strategist, advocate, policy wonk, news junkie, fan of big ideas, chef, parent, hiker, former CEO/Co-founder @ Magnify Community — tweets are my own
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Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
26 Jan 2024
This is just a reminder that there are others ways for donors to stage a "revolt" besides leveraging the threat of withholding future donations to shape the internal policies or priorities of nonprofits.
donorrevolt.com/
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Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
5 Sep 2023
Hey #HalfMyDAF community: Please submit your grants by September 29 to be eligible for matching funds. We've given away $43 million since 2020. Your favorite nonprofit could be next!
More at halfmydaf.com
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25 Oct 2022
Excited for the opportunity to celebrate 20 Years of @RockPhilanth with my colleagues! To continuously accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world, It's Up to Us. #ItsUpToUsRPA #20YearsofRPA
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Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
10 Oct 2022
"The Transformative Power of Listening: An Interview with Fund for Shared Insight"
Thanks, @RockPhilanth
buff.ly/3EmezZL
#listening #feedback #funders #philanthropy @Listen4_Good @MelindaTuan
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7 Oct 2022
lightawards.org supports teacher-designed #PD projects in the Greater #BayArea. LOIs accepted until 11/14 #bayareaschools #backtoschool2022
Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
30 Sep 2022
This year's #HalfMyDAF grants to nonprofits are now up over $10.7 million and counting.
Double your giving to any nonprofit-- $1.1M in unrestricted matching grants. Today's the final day!
More at halfmydaf.com.
29 Sep 2022
A reminder: tomorrow is your last chance to double your donation to *any* nonprofit, up to $50K.
Yours could be the donation that tips #HalfMyDAF over $10M in grants in 2022 alone!
Visit halfmydaf.com to find out more.
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29 Sep 2022
Fantastic discussion on #Impact Investing to Extend Philanthropy's Impact youtube.com/watch?v=OP7i5HMG…
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19 Aug 2022
One in 10 Bay Area neighborhoods are segregated areas of white wealth. Our region as a whole is beautifully diverse, but far from equitable. bayareaequityatlas.org/mappi…
Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
9 Aug 2022
Can #philanthropy rise to the challenge? @philxbuchanan, @naomiorensten, & Katarina Malmgren discuss findings from CEP's latest research in the context of recent developments on #ClimateAction, calling on #philanthropy to play the unique role only it can: thehill.com/opinion/energy-e…
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21 Jul 2022
“Time is as critical to philanthropy’s impact as are resources. Faced with urgent economic, justice and climate crises around the world, funders are accelerating philanthropy for a just world.”
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Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
26 Jun 2022
Just awarded $1 million in unrestricted matching grants to nonprofits. Thanks to the #HalfMyDAF community, 610 nonprofits have received over $6M this year alone.
More at Halfmydaf.com.
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Catherine Crystal Foster retweeted
📅 June 29, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m. PT
#KidsData and California Essentials for Childhood Initiative are hosting a webinar on the impact of #ACEs on Californians’ mental health, behavior, and chronic disease.
Register today to join the discussion. cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/…
#children
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22 Jun 2022
Put those DAF dollars to work for good! On 6/24 #HalfMyDAF is matching grants to nonprofits made by people committing to moving half their DAF $ by 9/30. Do it!
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11 Jun 2022
Fascinating. I'd underscore that guilt "doesn't necessarily put [those who feel it] into action." It's simplistic & not always productive. Better to recognize the privilege & consistently work toward justice thru money, voice & humble action. theguardian.com/society/2022…
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10 Jun 2022
Better to be governed by hope than fear, but still…Seven Things That Scare Us About the Future of Philanthropy | Inside Philanthropy insidephilanthropy.com/home/…
31 May 2022
Fascinating yet sadly unsurprising to see the disparities. Great example of ways to take meaningful environmental action at a local level.
26 May 2022
Sobrato Philanthropies is proud to support @Aclima and its launch of its hyperlocal network that measures #airpollution and #climatechange emissions on every block of all 101 cities in the #BayArea. @bydarrylfears for @washingtonpost covered the launch: wapo.st/3NBWQP5
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27 May 2022
Sad how pervasive this kind of “rubbish” thinking is. In the US, we compound the error by assuming a few billionaires can solve it all … oh, and that funding nonprofit operations is wasteful “overhead.”
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15 May 2022
Lessons here, beyond COVID. “interpersonal trust — a belief that others would do what was right not just for the individual but for the community — saved lives.” When people actively undermine trust in government, science & each other, this happens nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world…
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15 May 2022
“Studies show that income inequality is closely correlated with low levels of interpersonal trust. And in Australia, the gap between rich and poor, while widening, is less severe than in the United States.”
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15 May 2022
“‘Care is so undervalued…This was all about the power of care.’”
And, perhaps, the power of adaptability.” We think we are so innovative and adaptive here, but are we, in the ways that matter for the collective whole?
15 May 2022
“In the United States, reductions in mobility — a key measure of social distancing — were less stark, shorter and more inconsistent, based in part on location, political identity or wealth.”