Global Grantmaking Models: Options and Innovation for US Grantmaking
Does U.S. philanthropy fare better at helping sustain local civil society organizations around the world than official development aid? Foundations have a plethora of options for how to fund programs overseas – from making grants to US-based international NGOs implementing programs overseas…
U.S. Communities in Crisis
Over the last several years, many U.S. communities have experienced crises that have had a physiological effect on neighborhoods and traumatized children, youth and families. The violence in Parkland, Las Vegas, Charlottesville, Pulse Night Club, Flint, Detroit and Sandy Hook, among others, propels…
Noah Berger
Noah Berger advances Casey’s efforts to inform, guide and influence public policy at the state and federal levels. Before joining the Foundation, Berger was President of MassBudget, a nonpartisan policy organization. MassBudget’s research and analysis helped shape debates on policies to help…
Travis Plunkett
Travis Plunkett oversees Pew’s family economic security portfolio of projects which apply a rigorous, analytical approach to the study of Americans’ financial status and economic challenges. That work includes examinations of the safety and transparency of checking accounts and small-dollar loans,…
Sheida Isabel Elmi
Sheida Elmi is Research Program Manager at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program (FSP). Sheida manages FSP’s Consumer Insights Collaborative, an effort across nine nonprofits to understand and amplify data about the financial lives of low- and moderate-income households. Before joining…
Caitlyn Fox
Caitlyn leads initiatives in affordable housing and exploratory work in economic opportunity at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). She previously served as Chief of Staff of CZI and in that role, helped launch the organization and its initial work in basic science, education, and engineering.…
Alyson Wise
Alyson Wise is an Associate Director at the Rockefeller Foundation. In this role, she is responsible for collaborating with the organization’s leadership, programmatic staff, and grantees to develop a robust vision for the Foundation’s Inclusive Economies goal. Through discrete projects and…
Nisha G. Patel
Nisha Patel is Managing Director of Narrative Change & National Initiatives at Robin Hood, a New York City-based foundation focused on fighting poverty. She has more than two decades of experience leading and implementing initiatives to increase economic opportunities for low-income families.…
Building Inclusive Conversations Around Climate Action
Addressing climate change is not going to be achieved by any single constituency. Securing substantive and lasting policy solutions to expanding clean energy requires broader political acceptance and a diverse coalition of stakeholders with different objectives. In this session, hear from a…
Ana Montañez
Ana Montañez is the former Government Relations Associate at the Council on Foundations.
Martha Lackritz-Peltier
Martha is General Counsel at TechSoup Global, an NGO headquartered in San Francisco. In this role, she oversees compliance, legal operations, as well as various due diligence-based programs, including NGOsource. She is deeply engaged in exploring ways in which philanthropic due diligence can be…
Ridgway White
Ridgway White became president of the Mott Foundation in 2015, as the Flint water crisis was still unfolding. White led the Foundation’s swift approval of a $4 million grant to help the city reconnect to the Detroit water system and begin the process of bringing clean water back to the community.…
Jennifer Chavez Rubio
Jennifer Chavez Rubio is Corporate Community Relations Director at Lockheed Martin where she directs social impact programs and initiatives for 105,000 employees globally. Previously, she was Senior Director of Global Engagement at Medtronic. Before returning to corporate philanthropy, Jennifer…
Robert L. Lynch
Robert Lynch is President and CEO of Americans for the Arts. He currently serves on the boards of the Independent Sector, the Arts Extension Institute, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts Dean’s Council.
Christina Gonzalez
Christina Gonzalez is the Council on Foundations' former Legal Director, National Standards, and Staff Counsel.