Tony Macklin

February 15, 2019
Tony Macklin: Tony, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®, consults with donor families, grantmakers, and their advisors about purpose, use of resources, action planning, and learning. He previously served as executive director of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, where he facilitated changes in visioning, impact investing, grantmaking, trustee education, and back-office management. Prior to that, in twelve years at the Central Read More

Tony Wells

February 15, 2019
Tony Wells and his wife Dana created The Wells Foundation, a Columbus-based private family foundation,  in 2001. The foundation’s mission is to “create value for our community by developing stronger nonprofit leaders and investing in the next generation of social innovations.” The foundation has spent nearly a decade providing social impact investments into social enterprises and developing new social innovation Read More

Thomas Beech

February 15, 2019
Tom Beech has held CEO leadership positions with The Minneapolis Foundation, the Burnett Foundation in Fort worth, Texas, and the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He served on the national Boards of Directors of the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, Funders Concerned About AIDS and the Institute for Community Peace. He has written and consulted extensively on non-profit governance and Read More

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