U.S. Conference on Poverty and Basic Needs 2026

It is held in Newark, New Jersey.

Attendees include nonprofit leaders, advocates, researchers, and cross-sector partners in the basic-needs bank network.

It is most useful for nonprofit leaders, advocates and researchers working on diaper need and period poverty, since it is billed as the only national convening on these issues and the sessions cover public funding, legislative strategy and data-informed storytelling. Practitioners outside the basic needs network, or those who want a broad anti-poverty policy meeting, will find the focus narrower than they need; researchers also have the option of presenting through the call for research proposals.

Attendees at nonprofit and advocacy conferences usually wear business casual, such as slacks, blouses or button-down shirts and blazers, with layers for Newark in late October.