2026: The Year of Focus — Choose Depth Over Distraction
Over the 2025 year-end season, I noticed a pattern. Different organizations. Different missions. Different donor communities. But they all had the same signal. The largest gifts were coming from smaller…
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Get SMART Goals for the Year Ahead
If you believe it, you can achieve it. Now, that might sound lofty or unrealistic—or maybe a little annoying—but it’s true! If you want to make your mission a reality…
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It’s a Celebration, and Everyone’s Invited
I've spent most of my career in rooms where people are trying to solve hard problems—corruption, broken governance systems, attacks on civic space. Important work. Necessary work. But also, exhausting…
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Accelerating Generosity in the Southern U.S.
This past July, a cohort of leaders from 11 community foundations throughout the Southern United States gathered in Alabama for a 3-day intensive bootcamp, ready to brainstorm, strategize, and meet…
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