A Culture of Courage
October 10, 2012
At this year’s annual Council on Foundations conference, a question arose that struck me. A staffer from a rural community foundation in Northern California asked the panel for advice on creating a “culture of courage”. This foundation’s region was facing growing immigration, and the foundation’s board had not dealt with it, in the staffer’s view. […]
Read MoreThe Future of Philanthropy
October 3, 2012
Philanthropy has two possible futures. One can be predicted by looking at the past. In fact, it will be created by our loyalty to the limitations of the past, and it won’t look all that different. It will be characterized by caution and a lack of courage and innovation. Or worse, it will be characterized by […]
Read MoreChange IS Service
August 29, 2012
We nonprofits often think of ourselves as serving our communities — such as the Latino community, the museum-going community, a low income community, and so forth. And we often forget that we not only serve communities, we represent communities. For example, if you serve families of children with disabilities, you also represent such families and […]
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