The Foundation that I consult with is in Henderson County NC. It's sole mission is to support the public schools in the county. There are so many unknowns right now. I work remotely several states away so one of the things I can do now is to try to figure out how we can support our high seniors. Does anyone have experience…
Hello All! We know the weather events of the past week have been devastating to so many of our clients and their surrounding communities. If you need resources for disaster relief granting checkout our sample application (we can put it directly in your site), the Disaster Philanthropy Playbook, and reach out to our Success…
Have a group looking to partner to establish a Field of Interest disaster response fund. Has anyone worked with VOAD - voluntary organizations active in disaster - to establish a fund? Thanks for your feedback. Matt
Here are several written resources How Community Foundations Can Coordinate Responses to Disasters Creating order from Chaos: Roles for Philanthropy in Disaster Planning and Response. Disaster Philanthropy Playbook Council of Foundations Disaster resources Webinar: The Lifecycle of Disaster Philanthropy The panelists in…
Greetings all! We live in an earthquake/tsunami hazard zone on the south coast of Washington (state), and are updating our emergency planning for major events. And looking at corporate succession plans--what if our community vanishes, most of us die, and all that is left is the CS database and cloud based records? Anyone…
Our organization is partnering with our county to support their grantmaking efforts for APRA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for nonprofits. They would like to grant us $500,000 to then create a Nonprofit Economic Recovery fund. We will provide unrestricted funding to our local nonprofit organizations from this fund to…
We usually send checks out to pay our grantees but need to move to ACH due to COVID 19. Are any of you using ACH and how do you collect the checking info? We are trying to make sure we do this securely. Any info/best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and hope everyone is well!
During our 2/2/2022 Coffee Talk, funders shared how they are building relationships in this time of COVID. We heard from funders how they are sharing donor stories, taking walking meetings, setting up team art groups and many other creative ways to re-energize and stay connected in our hybrid and remote environments. We'd…
Good afternoon - We are advancing plans for an Arts Resiliency and Recovery Fund and are beginning work on a fund distribution plan. Does anyone have a similar campaign framework you might be willing to share? Thank you! Tracy Lauritzen Wright, ArtsMemphis
We are preparing for the upcoming drought/fire season here in Oregon and interested in creating a Technical Assistance Grant program for rural communities and Tribal nations in Oregon who have declared a disaster due to drought or wildfire. We understand there is an issue for these communities to hire/navigate the federal…
