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Marie-Frances Rivera is the 2011-2012 Proteus Fund Diversity Fellow placed at the Hyams Foundation, a member of the Council on Foundations.
Schedule-at-a-Glance
*Subject to change. For details, please view the full programming schedule or download the 2014 Fall Conference Program.
You can pick up your conference packet and registration materials at the Registration Desk located in Community Central at the Cleveland Convention…
Lessons Learned
The Southwest Initiative Foundation got interested in becoming a Kiva loan administrator after a staff member learned about the program at a conference. Now two years into the program, Greg Jodzio, Microenterprise specialist at SWIF, offered up some insight into how to get the…
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…