Archive for the ‘Partnerships and Collaborations’ Category
Complete Capital: How Impact Investing Will Realize Its Potential
In: Impact Investing| Impact Investing Series| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
21 Feb 2013This is post is part of an ongoing impact investing series on RE: Philanthropy.
In recent years, I have championed the potential of impact investing to unlock new forms and sources of capital for the social sector. But financial capital is just one piece of the puzzle. Through my work at the Rockefeller Foundation and more [...]
Community Foundations, Let’s Continue to Make Splashes Together in 2013!
In: Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
19 Feb 2013As a part of the staff of CF Insights, I have had the pleasure to work with the community foundation field for almost 4 years now and still I’m amazed at the ways the field as a whole contributes to the success of individual community foundations by sharing insights, data and support. [...]
Thinking About Collaborating With Others?
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The Council on Foundations’ commitment to encouraging collaboration is commendable, particularly considering the great accomplishments that alliance building has produced. Collaborative philanthropy has had a far-reaching impact on public opinion, legislation, civil rights, education, the environment, and much more. Thanks to the power of alliances, several key Millennial Development Goals are on target for 2015. [...]
Politics and Philanthropy in Bed Together
In: Advocacy| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
12 Feb 2013When my class (The Philanthropy Workshop West) arrives, a light snow dusts the ground and U.S. President #44, Barack Obama, has just been sworn in for a second term. As we progress through a week of presentations, spring thaws early and soft rains fall, cleansing our cynical capital and washing away [...]
Three Oceans Converging
In: My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
7 Feb 2013On a warm and sunny day more than ten years ago, I visited the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and the King Center in Atlanta. Having read and heard about the U.S. civil rights movement and struggle for freedom for black people in this country, I was excited [...]
Veterans Issues Require a Thoughtful and Collaborative Approach
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Veterans
6 Feb 2013As the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, and a veteran myself, the challenges those who serve face when they come home are topics near and dear to my heart.
There are so many ways to lean into this conversation. We can talk about mental health issues and the suicide rate within this population. According to a [...]
Building Assets & Wealth among Native Americans: Part Two, Opportunities in Urban Areas
In: Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
6 Dec 2012On one of the most storied streets in urban Native America, you can see a dynamic future taking shape. Colorful banners along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis proclaim the only Native American urban business district in the country. Established in 2010, the American Indian Cultural Corridor features five Native-owned businesses, including a [...]
Building Assets & Wealth Among Native Americans: Part One, Opportunities in Indian Country
In: Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
5 Dec 2012When the mainstream media pay attention to Native American communities at all, they most often tell stories of trauma and tragedy. There is truth in many of those stories, of course, but we at Northwest Area Foundation see a different reality that also is true. When we meet with people on [...]
Mission Investing for Community Foundations
In: Community Foundations| Impact Investing| Leadership| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
16 Nov 2012I first started working in the community foundation field more than 15 years ago. It goes without saying that I’m a big fan. I believe in this democratic model of philanthropy where the collective power of many creates powerful change. I’m also a fan because most community foundations understand that our work is constantly changing [...]
Building Investor Readiness Through Skills-Based Volunteerism
In: Impact Investing| My Giving Story| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
17 Oct 2012As the practice of impact investing matures, evolving from a peripheral concept to a mainstream practice, the momentum around this nascent industry is growing. At a time when governments, foundations and donors look to do more with less, impact investing offers a means to generate social and environmental value with the potential for financial returns. [...]
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The Power of My Privilege
In: Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
11 Oct 2012Dear Philanthropy Community,
I’ve been thinking about our relationship for months. I wasn’t really sure how to bring this up, because I’m really worried about offending you. Making you angry has real consequences for the kids I serve. But, as I continue in this work, I realize I also have a role in making [...]
Showing the Heart of a Community Through Video
In: Community Revitalization| Media and Technology| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Private Foundations| Workforce Development
24 Sep 2012Our world has become increasingly dependent upon content to attract people’s attention. This content ranges from blogs on the Internet to television shows. Due to global shifts in our economy, economic developers have to work harder to attract companies and individual entrepreneurs. What used to be local efforts to attract job creators from neighboring cities [...]
Exploring a Platform for Collaboration
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
4 Sep 2012As I continue to reflect on the Council’s recent publication, Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Corporate Philanthropy, I am reminded of author Chris Pinney’s suggestion that this is a leadership moment for corporate philanthropy. There are at least three reasons for this:
First, society is increasingly looking to [...]
