The Risk of Not Taking Risks
The word risk can have negative connotations. It implies the potential for danger and loss. But Lisa Tessarowicz doesn’t look at it that way. “Risk is doing things you’re uncomfortable Read Story
A New Kind of Call and Response
The bucolic backdrop of Newaygo County, Michigan, looks like a living, breathing postcard. More than 350 miles of waterways glisten with natural splendor, and trees topped with vibrant, jewel-colored leaves Read Story
Changing the Culture of Small Businesses Around the Globe
Erik Schultz is jet-lagged. It’s no wonder: He just traveled 9,000 miles and 34 hours from Kenya back to his home to Ketchum, Idaho. He’s used to long trips, though. Read Story
Giving Time to Meet Grantee Needs
When Sammy Politziner and Scott Thomas met at the University of Michigan, they quickly realized they had two things in common: a passion for social change and Michigan football. Little Read Story
Small-Town Donor Leverages Personal Networks
Jameson (Jamey) French of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, knows how to get things done. He should—he’s been engaged in his community for decades as a businessperson, philanthropist, and board member. His Read Story
Galvanizing a First-Generation Student Movement
At seven years old, Treven Treece of Morristown, Tennessee, decided he wanted to go to college. He would be the first in his family to do it. With no one Read Story
Setting a Strategy and Sticking to It
Rhonnel Sotelo doesn’t have a favorite childhood book. He wasn’t much of a reader as a child, and only reached third grade reading proficiency in eighth grade. Yet thanks to Read Story
Spending Up Now, Not Later
The Quixote Foundation gave away its entire endowment. June Wilson will never forget her job interview for director of operations at the foundation, where she is now executive director. It was December Read Story
Reinventing Risk Management
Emergencies never wait for a convenient time. Maya Winkelstein, executive director of the donor advised fund Open Road Alliance, believes funders should support nonprofits in the day-to-day, and also help Read Story
Networks Move the Needle
If you invite Melissa Jones to a meeting, she’ll say all the things other people are afraid to say out loud. “People know I’ll rabble-rouse,” she says. Jones is an Read Story