From its post in America’s heartland, the 95-year-old W.K. Kellogg Foundation has achieved a diversity in grant making that has eluded many foundations: In the past decade, more than 40 percent of its grant dollars have gone to organizations led by people of color. La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich., grant maker, joins Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer to talk about what racial healing looks like in philanthropy and America. She also discusses her new book, How...
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From its post in America’s heartland, the 95-year-old W.K. Kellogg Foundation has achieved a diversity in grant making that has eluded many foundations: In the past decade, more than 40 percent of its grant dollars have gone to organizations led by people of color. La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich., grant maker, joins Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer to talk about what racial healing looks like in philanthropy and America. She also discusses her new book, How...
From its post in America’s heartland, the 95-year-old W.K. Kellogg Foundation has achieved a diversity in grant making that has eluded many foundations: In the past decade, more than 40 percent of its grant dollars have gone to organizations led by people of color. La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich., grant maker, joins Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer to talk about what racial healing looks like in philanthropy and America. She also discusses her new book, How...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver frequently writes and talks about the origins of — and cure for — what she calls "urban-rural antipathy." Her most recent novel, Demon Copperhead, aims to dismantle stereotypes of her native Appalachia that she says infect politics and contribute to a mutual loathing between urban and rural Americans. Kingsolver joins Chronicle of Philanthropy deputy opinion editor Nandita Raghuram for a conversation about her writing and philanthropy's r...
Introducing The Commons in Conversation podcast, an offshoot of The Commons, a special project from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Our season kicks off with this urgent question: How can we reverse the trend of declining trust in institutions? Philanthropist Reid Hoffman is looking for answers with a $10 million open call for organizations working to build faith in government, the media, public health, universities, and more. Hoffman joins Chronicle of Philanthropy editor-in-chief...
From its post in America’s heartland, the 95-year-old W.K. Kellogg Foundation has achieved a diversity in grant making that has eluded many foundations: In the past decade, more than 40 percent of its grant dollars have gone to organizations led by people of color. La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich., grant maker, joins Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer to talk about what racial healing looks like in philanthropy and America. She also discusses her new book, How...