Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is a grantmaking organization dedicated primarily to sustained investment in the quality of life of the people of Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
A New JEDI Force: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Farming the road is a mindset that closes that thousand-mile gap in the Eisenhower quote and allows funders to fully support rural communities as equal partners in the quest toward better health and brighter futures.
2019 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award Speech by Diane Kaplan
Diane Kaplan of the Rasmuson Foundation accepts the 2019 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.
2019 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Shena Ashley
Shena Ashley, Vice President of the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, discusses the practice of equitable grantmaking, the outcomes of place-based impact investing, and the innovative use of data to inform and assess foundation strategy, among other topics.
Calculating Risk: Considerations for Operationalizing Innovation and Planning for Failure May 2019
Philanthropy’s greatest freedom is, perhaps, the freedom to fail. This insight, stated in Terrance Keenan’s monograph (2000), “The Promise at Hand: Prospects for Foundation Leadership in the 1990s,” sparked robust dialogue during the 2018 Terrance Keenan Institute (TKI) for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy.
AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation
Learn more about AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
The Art and Practice of Rural Philanthropy
Newly formed conversion foundations and community foundations, often with rural areas in their grantmaking territories, have identified the absence of significant regional and national philanthropic attention to rural America.
Horizon Foundation
Learn more about The Horizon Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
The New York Community Trust
Learn more about the New York Community Trust’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Taking A cultivate approach to Improve Community Health
Health foundations are increasingly recognizing that their mission is not simply to award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations, but rather to play a catalytic role in improving the conditions that influence health, especially at a population level.