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Ashley Harper is the grants and initiatives officer for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.
New community foundations staff and board members often find the most difficult challenge is understanding precisely what a community foundation is. Community Foundation Fundamentals is designed to help staff and volunteers quickly comprehend organizational essentials. This two-day course, created…
The Philanthropy Southwest Annual Conference consistently draws several hundred attendees each year. Registration is open to trustees and staff of grantmaking organizations and provides the opportunity to connect with fellow philanthropists located or making investments in the Southwestern United…
In my last job, the learning curve seemed to remain vertical for much of my tenure, occasionally even tipping backwards. As is often the case in nonprofit organizations, the person I replaced had left somewhat suddenly and with much of the information about the position, although probably neatly…
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POTUS Delivers his Final State of the Union Address
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of his hope and vision for the future of the nation. Rather than listing specific policy plans, President Obama emphasized themes that harken back to the early…
Join us this April at the Education Grantmakers Institute at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Together, we will delve deeply into philanthropy's role in impacting policy discussions around the opportunities and risks of accountability.
You can help shape the conversation.
The program,…
Josephine Sinclair is the marketing and communications director for Crown Philanthropic Solutions, LLC.
It’s a continuing debate with foundation management: What are we going to do with our donor-advised funds (DAF)?
Do you grow this area with time and resources? And if so, are the risks finally being offset by a greater return at the foundation level?
There is no denying that DAF programs…