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
Reclaiming Hope in Houston
In Houston, the largest city in Texas, the atrocity of human trafficking is hiding in plain sight. The Department of Justice estimates that 25% of trafficked victims pass through Houston Read Story
After 26 Years, What I’ve Learned About Making Catalytic Impact
It is with tremendous gratitude that I come to the end of my 26 years as Executive Director of the Butler Family Fund. It’s been my joy and privilege to Read Story
Small Steps Toward Big Change
Bill Young isn’t new to humanitarian work. He’s been doing it for several decades, including 14 visits to Vietnam and 16 trips to Myanmar (Burma), where he participated in projects Read Story
Understanding Brains: Funding Basic Medical Research
My brother, Laurence Braude, was an ophthalmologist, cornea specialist, surgeon and researcher. At 47, he complained of fatigue and weakness in his left arm and leg. His internist referred him Read Story
Making the Early Grant, and Often the First
John Richardson never considered himself an environmentalist. Yet he spent earlier decades traveling for the United Nations, investigating some of the world’s most complex humanitarian relief operations. He has seen Read Story