Despite coming from different backgrounds and experiences, it was clear the hundreds of attendees at the Multicultural Oral Health Summit all shared a common vision of increased access to quality oral health services and improvement of oral health for all.
The first-ever joint convention of the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA), the National Dental Association (NDA), and the [...]
Funder Tools for a More Efficient Marketplace
In: Education| Media and Technology| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
16 Aug 2012Two years ago, the Foundation Registry i3 was a lifesaver for me.
I was working as a philanthropic advisor and was looking for an opportunity to lead a group of emerging philanthropists interested in education reform from talking about collaboration to taking action. The U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) competitive [...]
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Learn More About Leadership at the Edge
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
13 Aug 2012Twelve years ago, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation tried what it thought was an unconventional move. Anxious to jump-start the downtown area, the foundation convened community and political leaders to devise a strategy for reclaiming the area where our city was born.
More than $2 billion has been invested in public and private ventures since then. [...]
Working Toward an AIDS-Free Generation
In: Advocacy| Corporate Philanthropy| Health| Health Care| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
27 Jul 2012Last week, The Merck Company Foundation launched a new three-year, $3 million initiative, the HIV Care Collaborative for Underserved Populations in the United States, to help the local health departments in Atlanta, Houston, and Philadelphia connect more people living with HIV/AIDS to the care they need to stay healthy.
Two years ago, the Obama administration laid [...]
They say two heads are better than one … but how about hundreds of heads? All focused on exploring future possibilities and challenges with the goal to create new realities?
For The Patterson Foundation, intentionally connecting with others is essential to our work. What’s one way we accomplish this? Memberships with associations.
- Southeastern Council [...]
Are the Stars Aligned for Successful Collaboration?
In: Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
12 Jul 2012Collaborating for greater impact starts with nonprofit leaders who develop wide-reaching social networks, communicate clearly about their missions and objectives, and are flexible about how those objectives are met. Funders are uniquely positioned to recognize these leaders and create greater impact together.
This age-old concept of working together is worth revisiting, particularly when social change seems [...]
Growing a Local Workforce
In: Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Workforce Development
21 Jun 2012The opening of the new Louisiana State University and VA Medical complex slated for 2014–2015 in downtown New Orleans is about to open up hundreds of jobs online to service and run these medical centers. Will the unemployed residents of New Orleans get hired? The Greater New Orleans Foundation recently convened health care and biotech [...]
It Takes a Village…
In: Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Workforce Development
20 Jun 2012That’s an old saying, but in Cincinnati, the decision to adopt employer-driven career pathways as a workforce strategy had many “parents.”
Career pathways help align training for individuals with employers’ needs, close skills gaps, and develop talent-supply chains for in-demand careers. It takes collaboration and buy-in across employment sectors, education institutions, and community organizations, plus the [...]
Making Early Childhood Education the Right of Every Child
In: Children's Issues| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Public Policy
12 Jun 2012How should a mid-sized foundation position its initiatives in this age of austerity and how can one county and community foundation influence state-level decisions? These are questions that the Erie Community Foundation asked when it planned an early childhood education initiative more than a year ago, knowing that it would not be able to increase [...]
Is Getting People Online the “Secret Ingredient” Needed to Achieve Your Mission?
In: Media and Technology| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
4 Jun 2012With one-third of Americans still lacking broadband Internet connections at home, access to the internet is often considered an equity issue. Yet programs aimed at narrowing the digital divide may leave their strongest legacies in the areas of community and economic development. Online access is a gateway to opportunities in education, workforce, and health, and [...]
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Outcomes and Collaboration
In: Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
30 May 2012Part 2: Collaboration
I see collaborative work and outcomes management as two sides of the same “working smarter” coin. I discussed outcomes management in my first post in this series, and my organization, Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), has embraced its importance. VPP is committed to learning from our work, and although the nonprofit partnerships we fund [...]
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Early Education Can Never Start Too Early
In: Children's Issues| Education| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
15 May 2012On April 18, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Dubuque, Iowa to launch the Together for Tomorrow campaign. I was honored to share the stage with him and highlight the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque’s recent work on a third grade reading initiative with our school district and numerous other local partners.
As I [...]
