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Prior to starting as a Proteus Fund Diversity Fellow, I spent five years in my hometown serving the city that provided me with the platform to become an educated professional of color. In returning to my hometown of New Bedford, Mass., to serve its youth, I saw that the promise of an excellent…
At the White House last week, foundation executives, including the Council’s President and CEO Vikki Spruill, met with senior Administration officials for a roundtable on the future of impact investing. A complement to charitable giving and foundation grantmaking, impact investing offers a…
Jessica del Rosario is a program officer at the Boston Foundation (a member of the Council on Foundations) and a 2009-2010 Proteus Diversity Fellow.
In 2014, the Council on Foundations commemorated the 100th anniversary of the world’s first community foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, by highlighting stories that show how community foundations are addressing critical local and regional issues. As part of this initative, the Council…
I was a member of the third class of diversity fellows. I value many things about the fellowship. My top two are the structured opportunities for reflection and learning and the access the fellowship provided to the philanthropic field overall, a tremendous support network, and numerous growth…
Kevin Murphy joined the Berks County Community Foundation in Reading, Pennsylvania as its president and first employee in 1994. In 2008, Murphy was named chairman of the board of The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Murphy also served two terms as president of Community…