Philanthropy

This is a guest post by Laura Frohne.  It was originally published on the Open Society Foundations’ blog “Voices” on September 20, 2013. How do we overcome preconceptions and anxiety about race? “Part of understanding racial anxiety is simply naming it,” says Alexis McGill Johnson, executive director of the American Values Institute. “We have anxieties in all

I recently travelled from Cleveland to Honolulu to conduct a site visit for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. What I learned en route provided some valuable lessons in customer service, which are applicable to those working in philanthropy (who, in my experience, don’t spend much time thinking about how they can provide excellent customer service).

I continue to be impressed  by the terrific resources, tools and information developed and provided by the Foundation Center. They recently created a hit list of their “Foundation Center Top 20 List of Knowledge Tools” and I wanted to share it here in its entirety with you. Free Online Databases 1.     Philanthropy News Digest (PND)

Philanthropy411 is currently covering the Communications Network Fall 2013 Annual Conference conference with the help of a blog team.  This is a guest post by  Chris Wolz, President/CEO at Forum One Communications.  Follow Chris on Twitter – @cwolz. “So, what’s gumbo?” Nam-ho Park asked when the steaming bowl was put in front of him the night

Philanthropy411 is currently covering the Communications Network Fall 2013 Annual Conference conference with the help of a blog team.  This is a guest post by  Akilah Williams, Communications Officer at Crown Family Philanthropies. “Until we resolve or build some other kind of America, this is just triage,” said David Simon of “Treme” and “The Wire.” As