"If #philanthropy wants to catalyze change beyond grant life cycles, it must be willing to cede decision-making power to those directly impacted by how those dollars will flow to youth-led work." — @ManuelaArcLas, @JFierce & Bryan Perlmutter https://bit.ly/3usMNT9
Bush Foundation to distribute $100 million to Blacks, Native Americans for past injustices http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1f6Eim?ocid=st
Our firm puts equity and inclusion in the center of its work. We look for leaders with a strong equity lens who are at the intersection of complex issues and diverse networks. In 2018 alone, 87% of Talent Citizen placements were female, 57% of placements were people of color and/or LGBTQ, and 50% of all… Read more »
Filed Under: News in the Sector
The COVID-19 crisis is exposing and exacerbating the impacts of racial, social, and wealth inequities. As Talent Citizen and communities across the country continue to contend with the impacts of the global pandemic, our team has turned to these resources to inform our own thinking and work. Policy Link | COVID-19 & Race: Coronavirus… Read more »
Filed Under: News in the Sector
In the midst of these challenging and uncertain days, Talent Citizen is eager to share the timely work of our partners at Roanhorse Consulting LLC. Their team has worked to uplift the Native American Community Response Fund, an initiative launched by Decolonizing Wealth in concert with multiple community partners to deliver crucial funding to grantee… Read more »
Filed Under: News in the Sector
Talent Citizen is excited to uplift this opportunity with our investment partner, the Equitable Evaluation Initiative “EEI engages an ecosystem of organizations and people—foundations and philanthropic service organizations —who are centering equity in their work and understand that this has implications for evaluative practice. Its infrastructure is designed to develop and disseminate EE… Read more »
Filed Under: Networked Opportunity
April 2020 With the rapid shift to working from home that is now reality for so many individuals around the world, our homes are suddenly fulfilling multiple functions. Our households act like a central nervous system for our lives, operating as a proxy for exercise and entertainment, and from which we telecommute and home-school, as… Read more »
Filed Under: Thought Leadership
We are excited to announce that Kimberlin D. Butler will join Mathematica Policy Research as Director of Foundation Engagement, helping to lead Mathematica’s growing body of work with foundations, grantees, and their partners. In this new role, Kimberlin will work with foundation and grantee leaders to explore current and emergent priorities, examine how Mathematica can… Read more »
Filed Under: Placement Highlight
Tracy’s style is very much as a partner in the search process – not an order taker. At the beginning of the engagement, she asked questions about my goals which helped me focus and clarify my needs for the open position. By doing so, Tracy really understood where the program was at the time of… Read more »
Filed Under: Client Testimonial
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Names Morgan Herman Executive Vice President, Development September 2019 Talent Citizen is pleased to announce the appointment of Morgan Herman as Executive Vice President of Development with Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. In her role, Ms. Herman will lead all fundraising efforts to support the organization’s mission of funding research with the highest probability… Read more »
Filed Under: Placement Highlight
Marcia Coné joins the Equitable Evaluation Initiative as Director of Practice Engagement and Evolution July 2019 Talent Citizen is pleased to announce the appointment of Marcia Coné as the Director of Practice Engagement and Evolution with the Equitable Evaluation Initiative. For nearly three decades, Marcia has worked in partnership with NGOs, Philanthropy, PSOs, and Grassroots… Read more »
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America’s First Trade School Announces Colleen Walsh Powell as New Director of Development June 2019 North Bennet Street School (NBSS) has selected dedicated fundraising professional Colleen Walsh Powell as its new Director of Development, following an extensive process led by executive search firm Talent Citizen. She began her tenure in June 2019. Colleen is… Read more »
Filed Under: Placement Highlight
Tracy and her team understand that their work, when done successfully, changes the lives of those being supported through fundraising. They are really smart, work really hard, and you can tell that the work is meaningful to them. Their approach is to inspire prospective candidates while also representing the University first and foremost. Their entire… Read more »
Filed Under: Client Testimonial
