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I work with the program team at a regional education foundation, where it is often my job to provide feedback to applicants who were not selected to receive grants. These conversations are always difficult, but sometimes they can be particularly hard. I may find myself talking to a district…
Lucas Orwig is a program associate with the Nellie Mae Foundation (a member of the Council on Foundations) and a 2009-2010 diversity fellow.
Margaret E. Gage is president of the Proteus Fund.
Many observers view 2012 as a year when little will get done legislatively, as the candidates and political parties jockey for position in advance of the presidential election. Contrary to that opinion, this year is actually a huge opportunity for interested parties-like foundations-to build…
On Thursday, the Council held its fourth monthly Twitter Chat - or #PhilChat - in partnership with the Chronicle of Philanthropy to pose the question: Is Philanthropy Succeeding in Rural America? With more than 30 active participants and 300 tweets, it proved to be one of most successful #PhilChats…
Mark Carpenter is manager, public relations at the Council on Foundations.
On January 9th, Wall Street Journal blogger Veronica Dagher posted an article highlighting the opportunity for philanthropic donors with Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) to create a “double bottom line.” Dagher points out that donors at large national funds, such as Schwab, are increasingly…
Christine Kendall is a consultant at FSG, and Rebecca Graves is the executive director for CF Insights. This post originally appeared on FSG’s Social Impact Blog.
Melanie Coon is senior vice president for communications and marketing at The Rhode Island Foundation, a member of the Council on Foundations.
Novelette Peterkin is executive director of the Carver Foundation of Norwalk.