Vernetta Walker

April 25, 2019
Vernetta Walker is president and CEO of Walker & Associates Consulting. Vernetta also is a senior governance consultant and senior advisor on diversity, inclusion, and equity for BoardSource. With over two decades of experience as a nonprofit leader and consultant, Vernetta is passionate about helping organizations maximize their impact through exceptional leadership, intellectual engagement, and cultural competence. In addition to providing Read More

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

April 24, 2019
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is New Hampshire’s statewide community foundation, founded in 1962 by and for the people of New Hampshire. The foundation manages a growing collection of nearly 2,000 funds created by generous individuals, families and businesses, and award more than $40 million in grants and scholarships every year. The foundation work with generous and visionary citizens to Read More

Monica George

April 23, 2019
Monica George serves as Program Officer for Asset Funders Network’s Chicago Chapter. Monica is a trustee of the Conant Family Foundation that advocates for and supports organizations engaged in advancing racial, economic and gender justice. Her experience in the nonprofit sector includes serving as the Director of Operations and Interim Executive Director of CircEsteem an after school youth arts program Read More

Collaboratory

April 22, 2019
Collaboratory is committed to coordinating the solving of all Southwest Florida’s social problems on an eighteen-year deadline including homelessness, poverty, mental illness, illiteracy and more. We plan to do this with the entire community working together including people of all ages, colors, beliefs, and imaginations across all five counties. We’re not oblivious to people saying this is ridiculous and crazy, Read More

The Dallas Foundation

April 22, 2019
The Dallas Foundation was the first community foundation in the state of Texas. Since 1929, their sole purpose has been to help donors create charitable funds that reflect their interests and provide nonprofits with resources they need to serve the community. Their mission is to serve as a resource, leader, and catalyst for philanthropy by providing donors with flexible means of making Read More

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

April 22, 2019
As the region’s leading community foundation, Greater Cincinnati Foundation connects people with purpose in an eight-county region in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. GCF is leading the charge toward a more vibrant Greater Cincinnati for everyone – now, and for generations to come. Greater Cincinnati Foundation believes the greatest change happens when people come together—in partnership, collaboration and generosity. Read More

The Minneapolis Foundation

April 22, 2019
One of the first community foundations in the world, The Minneapolis Foundation brings together people, ideas, and resources to improve lives, locally and globally. It’s a 100-year-old tradition — and we have big plans for the future. The Foundation sparks positive change in the community by administering more than 1,400 charitable funds that enable individuals, families, and businesses to support causes Read More

Tidewater Jewish Foundation

April 22, 2019
Honoring the values of tzedakah and tikkun olam, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation is dedicated to creating permanent resources to meet the challenges and needs of the Jewish community. The Foundation educates individuals, families and its affiliates on the rewards of philanthropy and facilitates the philanthropic process through planned giving and endowments. Read More

The Boston Foundation

April 22, 2019
As Greater Boston’s community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. They fulfill this mission in three principal ways: making grants to nonprofit organizations and designing special funding initiatives to address this community’s critical challenges; working in partnership with donors and other funders Read More