OPEN PHILANTHROPY Who Reads Your Grant Application — and What Happens Next By Rochelle Williams, Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President of Community Impact We often hear a version of the same question from nonprofit partners: What actually happens after...

OPEN PHILANTHROPY When Change Is Hard: Caring for Long-Time Partners While Evolving Our Strategies for Greater Impact By Natalia Valenzuela Swanson, Senior Director of Community Impact Impact, collaboration, accountability, respect, and equity are the Mary Black Foundation’s values. These...

OPEN PHILANTHROPY Building Brains: How and Why We’re Investing in Quality Care During the Early Years By Haley Wicker, Program Director The first 1,000 days of a human being’s life are crucial. Because brain neurons develop so rapidly during...

OPEN PHILANTHROPY Navigating the Fog: How We Are Responding to Nonprofit Uncertainty By Molly Talbot-Metz, President & CEO Driving in fog is often used as a metaphor to represent navigating uncertainty. Fog is a temporary state, meaning that clarity...

You Spoke, We Listened: Changes Inspired by Our Grantee Survey (And What Still Needs Work) By Amy Page, Grants Manager This year, I celebrated my 25th anniversary working at the Foundation, and I have been the grants manager for...

No More Guesswork: Inside Our Grantmaking Decisions By Rochelle Williams, Chief Strategy Officer I work at a foundation, but in the past, I had a love/hate relationship with philanthropy. I had spent over two decades working in the nonprofit...