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January 2018 | Philanthropy Northwest
Conversations on America’s legacy of racism and xenophobia can be difficult, even make us uncomfortable. But silence would signal indifference, and we are not indifferent to the historic and contemporary effects of racism, or the racial divisiveness resurfacing across our country today. That’s why...
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March 2018 | Philanthropy Northwest
The first in a series of "Front Row Seat" vignettes on impact investing, I'm pleased to share how Northwest Area Foundation has cracked an important investing nut for foundations—finding market-rate investments in its rural, small-town service areas. They did it, and you can too.
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May 2020 | Philanthropy Northwest
Census work is ongoing across the Northwest. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing most in-person outreach and delaying various Census Bureau operations, the region’s self-response rates are lagging behind where they were at this point in the 2010 Census. The Census Bureau extended the...
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August 2016 | Philanthropy Northwest
Like other youth of color, Native American and Alaska Natives in cities and communities across the United States face challenges. Natives Americans have endured a history of racism and colonialism that has resulted in multi-generational trauma. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among...
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August 2014 | Philanthropy Northwest
by Lyn Hunter, senior program manager | If you were a stranger to my little neighborhood in Hillman City, you would probably not be able to match up the individuals who made up a household. We are a beautiful block of “mixed up everything” as one of my neighbors put it. It’s one of the many things...
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August 2016 | Philanthropy Northwest
Homelessness and lack of affordable housing have reached states of emergency in parts of our region. As government agencies and voters move to address this crisis, funders may be wondering where their investments would be most useful. What should philanthropy's role be in addressing homelessness?...