Please join the virtual Q1 Alaska Funders Group meeting. We will hear from Erik O’Brien from the Denali Commission in the first half. Erik will give an update on federal stimulus money for broadband and opportunities for Alaska to apply.
The second half of the meeting will be a shared...
Clearly defined motivations and values are the underpinnings of an effective family philanthropy strategy — they articulate a purpose, provide direction and serve as a measure of accountability. They are also a dynamic and ever-evolving tool to guide donors and their families through the...
When COVID-19 hit the United States, Yakima Valley quickly shot to the top of the unenviable charts for the highest per capita rate of infections on the West Coast. The county’s sizable migrant farmworker population took the brunt as an essential workforce, and a slow response from federal and...
Washington Women's Foundation was thrilled by the response to their Donor Perspectives Panel this past spring, so they decided to provide another opportunity to learn more about how philanthropy is reacting to...
Less than 2 percent of foundation dollars spent in the past decade have been dedicated to efforts to advance democracy reform, construed broadly. The indifference that this number reflects is astonishing, given the importance of a functioning democracy to almost everything that foundations care...
Kris Hermanns is a Philanthropy Northwest board member and the chief impact officer at Seattle Foundation. She also provides staffing support to ...
Trust-based philanthropy is being embraced by a growing number of family foundations as a way to alleviate power imbalances between funders and grantees while fostering more productive and informative relationships. Driven by the central philosophy that funders should approach grantee...