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** A Conversation on Transformational Leadership
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Revisit the Career Journeys in Philanthropy ([link removed]) issue of our Journal where EPIP’s Storme Gray talks to PEAK’s Satonya Fair about her own professional trajectory and how the combination of mentorship and empathetic leadership are key to cultivating new talent and realizing change throughout our communities.
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As Hawaii recovers from the wildfires that have devastated the island of Maui, the Council on Foundations is continuously updating this web page with updates on recovery efforts and opportunities for the philanthropic sector to provide support. [more] ([link removed])

“Consider accessibility not as a check-box destination, but a constant practice and regimen that can unlock resources for liberation.” [more] ([link removed])
Sandy Ho, Disability Inclusion Fund, for Borealis Philanthropy

“With the Supreme Court’s announcement on affirmative action, philanthropy can either step back from racial justice or it can step up. To foundations trying to figure out this new landscape, I offer this reflection from Martin Luther King, Jr.: ‘Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.’” [more] ([link removed])
Charmaine Mercer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, for Inside Philanthropy

“[T]he dictates of Requests for Proposals shaped the development of not only nonprofits, but urban governance. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way. [Claire] Dunning writes, “The power of grantmaking was the ability to set priorities, demand information, assess budgets, and define time horizons for change.” [more] ([link removed])
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