On October 20th, Film Director Spike Lee announced the opportunity to pre-order the 40 Acres X Bill Nunn Legacy Foundation Radio Raheem Tee, a special limited edition release featuring original artwork by XPayne Art. All proceeds from sales go to the POISE Foundation’s Bill Nunn Legacy Fund which primarily supports the Bill Nunn Theater Outreach Project . The POISE Foundation is…
Tag: Philanthropy
International Fellows Program Alumni Conference
Cheers to a successful International Fellows Program Alumni Conference! The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Graduate Center, City University of New York International Fellows Program Alumni in Milan, Italy
The New SisterFund Giving Circle is Looking to Expand its Range
WATCH: The Honorable Cynthia Newbille talks early success and future goals for the SisterFund giving circle on Virginia This Morning
Community Foundations & Giving Circles in the News
It has been a great news week for giving circles. I’m particularly grateful for the Nonprofit Quarterly article, Asian Giving Circles Bring Heart, Focus & Community to Individual Philanthropy. In it, Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge writes: Some observe that giving circles hold great promise for a more grounded form of community-based philanthropy. This report, entitled “The Value…
C.S. Mott Foundation and the Fellowship Experience
From the BlackGivesBack Facebook page: “We’re proud of BGB contributor Akira Barclay, a 2012 Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society International Fellow! Her research topic focused on the evolution of Black giving circles and community foundations. She shared, “I will continue to use my position as a thought leader in the field to promote the…
Black Philanthropy Month
August is Black Philanthropy Month. Click through to BlackGivesBack to learn more.
Akira J Barclay 