1901 Results for “community”

Michael Aguhar
January 28, 2020
Michael Aguhar, Program Director at the Crossroads Fund, is an attorney and community organizer. He is passionate about supporting immigration justice, workers rights, and queer artists of color in Chicago. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE), a Crossroads Fund grantee. In 2016, Michael worked alongside a coalition of Filipino, Read More

Leigh Adams
January 28, 2020
Leigh Adams is the Executive Director for Ausherman Family Foundation. She comes to the Foundation with more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and has a passion for connecting people together for the greater good. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Salisbury University and is pursuing her Master’s in Business Administration degree at Hood College. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

The Exit Interview: Lessons Learned, Stories Shared and Memories Treasured from Richard Woo’s 20 Years of Leadership at The Russell Family Foundation
January 24, 2020 | The Russell Family Foundation
Editor’s note: This interview originally appeared through The Russell Family Foundation’s website and appears with permission. Original preface: Over the last 20 years, outgoing chief executive officer Richard Woo has led The Russell Family Foundation from its early beginning as he and co-founders George and Jane Russell charted its philanthropic path and giving model all the way to present-day as Read More

The Russell Family Foundation
January 24, 2020
The Russell Family Foundation seeks to contribute to a sustainable and peaceful world for people, places and communities. We serve as a partner for grassroots leaders and community organizations in Pierce County and the broader Puget Sound region. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

4 Questions to Sit With As You Learn to Let Communities Lead
January 23, 2020 | National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Editor’s note: This article by Walter Howell and Lauri Valerio was originally published on the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s website and appears with permission. Good things happen when funders shift power to communities. It’s “regenerative.” We “actually get outcomes that work” and “build a groundswell for change.” But it’s hard to “give up power and build trust,” to “learn Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Get Rid of the Go-Between: Jacobs Family Foundation
January 21, 2020 | Elaine Gast Fawcett
As a family funder, how can you acknowledge and responsibly navigate the power of your position? How does the power and privilege you hold affect those you interact with and support? How can you use your power for good—to make lasting impact? This Passages Issue Brief features stories, perspectives, and practical tips on power, and suggestions for how family funders can work Read More

Alison O’Carroll
January 13, 2020
Alison O’Carroll is a nationally recognized expert in development and planned giving with a successful career in fundraising spanning international relief and development, higher education, and cancer research. Alison recently returned to Atlanta after working as Executive Director for the Office of Planned Giving for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle Washington. In this role she worked with Read More

Erin Drury Boorn
January 13, 2020
Erin Drury Boorn leads the Philanthropy team’s work on developing, engaging and sustaining relationships with donors by connecting them with community resources and causes that address critical community needs and by creating philanthropic vehicles to meet donors’ philanthropic goals. Erin works with a portfolio of donor-advised funds, helping individuals and families develop their personal philanthropy. Prior to joining the Community Read More

Kerry McHugh
January 13, 2020
Kerry McHugh is the Program Officer for The Helen J. Serini Foundation, named after her grandmother, where she oversees the foundation’s grantmaking activities and funder collaboratives. Prior to joining the foundation, she worked in advertising and communications with government and non-profit clients, with a specific focus on behavior change and community-based marketing campaigns. Kerry also serves on the board of Read More

Molly Rand
January 13, 2020
Molly Rand is a senior philanthropic advisor for The Chicago Community Trust. In this role, she is responsible for building and fostering relationships with current and prospective donors. She works with families and individuals to develop philanthropic strategies and support impactful grant making, and helps connect philanthropy to opportunity by leveraging the knowledge of the Trust’s Community Impact staff for Read More

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