Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland is a blog sponsored by the Foundation Center.
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This edition of our ongoing podcast series features Valerie Raines, Vice President for Corporate Philanthropy and Senior Program Officer at KeyBank Foundation. Valerie shares information about the impact of the economy on KeyBank's giving.
(Running time 6 minutes, 15 seconds)
Listen to our other podcasts here.
Foundation president Susanna H. Krey says,"The impact on our endowment is a deferred problem, a problem waiting to happen. Our 2009 budget is just as strong as our 2008 budget. We are staying the course for 2009, but putting a plan in place the changing environment around us." Listen and learn more about how the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is responding to the economic downturn.
(Running time 6 minutes, 36 seconds)
Listen to our other podcasts:
Joel Ratner, Raymond John Wean Foundation
Hedy Milgrom, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Cristin Slesh, Foundation Management Services
Michael Parks and Barbra Stonerock, The Dayton Foundation
"We're invested in a process of community change in the Mahoning Valley," says Joel Ratner, president of the Raymond John Wean Foundation, "and we are trying to do things as much the same as possible." Listen and find out how the foundation is responding to the economic downturn.
(Running Time: 4 minutes, 5 seconds)
Listen to our other Funders Speak podcasts here.
Our latest edition features Hedy Milgrom, Assistant Vice President and Director of Endowments & Foundations, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, who provides an introduction to the Federation's grantmaking program (40+ supporting foundations and some 1,000 donor-advised and special purpose funds) while discussing how the foundations are reacting to the economy.
(Running Time: 12 minutes, 16 seconds)
Listen to our other editions:
Cristin Slesh, Foundation Management Services
Michael Parks and Barbra Stonerock, The Dayton Foundation
Our second edition of Giving Voice features an interview with Michael Parks, president, and Barbra Stonerock, director of community relations, The Dayton Foundation. Giving Voice premiered here on 2/20/09 and features foundation leaders discussing how they are responding to the economic crisis. Listen!
(Running time: 5 minutes, 58 seconds)
Our new podcast series features foundation leaders discussing their response to the economic crisis. The Foundation Center is pleased to join with Ohio Grantmakers Forum in this effort and to present the first one featuring Cristin Slesh, president, Foundation Management Services (FMS). FMS provides program support to seven private foundations:
Cristin discusses how her foundation clients' grantmaking is being affected by the current economic situation and offers some advice for her colleagues and partners.
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