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Nell Edgington has spent her 25-year career innovating in the social change sector. As president of Social Velocity, she helps create more strategic, financially savvy, and confident nonprofit and philanthropic leaders and organizations. Nell is a popular writer, speaker, and blogger, and author of…
I came away from the second day of the Council on Foundations’ Leading Together 2021 conference with an enormous amount of hope. Hope in humanity and in the kind and equitable future we will create together, if we challenge ourselves to do better and shift many of our sector practices.
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Ayushi Vig (she/her) helps lead the Freedom School for Healing & Justice in Philanthropy, a program designed to prepare high net-wealth individuals to be in right relationship with grassroots movements for justice. She was part of the founding team of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, and…
Like many of us in the philanthropic sector, I have, over the past year, been to more than a few webinars and conferences on philanthropy’s role in advancing equity. It can often feel like we’re all following a standard script. We acknowledge that racism exists, and has in fact existed…
The idea of raising the bar in the philanthropic sector is a great one, but we need to acknowledge some potentially hard truths first: a) the bar is actually set pretty low, so the idea of raising it shouldn’t be the pinnacle of our aspirations; b) we haven’t reached the goals…
Donita Volkwijn joined Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in May 2012 and leads Knowledge Management transformation efforts, with the aim of leveraging knowledge management tools and methodologies to ensure that access and information (and, as a result, power) are distributed fairly and equitably…
When I formally entered the field of philanthropy, I was certain of my commitment to improving the overall quality of life for children and families. But to be frank, what I was not certain of was the full scope of the vast and unique role philanthropy could play in facilitating such change. As a…
David R. McGhee, vice president of organizational excellence & impact, supports the Foundation’s president & CEO and provides leadership across the Foundation. He helps shape and support key initiatives and projects, manage external relationships, and ensure organizational alignment…
At this transformational time in American education, Grantmakers for Education is marking an important milestone: our annual conference is now in its 25th year. We will come together, both virtually and in person, to reaffirm our commitment to supporting learners and to work toward a vision for the…
Learn how to create fundraising plans that are flexible, practical, and achievable over the next year. In Candid's upcoming webinar, they'll discuss donor mindset as well as institutional and individual giving trends in uncertain times. Register now at https://bit.ly/CL072921Webinar.