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Community Change from the Inside Out

In: 2010 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Leadership| Partnerships and Collaborations| Place

2 Feb 2010

On Monday, 50 excited people from the conference gathered at the Jacob’s Center for Neighborhood Innovation(JCNI) in the Lincoln Park district of San Diego for a day-long learning experience about the power of grassroots community change.
What exactly did we learn?

Place and Perseverance: The Jacobs Family—through their family foundation—made a long-term commitment (since 1998) to focus [...]

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“Home” Work

In: 2010 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Place

1 Feb 2010

Questions for you: How is place-based philanthropy defined? Is a time frame required to implement place-based philanthropy? What is the value of local funding collaboratives in doing place-based philanthropy? What resources and organizations can support place-based philanthropy? How do you evaluate change? How does place-based philanthropy affect systemic change?
Reginald Jones (Steans Family Foundation), Doug Diamond [...]

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A New Side of Uncle Sam

In: 2009 Annual Conference| Philanthropy| Place

6 May 2009

A new face this year at Council on Foundations is Uncle Sam. In plenary, on panels, in the audience, members of the federal government are ready to engage in addressing social problems alongside foundations in a new way.
People keep quoting Secretary Clinton’s speech at the Global Philanthropy Forum last month, saying the doors of the [...]

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Civic Participation

In: 2009 Annual Conference| Place

6 May 2009

I found it somewhat ironic that the civic participation session was lightly attended (about 25 people) – but that’s the curse of the final-morning time slot. As advertised, panelists addressed a range of civic participation efforts, from voter registration to community visioning and planning.
For me, the biggest “aha!” was Thomasina Williams from the Ford Foundation [...]

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Creating Connections…Organizing Online

In: 2009 Annual Conference| Place

6 May 2009

As a member of the Council’s Annual Conference Planning Committee, I’ve been trying to take credit for anything good (good food, good speakers) and blaming others for everything that goes bad (bad food, boring speakers) – just kidding. But, really the only thing I can take any credit for – good or bad – is [...]