2021-2025 Strategic Direction
‘You Get Proud by Practicing’: The Path to Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy
Workplaces across the globe are in flux—and many are changing for the better. With more remote offerings, flexibility, and accommodations, we face a generational opportunity to codify accessibility and inclusion in institutions that have been exclusive for far too long.
Despite these changes, our…
The Future of Philanthropy is Local
As we continue to navigate a new normal amid a global pandemic, philanthropy has a moral obligation to create spaces for everyone’s voice to be heard, valued, and represented in building common ground to achieve more together. How do we advance the greater good in our community? How do we build…
Better Ways of Working: Notes from the Journey at Walmart.org
The challenges of the past year have exacerbated inequities around the world and caused many of us in philanthropy to reflect on how we can change our own ways of working to be more effective partners in transforming societal systems for equity.
At Walmart and the Walmart Foundation, where…
Bridging Our Divides Begins with Building Trust and Finding Common Ground with Each Other
We are in a moment of dramatic change and re-imagining, what my friend and futurist Ari Wallach calls “The Intertidal”: a significant shift in global human culture and narrative, where what has been gives way to what will be.
As we witness this profound shift, we also bear the responsibility, as…
It is Not Enough to be Trustworthy, Philanthropy Needs to be a Trusted Partner
A few years ago, in my role guiding strategy and programs at the Democracy Fund, I took some time to explore the idea of “trust.” It was a construct that came up over and over again in conversations about democracy – for instance, do we trust elections to be safe and secure? What news sources can…
Corporate Philanthropy Update - September 2018
Over the past two weeks, the United Nations General Assembly has held its 73rdannual convening in New York City to discuss its agenda to solve global challenges by 2030 using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Particularly for the corporate philanthropic community, this convening provides a…