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Philanthropy Celebrates America’s Veterans and Military Families
The Council on Foundations and the Veterans Philanthropy Exchange Present The Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge: Year Two & Solutions at Work
May 12, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The American Red Cross…
I was a foundation officer and government official in the White House and Pentagon before I became a military family member…before there was a war. Before the Marine I married deployed to combat three times. Before I knew neighbors who faced the knock of a Chaplain and a Casualty Assistance…
Kathy Roth-Douquet is Blue Star Families Chief Executive Officer, a military family advocate, author, attorney, and former government official. She has prior service in government, in the White House and Department of Defense, where she was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding…
This Memorial Day takes on new significance for the philanthropic sector as we take our commitment to veterans and their families to another level.
Building on last April’s historic Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge convening, next week on May 12, the Council will host an event in…
Ten years ago this month I waddled – enormously pregnant – into a job interview with the founder of a billion dollar healthcare tech company. “I have this crazy idea about education,” he said.
Technology, he hypothesized, could make learning more interesting for students.…
The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is a small but mighty foundation. In 2011, with assets of $4 million spread across 70+ funds, we had outgrown our ‘off the shelf’ bookkeeping software, spending over half of our precious staff time on accounting. We struggled with finding…
It comes as no surprise that the Unites States is experiencing a dramatic population increase. What will surprise many is the Southeastern region is witnessing the bulk that population growth. The State of Georgia ranks 8th in the nation for foreign born residents. Within the 20-county…