.CFLeads: Community Foundations Leading Change & Welcoming America are hosting a discussion about the potential for greater coordination, collaboration, & investment from community foundations in advancing the work of welcoming newcomers into U.S. communities on April 13 at 1PM ET.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The next leader of CFLeads: Community Foundations Leading Change will be Mary Thomas, who most recently served concurrently as chief operating officer at the Spartanburg County Foundation and executive director of the Robert Hett Chapman III Center for Philanthropy. phlnthrp.com/3MnKXiG

We are excited to announce that Mary L. Thomas has been selected as the new President and CEO of CFLeads.

Click the link below to learn more:

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Check out our recently published blog post that explores how four community foundations took a community leadership approach to advancing gun violence prevention in their communities through our Gun Violence Prevention Network:

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Great to see so many people representing community foundations across the Americas come together to discuss community philanthropy through our #CCA initiative! ¡Gracias por participar en el programa #CCA en México esta semana!

Continuando con las actividades del Encuentro, conocimos distintas #OSC de la #ZMGDL , para que compartan con las Fundaciones Comunitarias, sus proyectos de Desarrollo Comunitario.

#ConectandoalasAmericas

Ya dió inicio el Encuentro anual de Conectando Comunidades en las Américas, donde estamos participando más de 50 #FundacionesComunitarias del continente.

#ConectandoalasAmericas

¡Seguimos generando alianzas en pro del desarrollo en nuestra #comunidad !

Los días 8 y 9 de febrero, #Guadalajara será
sede del Encuentro anual de Conectando Comunidades en las Américas, donde estarán participando más de 50 #FundacionesComunitarias del continente.

Check out CFLeads: Community Foundations Leading Change new report, documenting the results of its two-year Economic Mobility Action Network pilot program!

Follow the link below to read the report:
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#communityfoundations #economicmobility

The results from our two-year Economic Mobility Action Network pilot are in! Check out our new report, documenting the results of the pilot program!

Follow the link below to read the report:

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#communityfoundations #economicmobility

Are you using all the tools available in your grantmaking toolbox? Get into the weeds of advocacy and policy engagement at Practice and Purpose of Policy (Feb. 1-2), a course created by the Council and CFLeads: Community Foundations Leading Change. bit.ly/3GRcSTK

Unless we act together, the gun violence epidemic will continue to rob our communities of the sense of safety that we need to thrive.

Here is how to help:

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Thank you to Welcoming America for highlighting our Connecting Communities in the Americas program in this new report that focuses on how community foundations play a vital role in advancing the work of welcoming newcomers into U.S. communities!

Check out the Johnson Center for Philanthropy's 2023 philanthropy trends report which highlights community foundations' approach to disaster philanthropy + a look at community foundations across the Americas through our Connecting Communities in the Americas initiative!

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Today we celebrate the 7th annual National Day of Racial Healing! There are more than 170 events in more than 30 states happening, locally and virtually. There’s still time to find an event near you: wkkf.co/8yy5

#HowWeHeal

We're pleased to be working with WKKF to support five community foundations in their innovative approaches to addressing racial healing in their communities: Community Foundation of Greater Flint Greater Cincinnati Foundation Greater Milwaukee Foundation Innovia Foundation Kalamazoo Community Foundation

#CommunityFoundations across #California are mobilizing to support their neighbors impacted by the #AtmosphericRiver #flooding . Here's a list of active funds you can donate to: lccf.org/disaster-relie…

Our thoughts are with those impacted by the severe storms in the South, including our friends at
Black Belt Community Foundation.

Please visit their disaster relief fund to support those affected in Alabama:

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