The Work of Philanthropy in Crises–Part II
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Community Revitalization| Partnerships and Collaborations
30 Apr 2012Foundations in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Detroit have faced conditions before and after crises that are all but unimaginable. For example, Detroit has enough vacant and unused land to fit inside San Francisco, more vacant land than any city in the U.S. except for post-Katrina New Orleans, a poverty rate of 38 percent, and [...]
The Work of Philanthropy in Crisis Conditions—Part I
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Community Revitalization| Disaster Grantmaking| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations
30 Apr 2012If there is an epicenter of the decline of a city and its loss of an economic base, the candidates start with Detroit, where the population has plummeted 25 percent in the last decade to 714,000–this for a city whose population was 1.85 million in 1950. The city now has an extraordinarily high poverty rate, [...]
Paving the Way for Philanthropic and Public Policy Partnerships
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Community Revitalization| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
30 Apr 2012This year’s Paul Ylvisaker Public Policy Award winner, Linda Reed, president and CEO of the Montana Community Foundation, delivered a formal talk on the relationship of rural philanthropy and public policy. Given that Reed was talking about Montana, where there are only three communities with populations above 50,000, almost anything she might have addressed could [...]
Equipping Citizens to Make a Difference
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Community Revitalization| Disaster Grantmaking| Partnerships and Collaborations
29 Apr 2012Especially in our current funding climate, partnership and authentic engagement with those we seek to serve is critical to ensuring that limited philanthropic resources are invested wisely and deliver the greatest possible impact for those most in need.
The success of Foundation for Louisiana’s citizen’s guides illustrates just how important and rewarding it is for philanthropy [...]
Flexing the Muscle of Nonprofit Technology
In: Media and Technology| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
17 Apr 2012“The nonprofit sector as a whole has the opportunity to harness the power of innovation to improve the quality of service delivery.” That’s one of the key findings from “Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services,” a new research report from MAP for Nonprofits funded by the ADC Foundation and researched by Idealware.
Sound [...]
Small California Community Foundations Get Big Results
In: Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
16 Apr 2012Over the past six years, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with a set of small, young community foundations in under-resourced parts of California as they aim to grow faster, smarter, and increase the positive impact they are having in their communities. With Irvine’s Community Foundations Initiative II (CFI II), I have learned one [...]
Calling all Community Foundations!
In: Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
12 Apr 2012In the United States, community foundations serve tens of thousands of people, administer more than $49 billion in charitable funds, and address the core concerns of more than 725 communities and regions.
Not only are these community-based foundations a valuable sources of local wealth held in perpetuity, they’re led by a local board [...]
Creating Big Impact in Small Cities
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Here in Massachusetts, attention is turning to the lack of philanthropic support for small cities with high poverty rates. The Boston Globe recently profiled Brockton Superintendent Matt Malone, who unsuccessfully attempted to attract private donors to a school system that is both high poverty and high performing. “I’ve had great conversations with all sorts of people,” said Malone. [...]
Acting on Opportunity
In: Children's Issues| Corporate Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
9 Apr 2012The International Youth Foundation recently released a report that looks at the growing education and social challenges facing youth around the world. Commissioned by Microsoft, it underlines the emergence of an worldwide opportunity divide among young people.
At a time when we have 1.2 billion young people—the most at any point in history—there’s an urgent need to provide [...]
Games for Change @ Council on Foundations’ Annual Conference
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Media and Technology| Partnerships and Collaborations| Social Networking
19 Mar 2012At the invitation of Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Games for Change is part of the curatorial team introducing a new theme around games that will run throughout the Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations. CoF is a national non-profit, membership association whose [...]
The L.A. Narrative
In: 2012 Annual Conference| Arts| Community Revitalization| Partnerships and Collaborations| Place
16 Mar 2012“Los Angeles: America, Only Sooner”
John Deasy, our dynamic new superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), recently used that phrase to describe Los Angeles at a recent convening of funders.
It is true that because of our size, diversity, and global leadership position that issues bubbling up in California often foreshadow what’s next for the [...]
The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations
2 Mar 2012The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We hear that phrase and understand that the most difficult tasks are accomplished one step at a time, with resolve and long-term dedication. And I would add, with the help of each other.
At Dow, we see our 29-year partnership with Habitat for Humanity as [...]
