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A letter from Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation: In recent months, the nonprofit sector has faced unprecedented challenges, particularly the loss of funding from government agencies, fear rippling through communities and the…
During the period of April-June 2017, 72 grants totaling $14,050,000 were approved by the Surdna Foundation staff and board to further the Foundation’s mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United States – communities…
Helicon Collaborative recently released Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy, a research study conducted with funding from the Surdna Foundation. The study continues Helicon's examination of inequities in arts funding in the…
Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not by Elizabeth Killough, Director, Untours Foundation There’s a lot of judgment these days about your endowment. You use it…
WASHINGTON – June 6, 2017 – Today, National League of Cities (NLC), PolicyLink and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced the selection of six additional cities for participation in the organizations’ jointly-supported Equitable Economic…
By Patrick Duggan In today’s economy, the prevalence of quality jobs is diminishing. This has been the case since America’s job market bottomed out at the close of the Great Recession. There’s a lot of political rhetoric around…
Inspired by the Andrus family’s governance practices, we approached the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to identify common practices of good governance that have sustained and nurtured Surdna and other long-standing family foundations…
Transcending Politics: 5 Ways Congress Can Use Existing Bi-Partisan Policies and Programs to Create Millions of Good Jobs for Working People New report Recommends Common Sense Changes to Encourage Private Sector Investments in Quality Jobs…
Next City announces two new journalism fellows who will cover the equitable economic development beat, Deonna Anderson and Serena Maria Daniels. Click here for complete…
"Family Ties: Multigenerational Family Foundation Board Engagement" is the Surdna Foundation's second centennial publication. The board and staff of the Surdna Foundation commissioned the Center for Effective Philanthropy's advisory services group…