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Tag Archives: Philanthropy
Who’s Funding Food?
This is Part II of a series on food and philanthropy. Scroll down to find out which foundations are collaborating to bring real food to the plates of many. As some of you may know, I’m a big fan of … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving, Food, Sustainability
Tagged Appalachia Funders Network, Chicago Community Trust, Clarence E. Heller Foundation, Columbia Foundation, Community Food Funders, Community foundation, Delaware Valley Grantmakers, Donnelly Foundation, Doris Duke, Farm Bill, Food and Philanthropy, Food Systems Funders, Fresh Taste Initiative, Grants, Health, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Mark Bittman, Natural Foods Chef, New World Foundation, North Star Fund, Packard Foundation, Philanthropy, Roots of Change, Surdna Foundation, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Vermont Food Funders' Network, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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The Privilege of Eating Well
This post is the first of a series on Food and Philanthropy. Scroll down to find out what’s next. Why do we live in a world where it’s cheaper to buy Froot Loops than it is real fruit? This is … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving, Food, Slow Food
Tagged Access to Food, Cat Gund, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Council on Foundations, Diabetes, Eating, Family Foundations, Farm-to-Table, Food, Food Inc., Froot Loops, Health, Josh Viertel, Kathleen de Chadenedes, Orfalea Foundations, Philanthropy, s’Cool Food Initiative, Slow Food, Slow Food USA, Sustainability, What's on Your Plate?
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The Philanthropy of a Smile: Teaching Kids to Be Generous
As a parent, you want to give your kids everything in the world, and at the same time, teach them to be caring, generous beings. So how do you switch their mindset from “Gimme!” to “Let’s Give”? Here’s an inspiring … Continue reading
Donating in Times of Disaster: Six Things You Need to Know
I’ve turned off my television. I realized it’s not doing me or anyone good to watch the chaos from the quake and wall of water that swallowed villages and farmlands, families whole. With the earthquake and tsunami in Japan mere … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving, Disaster Response, Japan Earthquake
Tagged Center for Philanthropy, Charitable Giving, Disaster Relief, Doctors Without Borders, Donating in Times of Disaster, Donation, Dos and Don'ts in Times of Disaster, Emergency management, Give Well, GlobalGiving, Japan, Joanne Fritz, Mercy Corps, Network for Good, Patrick Rooney, Philanthropy, Salvation Army, Saundra Schimmelpfennig, Tsunami
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Putting Food in the Mouths of Others: Family Philanthropists Feed the Homeless
I have to admit: There’s something about it being 5 degrees outside that makes me feel, well, less than charitable. But this wasn’t the case for the 11 family philanthropists who dedicated one of their nights in New York to … Continue reading
Posted in Family Philanthropy, Homelessness, Service
Tagged Coalition for the Homeless, Council on Foundations, Family Foundations, Family Philanthropy, Food Bankds, Food Banks, Grand Central Food Program, Homelessness, Hunger, Jeremy Burton, Jewish Funds for Justice, Philanthropy, Service, Soup Kitchen, Volunteerism
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New Blog for the Charitable at Heart
Hello and welcome! This is a new blog for grantmakers, donors, mission-driven folks and otherwise charitable beings: anyone thinking about philanthropy, doing philanthropy, or engaged in activism or service. Whether you are making grants, giving away money or goods or … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving
Tagged Charitable Giving, Generosity, Philanthropy, Service, Volunteerism
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