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It’s easy to suggest that your spouse should exercise and cut out soda. It’s another thing entirely when you have to lace up your sneakers and avoid the sweet brown fizzy stuff yourself. It’s called walking the talk. It’s hard! At the Dekko Foundation we ask our grantseekers to take a step back from their […]
Working at a private foundation is interesting. We meet uplifting, passionate people. We see the success stories (and the ticks and fleas) of hundreds of nonprofits each year. We’ve learned a few things along the way: 1. It’s darkest before the dawn. Last week someone called about a grant extension because fundraising was lagging. […]
One of our best-loved initiatives is the area of youth philanthropy. The chance to teach young people to contribute their time, talent and treasure is as rewarding as work gets. And it matters too! A recent survey across our grantmaking areas ranked alumni’s youth philanthropy experience from influential to groundbreaking! This year marks our twentieth […]
You won’t want to miss this…we’re going to tell a little story on ourselves. About ten years ago we decided to add youth members to our Grant Review Committee (the group of community people who advise our board of directors on which grant investments to make). We just knew that serving on this committee would […]
My wife jokes that her favorite scripture is “God so loved the world that He didn’t send a committee.” That may be appropriate for some groups, but it’s way off base for my two-year experience on the Dekko grant review committee. When participants respect each other and are seriously committed to finding the best solutions, […]