What Is TechSoup? Stick to Our Knitting?
August 14, 2017Daniel Ben-Horin shares a few thoughts about the mission of Compumentor/TechSoup, the tech-focused vehicle for social change he founded back in 1987....
Features
Commentary and Opinion
Toward More Inclusive Diversity in the Philanthropic Sector: LGBTQ People and People With Disabilities
August 11, 2017Floyd Mills, vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Council on Foundations, argues that foundations need to do more to address the lack of data about and underrepresentation of LGBTQ people and people with disabilities in philanthropy....
Connections
August 17, 2017
Rising inequality, stagnant wages, and persistent racial inequities have put the long-term future of the booming Bay Area economy at risk, a report from PolicyLink and the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) at the University of Southern California finds. Funded by the San Francisco Foundation, the report, An Equity Profile of...
5 Questions for…
Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
July 19, 2017
Foundation Center's Jen Bokoff, a former employee of the foundation, spoke with Tisch about her recent donation to a new fund, her investment philosophy, and how philanthropy creates impact....
Newsmakers
August 17, 2017
PND sat down with Callanan earlier this summer to discuss the findings of a new report released by her organization and the role philanthropy can play in catalyzing impact investments in the creative economy....
NPO Spotlight
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
August 8, 2017
Founded in 1979, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center works with immigration law professionals and advocates to shape immigration law and policy and help immigrant communities advocate for themselves....
On the Web
August 15, 2017
The center relies on information from group publications and websites, news and law enforcement reports, and other sources to determine whether a group should be classified as a hate group....
Off the Shelf
Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America
August 16, 2017
Foundation Center's Jen Bokoff reviews Patty Alper's book about her Adopt-a-Class mentoring program and how mentoring underserved you is both an art and a science....
