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I’m glad to see so many of you demonstrating your commitment to veterans and their families by joining us here today. With over 2.5 million returning veterans, the scale of the issues facing military families requires an all-hands-on-deck approach that includes community institutions, the…
At the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in San Francisco, there was enormous interest in how foundations can lead together by aligning all of their assets with their missions. However there is one investment nearly every foundation makes, but which many fail to properly evaluate.…
Michelle Walker is Principal at Walker Philanthropic Consulting.
Civil Society in America faces the challenge of storytelling. Democracy thrives on the free availability of information and viewpoints. We must guard against hegemony that stifles innovation and protect voices of the marginalized. To do so, we should ensure that everyone's story is told.…
When my husband Bob went to Iraq to cover the war, I was worried but didn’t think of it the way families of our soldiers do. After all, he was there as the anchor of ABC News.
But then the call came that he had been severely injured. Like more than 1 million wives, mothers and other family…
While attending the Council on Foundations annual meeting in San Francisco last week, I learned about exciting new trends in philanthropy.
The theme that really stood out was the graying lines of business, investing, and philanthropy. For profit companies are being founded with the specific…
As co-author of the New York Times best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family’s journey to recovery following her husband Bob’s roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Appearing on national television and as keynote…
Lorne Steedley served as a grant maker at the Annie E. Casey Foundation for nearly 5 years. At Casey, Steedley developed a body of work that sought to examine the effects of gentrification, regionalism, and sprawl on vulnerable families in high growth and no-growth communities. Prior to joining the…
I’m glad to see so many of you demonstrating your commitment to veterans and their families by joining us here today. With over 2.5 million returning veterans, the scale of the issues facing military families requires an all-hands-on-deck approach that includes community institutions, the…