The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation today announced the recent election of Kofi Appenteng and Justin McAuliffe to serve as members of its board of directors.
Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, systemic change, and solving problems at the root rather than placing bandages. And detailed analysis and research have their place in evaluating grant...
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), one of the nation’s largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of whole life, individual disability insurance, and employee benefits, announced today that Karen B. Peetz has been...
My early career as a nonprofit development professional included some fairly unforgettable moments. One such moment included downloading the interim report for a particularly generous funder of my nonprofit organization. The printer jumped to life,...
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust is delighted to announce that Jean Ross has joined the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust as our new Senior Program Officer.
This year marks the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s tenth year as an active grantmaker. During these last 10 years, we have discovered that when it comes to ramping up a new foundation or grantmaking organization, there is no single “how-to guide” or...
The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is pleased to announce that Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez will join the Foundation as a Program Officer. In that role, Isabel will help develop and implement the final, culminating phase of Hazen’s grantmaking.