Tag Archives: nonprofits
“How are the moms? What else can we do?” Donors with the Marin Community Foundation (MCF) have been enthusiastically asking […more…]
It’s a long way from Calcutta (now called Kolkata) for Mona Sinha, Board Chair of Women Moving Millions. Growing up […more…]
In 1945, William Zimdin, an Estonian immigrant who had fled fascism to California, dedicated his fortune to sending relief parcels […more…]
As the first person of color to serve as Head of Dunn School in Los Olivos, California, Kalyan (“Kal”) Balaven […more…]
Dwayne S. Marsh, who recently joined Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) as President and CEO, doesn’t have time for business as […more…]
As the San Francisco Foundation’s (SFF) Chief Impact Officer, Judith Bell’s mission is to align the foundation’s many tools around […more…]
In recent years, as racism, antisemitism, and bigotry have exploded around the world, the lessons of the Holocaust seem increasingly […more…]
When we at The Giving List spoke with Rhea Suh last year (“Bringing Environmental Justice Home”), she had just taken […more…]
When tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch launched a private social club, dubbed The Battery, in San Francisco almost a […more…]
Great ideas always start with someone. In the case of Community Foundations, which now hold more than 10% of all philanthropic funds in America, it was a Cleveland man named Frederick Harris Goff. Having worked as a litigator for John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil in the early 1900s, and as president of the Cleveland Trust Company, Goff was no stranger to wealth. He also advised families on estate planning and became increasingly concerned about what happened to those estates when the causes they were dedicated to no longer matched the needs of the community. “How fine it would be,” [...more...]
At 20, Jacqueline Rodriguez found herself at a critical junction in her life. If she continued on her path, the […more…]
While the Golden State Warriors’ dominance on the court has global reach, the franchise and its foundation are deeply rooted […more…]
In the summer of 2022, Don Howard, the President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, penned an essay for […more…]
When Susan Hirsch started Hirsch Philanthropy Partners in San Francisco in 1999, the field of philanthropic advising was nascent. As […more…]
The 2013 murder of an 8-year-old named Gabriel Fernandez at the hands of his mother and her partner, dominated the […more…]
As one of the only Latino students in a big elementary school, a young Armando Castellano was put in a […more…]
While a UCLA undergrad, Valerie Red-Horse Mohl dreamed of being a filmmaker. But Red-Horse Mohl needed a day job, and […more…]
Colleen Gregerson led an exciting international development career raising $1.9 billion for global health initiatives, traveling to Africa and tapping […more…]
David Risher is, like you’d assume of many high-level tech execs, into big goals. The Amazon alum’s nonprofit, Worldreader, has […more…]
Founded in 1928, East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) partners with an active network of donors, local government funds, institutions, and […more…]