1704 Results for “community”

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We Stand With ABFE
June 17, 2020
Dear Community Members: The National Center for Family Philanthropy joins with other national philanthropy serving organizations to stand in solidarity with ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities in their call for philanthropy to take action on anti-Black racism. ABFE is the oldest affinity group in the country, borne out of a moment of both conflict and action, when Black Read More

Rinku Sen
June 11, 2020
Rinku Sen is a writer and a political strategist. She is currently Senior Strategist at Race Forward, having formerly served as Executive Director and as Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines. She is also a James O. Gibson Innovation Fellow at PolicyLink. Under Sen’s leadership, Race Forward has generated some of the most impactful racial justice successes of recent Read More
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Make This Moment a Tipping Point, Not a Tragedy
June 9, 2020 | Diana Scearce
Centuries old racial inequity has been laid bare. 111,000 Americans are dead from COVID-19. 21 million people are out of work. Communities brace themselves for wildfires in the west, hurricanes in the east, and turbulence around the 2020 Presidential election. Turbulence with this level of global reach, systemic impact, and sustained uncertainty is unprecedented. The results could be transformational—or tragic. Read More

Dennis Quirin
June 9, 2020
Dennis Quirin joined the Raikes Foundation as executive director in September 2019. Prior to joining the foundation, Dennis was the president of the Neighborhood Funders Group where he provided overall vision and leadership on strategy, partnership development, management and organizational direction for the organization. Dennis has spent more than two decades supporting social and racial equity as a funder, campaigner, fundraiser and Read More

Echoing Green
June 4, 2020
Echoing Green identifies tomorrow’s transformational leaders today. Through Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. We provide seed-funding and leadership development to a new class of Fellows every year and welcome them into a lifelong community of leaders. Learn more. Read More

Castellano Family Foundation
June 3, 2020
The Castellano Family Foundation (CFF) was founded in 2002 by Carmen and Al Castellano to fill a void in funding for Latinx nonprofits in Silicon Valley and to raise awareness about their importance to communities, philanthropy, and social change. Since then, the Foundation has invested $6.5 million to support Latinx arts and culture, education, and leadership development programs, along with Read More
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A Time for Reflection and Action
June 2, 2020 | Kimberly Myers Hewlett, Nicholas A. Tedesco
Dear Community Members: This is a sobering time. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black people as a result of unconscionable acts of violence and aggression is once again challenging our nation to acknowledge the long-held suffering of communities of color across the United States. We are witnessing a response to centuries of racism Read More

Brenda Chumley
June 1, 2020
Brenda Chumley is responsible for managing business development at Greater Horizons and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, working to connect with new and existing donors and helping them accomplish their charitable goals. Brenda played an integral role in developing many community foundation “firsts.” She developed the Community Foundation’s first online grantmaking system before any such product was available to Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Let’s Live it Well: Family Funders Investing in Capacity When It’s Most Needed
June 1, 2020 | Juliette Cho
Even in times of good health, nonprofits operate under tight financial and human capital constraints. As the devastating effects of COVID-19 have unfolded over the past few months, we have seen far too many nonprofits who do some of our most important work—providing essential services to children, the elderly, the homeless, victims of violence—and those who bring us joy and Read More
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Learning as We Go: A Regional Family Foundation Responds to the COVID Pandemic
May 25, 2020 | David Farren
No doubt, the COVID-19 crisis elicits a strong sense of purpose in every grantmaker, interspersed with moments of feeling overwhelmed. How do we meet all of the pressing needs in a society with a relatively weak social safety net and glaring inequalities, relative to our collective resources? How much should we deviate from our existing programs and grantees? What is Read More

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