Events & Webinars | Webinars

21st-Century Governance Part One: Participatory and Collaborative Operations and Strategies

Family philanthropies are increasingly recognizing the power of inclusive and collaborative approaches to maximize their operations and impact—and to ensure that their philanthropy will bring more value to family members, grantees, community members, and others. During this session we will hear from Hannibal B. Johnson, Courtney Knoblock, and Joshua J. Knowles about the development of The Commemoration Fund, a fund Read More

Program Officer

November 30, 2023
The Program Officer will play a key role in advancing the foundation’s “place-based grantmaking” strategy, managing relationships with grantees and potential applicants across Muncie, Delaware County, and East Central Indiana. This individual will identify funding needs in the community, review grant applications, develop grant recommendations, monitor grant impact, and provide additional resources and supports for grantseekers. In close coordination with Read More

Executive Director

November 30, 2023
The Executive Director (ED) of the William G McGowan Charitable Fund is a visionary and strategic leader responsible for advancing and fulfilling the fund’s mission. The ED will provide operational and strategic leadership, ensuring the achievement of all goals related to fiscal management, grants and programming, board relations, staff leadership, community engagement, and administrative matters. This position is hybrid (3 Read More
Knowledge Center | Article

Effective Family Philanthropy: The Kendeda Fund

November 29, 2023 | Ade Adeniji
The Kendeda Fund is Writing its Last Checks — and the Last Chapter of a 30-Year Story of Giving About 30 years ago, Diana Blank began to ramp up her philanthropy through what became known as the Kendeda Fund, drawing the name from her three children, Kenny, Dena and Danielle. Tapping into wealth derived from the Home Depot empire, which Read More

Susan Stamerjohn

November 8, 2023
Susan Stamerjohn is second generation Tracy family member and is currently a board trustee of the Tracy Family Foundation. Susan has served on the Tracy Family Foundation board as a trustee multiple times since 1997, when the Tracy Family Foundation began. She will become the Tracy Family Foundation board chair in January 2024. There are currently 138 Tracy family members Read More

Michelle Tremillo

November 6, 2023
Michelle Tremillo, Co-Executive Director and one of TOP’s co-founders, is a 4th generation Tejana, born and raised in a low-income neighborhood in San Antonio. She has two decades of community organizing experience, and is responsible for raising a multi-million dollar budget, co-developing TOP’s overall strategy to create and win on our economic and racial justice policy agenda in Texas’ 3 Read More

Felecia Lucky

October 30, 2023
Felecia Lucky is the President of the Black Belt Community Foundation in Selma, Alabama.  The Black Belt Community Foundation was established to support community efforts that contribute to the strength, innovation and success in Alabama’s 12 poorest counties—the Black Belt.  As President of the Foundation, Felecia values regular input from the communities and works diligently to strengthen the communities in the Read More

President and Chief Executive Officer

October 27, 2023
Battle Creek Community Foundation (BCCF) is seeking nominations and applications for the position of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The Foundation’s next transformative leader will support the prosperity of the community through strengthening relationships, mobilizing resources, and directing them to critical community needs. The Foundation’s outgoing CEO has provided nearly three decades of visionary, high impact leadership. In this Read More

Aleda Gagarin

October 24, 2023
As VP of Influence, Aleda will take the lead on thought leadership, strategic coalitions, and campaigns that can shape norms and practices to increase Candid’s collective impact across the social sector. She will direct the Influence teams, including Communications and Brand Awareness, Development, Partnerships, and Partnership Operations. In close collaboration with the CEO and executive team, Aleda will develop an effective Read More

Executive Director

October 17, 2023
Michigan Founders Fund (MFF) has a vision for Michigan to be the most successful, inclusive, and community-minded startup ecosystem in the country. MFF works to drive density amongst founders, which, in turn, increases access to capital and talent. MFF Members are high-growth entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who are committed to organizational values of connection, culture, and community and have made Read More