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

Suzanna Stribling

February 15, 2019
Suzanna Stribling has served as executive director of The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation since 2010. From 2004 –- 2010, she held several positions at the Southeastern Council of Foundations, a regional association of 300+ family, corporate, community and independent foundations from across 11 states. From 1990 – 1997, Suzanna served as the founding director of the Georgia Center Read More

Susan Dobkins

February 15, 2019
Susan Dobkins joined The Russell Family Foundation in May of 2008. Susan serves as the Foundation’s Program Officer and manages various aspects of the foundation’s regional leadership development work and is focused on building relationships with partners and the northwest community. Her portfolio includes responsibility for the Jane’s Fund Team and Jane’s Fellowship Program, amongst other efforts. Susan brings over Read More

Susan Schwartz

February 15, 2019
Susan Schwartz has served as executive director of The Cemala Foundation since 2006. The Cemala Foundation is a family foundation based in Greensboro, NC and established by Martha and Ceasar Cone II. The mission of the foundation is to continue the family tradition of enhancing the quality of life of the community. Prior to her work at the foundation, Susan Read More