The Philanthropic Initiative

February 15, 2019
The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) is a nonprofit advisory team that designs, carries out and evaluates philanthropic programs for individual donors, families, foundations, and corporations. Since it was founded in 1989, TPI’s goal has been to help clients to invest in their own values, communities and societies for maximum impact. TPI also encourages a positive climate for philanthropy and actively promotes effective giving through Read More

The Philanthropy Workshop

February 15, 2019
The Philanthropy Workshop (TPW) is the leader in ongoing strategic philanthropy education and networking—inspiring individuals and families to give better. TPW members invest their time, talent, treasure, and networks as a means of affecting purpose-driven, sustainable change. Founded in 1995, TPW leverages the strengths of forward-thinking philanthropists, advisors, and its founding organizations, including the Rockefeller and Hewlett Foundations and the Read More

The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

February 15, 2019
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy was established in 2008 by a generous gift from Laura and Robert Sillerman. The Center draws upon the deep and diverse expertise of faculty and researchers at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The Sillerman Center draws upon scholarship and practitioner experience to inform philanthropy that moves social justice Read More

The Siragusa Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Siragusa Foundation’s mission is to help underserved people in the Chicago area help themselves and experience a better quality of life, by funding organizations in five program areas: Arts & Culture, Education, the Environment, Health, and Human Services. The foundation works in partnership with organizations, communities and other philanthropic entities to connect those in need to services, bridge people Read More

The Kimball Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Kimball Foundation provides opportunities for the at-risk and disadvantaged youth in the Bay Area to improve the quality of their lives and reach their highest potential. The foundation’s focus areas include the following: College Access and Persistence, Cultural Enrichment, Environmental Education and Vocational Development. The foundation prioritizes the support of organizations that promote college access and encourage community service for Read More

The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation is a Catholic family foundation committed to honoring our founders’ legacy of generosity to strengthen our community. Henry and Marion Knott were incredibly dedicated to two things: their family and their surrounding community of Baltimore. In 1977, they started the Foundation as a way of joining their two passions. Today, the Knott Read More

The Nation

February 15, 2019
Founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation is a critical, independent voice in American journalism and a platform for investigative reporting and spirited debate on issues of import to the progressive community. Through changing times and fashions, The Nation and TheNation.com offer consistently informed and inspired reporting and analysis of breaking news, politics, social issues and the arts—never faltering in our editorial commitment to what Nation Publisher Emeritus Victor Navasky Read More

Tara Brown

February 15, 2019
Tara Brown directs Hidden Leaf Foundation. Hidden Leaf’s mission is to expand inner awareness within social change organizations in order to enhance the effectiveness of the progressive movement. Tara and Hidden Leaf helped launch and sustain the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation. After ten years working in international community development, Tara began her work for transformational social change with a Read More

Teresa Odendahl

February 15, 2019
Teresa Odendahl has 25 years’ experience in the foundation and nonprofit community as a board member, CEO, critic, employee, trainer and researcher. From 2004-2005, she was the Waldemar A. Neilsen Chair in Philanthropy at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. She is also Co-Founder of the new Institute for Collaborative Change and was recently Senior Program Officer Read More

The Alabama Black Belt Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Alabama Black Belt Foundation was founded by Hunter Lewis, co-founder of Cambridge Associates, LLC, and Cooper Holmes, a long-time resident of the region. In 2011 Lewis, interested in purchasing good land for organic farming, visited Perry County and found not only the rich land he was looking for but also astounding natural beauty, ecological biodiversity, historical significance, and a Read More