Partnerships + Philanthropy Can Create Meaningful and Lasting Change
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations
2 Mar 2012Every year, International Corporate Philanthropy Day is observed on the last Monday in February to “raise awareness of corporate-community partnerships and inspire businesses around the world to engage further.” But did you know that the three most important words in the previous sentence are corporate-community partnerships?
Cisco has a nearly 30-year history of making philanthropic contributions. [...]
Corporate Philanthropy: Where We Stand
In: Advocacy| Corporate Philanthropy| Disaster Grantmaking| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
3 Feb 2012There has never been a more challenging time for philanthropy. Globalization, natural disasters, and economic turmoil have placed additional stresses on social safety nets already stretched to the max. In this environment, the philanthropic sector must be smarter, more adaptable, and more collaborative.
None of us has all the answers, but some innovative approaches to giving [...]
Pitching Partnerships to Your Members of Congress
In: Advocacy| Foundations On The Hill| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
31 Jan 2012“If we are not at the table, we run the risk of being on the menu.” How I remember that comment from last year’s Foundations on the Hill (FOTH). Sure enough, we had a close call this past season with efforts to trim the charitable deduction. This alone provides a major incentive for CMF and [...]
Ready? Set? Race to the Top!
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Size is one of Rhode Island’s secret weapons, and it enables the strategic partnerships and relationships that are at the heart of getting things done. The Race to the Top story is no exception.
In fact, the stage was set for Rhode Island Foundation’s involvement in Race to the Top. Even before we helped to fund [...]
Collaboration Is Key for Minnesota’s “Race to the Top”
In: Children's Issues| Education| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
11 Jan 2012RACE TO THE CAPITOL
The call came to West Central Initiative early in the work day on Dec. 17: Minnesota was one of nine states chosen for the Department of Education’s Race to the Top early childhood challenge grant.
We greeted the news with excitement. West Central Initiative is part of a group of Minnesota organizations that [...]
New Web Tool Responds to Call from Philanthropy, Encourages Partnership in HUD Grant Programs
In: Community Revitalization| Housing| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
10 Jan 2012Responding to Demand
It can be frustrating to look for useful bits of information on grantees and strong programs inside an agency that produces large amounts of data each and every day. Since its inception two years ago, our Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation (IPI) has fielded a variety of requests from funders seeking alignment [...]
Fusion: It’s More Than Partnership
In: 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations
12 Dec 2011I love the theme of the Family Philanthropy Conference (kudos to whoever came up with it). As we all know, philanthropy changes its mantra every so often. We’ve heard collaboration and partnership and community building. “Fusion” would be a great next trend.
As you head down to Miami Beach in February, what you may not know [...]
Three Big Ideas from the World’s Only Secretariat for Philanthropy
In: Donor Engagement| Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
29 Nov 2011In America, the debate lumbers on about the best way to coordinate the philanthropic sector and the U.S. government. Meanwhile, one post-conflict West African country has jumped right in — the Liberia Philanthropy Secretariat is the fruit of collaboration between President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and private foundations. It is the world’s only national government office dedicated [...]
Twenty Years Later, Living Cities, A Historical Accomplishment
In: Community Revitalization| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
21 Oct 2011Living Cities, one of the more impressive foundation collaboratives still in existence, celebrated its 20th anniversary late last month. I was lucky, having been involved tangentially at the birth of Living Cities, when it was emerging from the thinking of a handful of national foundations plus two national community development financial intermediaries, the Enterprise Foundation [...]
What Really Counts: Measuring RoI
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Health Care| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
19 Oct 2011Corporate philanthropy functions are increasingly emphasizing return on investment (RoI) in their grantmaking. Understandably, corporate foundations want to use their funding, energy, and time as effectively as possible. But for the Pfizer Foundation, evaluation is a tool to help refine our grantmaking, not an end in itself.
At the Pfizer Foundation, we support our grantees’ experimentation and [...]
Appreciating “Place”
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Over the past three weeks, I’ve had the good fortune to attend the West Virginia Grantmakers and Philanthropy Northwest annual conferences in Roanoke, W.Va., and Missoula, Mont., respectively. As two of our esteemed regional association partner organizations, their annual conferences are unique celebrations of both place and the promise of philanthropy. If you believe as [...]
Philanthropy in education has come a long way. Rather than viewing education as a “charity” to send a few extra dollars here and there for extras or to help students in need, philanthropists understand education’s role in creating a strong economy and democracy, and they want their dollars to result in specific student improvements.
