Job Opening at the Foundation Center in Washington, DC
We have an opening for an office assistant. For complete details, see the position description. Send a resume and salary requirements to: HR Associate, The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003; Fax: (212) 807-3635; E-mail: jobs@foundationcenter.org.
A blog that spotlights grantmakers, their grants, and the work of the Foundation Center in the Washington, DC area and beyond.
After a number of years of declining faith in the efficacy of social justice philanthropy, grantmakers and practitioners alike are showing renewed optimism, according to Social Justice Grantmaking II, a benchmarking study by the Foundation Center that provides an in-depth look at current attitudes and giving patterns of social justice philanthropists. Grantmakers and practitioners interviewed cite a changed political environment, the success of community organizing in the recent election, and new ideas and energy in the field among a number of factors reinvigorating a commitment to social justice philanthropy.
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Philanthropy Chat: Glen O'Gilvie Discusses How Nonprofits are Sharing Back Office Support
Washington, DC
November 3, 2009
Glen O'Gilvie, Chief Executive Officer for the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington, DC discusses how his organization has introduced a new program: Back Office in a Box (BOB) that helps nonprofits share quality back office support in the area of financial management and accounting at reasonable costs.
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Philanthropy Chat: The Taproot Foundation's Service Grant Program
Washington, DC
April 29, 2009
Kandace Evelyn, program manager in the Taproot Foundation's Washington, DC, office, provides an introduction to the foundation's unique service grant program. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Taproot Foundation supplies nonprofits with pro bono consultants in six locations: San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. The pro bono consultants provide assistance in marketing, human resources, IT, and strategy management.
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Amy Stolls, the National Endowment for the Arts (1:01:24) Washington, DC
October 2, 2008
We have an opening for an office assistant. For complete details, see the 
After a number of years of declining faith in the efficacy of social justice philanthropy, grantmakers and practitioners alike are showing renewed optimism, according to Social Justice Grantmaking II, a benchmarking study by the Foundation Center that provides an in-depth look at current attitudes and giving patterns of social justice philanthropists. Grantmakers and practitioners interviewed cite a changed political environment, the success of community organizing in the recent election, and new ideas and energy in the field among a number of factors reinvigorating a commitment to social justice philanthropy.
Glen O'Gilvie, Chief Executive Officer for the 
Kandace Evelyn, program manager in the 
