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Marguerite Casey calls for funding police and criminal justice reform

Candid

The Marguerite Casey Foundation has announced a new initiative aimed at strengthening philanthropy's commitment to ending police violence and mass incarceration in the United States. In order to upend oppressive systems, we must put our trust in the leadership of the people most impacted by those systems and invest in them."

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Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. I sure hope so.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Organizational Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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4 Ways Pro Bono Service Impacts Volunteers, Companies, Nonprofits & Schools

Saleforce Nonprofit

WELD Seattle , for example, helps those who have been impacted by the criminal justice system successfully re-enter society. This system quickly matched job-seekers with work, freeing up time for the staff to focus on clients and their programs, rather than administration.

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Can you have your cake and eat it too?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. That was the question in the “The Intertwining Services Funding with Policy Initiatives to Achieve Systems Change” session at GEO. Photo by Sea Turtle. When does it work?

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Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Gratitude in Healthcare

Connection Cafe

In philanthropy, and especially healthcare philanthropy, we talk about grateful patients frequently. But, think of the impact gratitude can have on clinicians and the cultural health of healthcare systems. That’s why I want to share the conversation we had at bbcon 2019 around gratitude, healing and philanthropy.

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Doing More by Doing Less

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Given the massive cuts we are seeing across the sector, there is no way that private philanthropy can respond on a dollar for dollar basis. Flickr Photo Jakob Montrasio.