But what [...]
Going Back to School to Learn to Communicate
In: Leadership| Management| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations
28 Sep 2011Lessons on talking and not talking from the Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute …
As the autumn leaves unfurl their brilliant foliage and crisp days wane, I still get that urge to go back to school. And here in Palo Alto, California, about 325 of us from 15 countries and 35 states are doing just that, this [...]
Leading with Social Capital in Cash-Strapped Times
In: 2011 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Endowments and Investing| Leadership| Partnerships and Collaborations| Social Networking
22 Sep 2011The chief takeaway from the fall conference’s closing talk and panel session is this: The country is in a tough spot now and will continue to be for the next 5 to 10 years, financially and politically.
Government is gridlocked and revenues are ever-diminishing in a time of greater need, but cooperation and cash aren’t the [...]
Wrong Turn? No, I Meant to Be Here
In: 2011 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
20 Sep 2011Because I am a public official in the federal government at a conference dedicated to the nonprofit sector, some of my fellow conference-goers may have wondered whether my cab driver took me to the wrong convention center. But I assure you this is where I am supposed to be.
I am here because my team and [...]
Dining and Dialogue: The Perfect Combination
In: 2011 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations
19 Sep 2011We heard a terrific dialogue at CF Leads Conversation on Community Leadership yesterday. Smart people from foundations across the country are embracing a new reality as public budgets decline and community partners aspire to new levels of collaboration and civic engagement. And the energy continued last night in Chinatown thanks to our ace restaurant sleuths [...]
Flexing the Muscle of Public-Private Partnership Power
In: 2011 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations
15 Sep 2011Last week, the president of our foundation was invited to serve as a member of a state-sponsored task force to oversee and guide the development and implementation of a municipally based, federally funded, state-administered program for children and families. Asked what I knew about this effort, I expressed my strong support for this type of [...]
Vermonters Rebuild After Pummeling by Irene
In: 2011 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Disaster Grantmaking| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations
14 Sep 2011Tropical Storm Irene may have seemed like a nonevent in some places, but not here in Vermont. We’re seeing firsthand the devastation left by this disaster, which is the worst flooding here since 1927. More than 160 roads were impassable, and “you can’t get there from here” was heard all across the state. Thousands of [...]
A New Interface between Philanthropy and the Public: The Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory (MPD)
In: Media and Technology| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
7 Sep 2011How does philanthropy meet the public? How does the public find and meet philanthropy?
Up until now, interactions between single charities and individual donors have happened accidentally, occasionally prompted by media. No comprehensive, coherent interface has existed to facilitate them.
Four obstacles have impeded public-philanthropic interaction: (1) print technology, (2) no clear definition of philanthropy; (3) confusion [...]
KDK-Harman Participates in District Days To Support National Service Programs
In: Foundations On The Hill| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy
16 Aug 2011Last Thursday marked the official kick-off of KDK-Harman Foundation’s involvement in District Days, a nationwide outreach campaign to connect with policymakers at all levels of government to engage in crucial conversations. The result of these conversations is to inform decision makers about the state of our communities and give them on-the-ground perspectives of how decisions [...]
Vilsack: Government, foundations need to partner
In: 2011 Rural Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy| Rural Philanthropy
12 Aug 2011Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told foundation officials working in rural America that he needs to understand better what they do, while the foundation officials discussed how they could work more closely with the federal government and proposed a rural philanthropy growth act that would provide federal challenge grants to communities to develop their own foundations [...]
The Road Not Taken: Philanthropy and Rural America
In: 2011 Rural Conference| Diversity and Inclusion| Economy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Rural Philanthropy
29 Jul 2011As I prepare to conclude my leadership at the Council on Foundations, I’ve found myself looking back at my tenure. My goal is to get some sense of how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.
In August 2007 we gathered for the Council’s first Rural Philanthropy Conference in Missoula, Mont. This was [...]
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Urges Philanthropists to “Step Up and Take Risks”
In: 2011 Rural Conference| Economy| Foundations On The Hill| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Public Policy| Rural Philanthropy
28 Jul 2011One of the great things about being Secretary of Agriculture is that I get to see first-hand how truly vast our great nation is. It’s been my privilege to represent USDA and President Obama from Alaska to Florida and from North Dakota to New Mexico. Of course, I also spend quite a bit of time [...]
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