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Leaning into Racial Justice with the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund
April 22, 2021 | Carra Cote-Ackah, Kaitlin Miles, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Don Chen
Amid a national reckoning with race and the pandemic, foundations are leaning into racial justice like never before. Yet many foundations are grappling with how to fund racial equity and the best way forward for their institution and grantees. In this Community Conversation, the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund will explore their decision to increase funding for racial justice, Read More

Carra Cote-Ackah
March 29, 2021
Carra Cote-Ackah, a fifth generation Andrus family member, is Chairperson of the Surdna Board of Directors. She joined the board in 2011 and served as Vice Chairperson for four years. She also served on the Andrus Family Fund board for six years, the last two as board chair. Presently Carra is the President of the Vanguard Group Foundation and Executive Read More

Mayor Eric Garcetti
March 26, 2021
Eric Garcetti is a fourth-generation Angeleno and the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley — the son of public servants and the grandson and great-grandson of immigrants from Mexico and Eastern Europe — Mayor Garcetti’s life has been shaped by a deep commitment to the core values of justice, dignity, and equality for Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Leaning Into Fundamental And Unexpected Shifts In Our Relational Reparations Sisterhood [Part 3]
March 24, 2021 | LeAnne Moss, Candace Tkachuck, June L. Wilson
Photo via Freepik This article was originally published by Giving Compass and is re-posted here with permission. This is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. “The most important journey you will ever take is from your head to your heart.”  —Anonymous When our group of 13 women came together in 2019 to imagine a future where affluent individuals Read More

Shawn Escoffery
March 23, 2021
Shawn Escoffery is the Executive Director of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation, where he leads a team committed to social justice and addressing the historical inequities that plague many lower-income communities. Since joining the Foundation 2018, Shawn has led the organization through a strategy revisioning process, created a fellowship for someone who was formerly impacted by the Justice Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

New Tools for Foundations to View Peer Group Data
March 5, 2021 | John Seitz
Courtesy of Serpstat from Pexels Foundations have been badly underserved in terms of available financial benchmarking resources. Coverage of foundations tends to focus mainly on where donations dollars are going without much attention paid to what happens to the money that stays in foundations’ endowments. The few reports that are available either 1) only describe the largest foundations, 2) are Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Making Systems Changes for Equity: A Conversation with McKnight’s David Nicholson
March 2, 2021 | David Nicholson
Courtesy of the McKnight Foundation The McKnight Foundation has implemented a new program devoted to equity and inclusion in our state. David Nicholson, program director of the Vibrant & Equitable Communities program, shares how that team is thinking about systems change and what they’ve learned so far. Q: As a family philanthropy, how do you see your role in moving Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Calling Family Foundation Board Members to Join a Journey on Racial Justice
March 2, 2021 | June L. Wilson, Kelly D. Nowlin, Mary Mountcastle, Virginia M. Esposito
Learn more about the Racial Justice Learning and Action Network. In 2018, the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) announced its second class of fellows, naming Kelly Nowlin, June Wilson, and Mary Mountcastle as distinguished fellows. Each of us independently chose to focus our fellowship work on racial equity. Coming together we worked to support one another, challenge established thinking, Read More

David Nicholson
March 2, 2021
David Nicholson joined McKnight in September 2020 as Vibrant & Equitable Communities (V&EC) program director. The V&EC program aims to build a vibrant future for all Minnesotans with shared power, prosperity, and participation. Over the past three decades, Nicholson has worked to create systemic change through community leadership and grassroots movement building. He has served in leadership roles in a number of nonprofit Read More

Heritage Wealth Advisors
March 1, 2021
Heritage Wealth Advisors understands that wealth is never about money—it’s about being in a position to do the things that matter most to you. Whether your goal is planning for retirement, providing for your family or giving back to your community, Heritage is committed to helping you define your purpose—then achieve it. You make a difference. Heritage makes it possible. Read More

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