Chris Daggett, CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, said almost half of its $6 million in annual grantmaking contribute to arts education funding and a school poetry program.
Commenting on the large, year-end legislative package before Congress, Michael Peterson, of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said the costly and unfunded bill is a step in the wrong direction.
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.
... The Foundation has since launched three distinct core programs : Invest in Youth , Neighborhood Strength , and ... spark the change we are waiting for.” Through these programs , we learned that participatory...
Strategic philanthropy is increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ innovative approaches to achieving...
After the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016, Proteus Fund quickly launched a Rapid Response Fund to support LGBTQ and Muslim, Arab & South Asian communities grappling with the implications of this massacre.
While transparency is an important value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’s privacy is also your family’s privacy? How do we balance the need for public accountability with a family’s right to privacy?