?

9. Have you (or could you have) attended college?

10. Have you (or could you have) attended graduate school?

Based on your answers to the self assessment, below are the costs.

Community Care - $25

if you answered almost all “no”

Full Cost - $175

  • Annual budget between $1.25 and $5 million

  • Highest paid staff member is paid between $90,000 - $150,000/year (FTE)

  • If more than half of your Board members are high income, or Board members contribute $500 or more per year 

  • If your organization can regularly pay for staff to attend professional conferences (one per year)

Solidarity - $75

if you answered more “no” than “yes”

Redistribution - $250

  • Annual budget above $5 million

  • Highest paid staff member is paid more than $150,000/year (FTE)

  • If your Board is mostly high income, or Board members contribute $1,000 or more per year 

  • If your organization can regularly pay for staff to attend professional conferences (more than one per year)

Full Cost - $125

if you answered more “yes” than “no”