Former nonprofit consultant. Strategy & policy rants because they matter. Opinions are my own & don't represent organizations I am affiliated with.
Portland, OR
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I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a full time position at the Executive Director for @StoretoDoorPDX. With this new position I am transitioning out of consulting. storetodooroforegon.org/stor…
Thanks for following @TortMuseum. I don't post here much but the last time I was home, I made it a point to run through the museum! Awesome work educating folks on tort law. Of course, being from Winsted, I grew up hearing stories of the Nader family. 🙂
Just what we need, another "expert" hired by a rich dude to solve our housing crisis. 🙄 Hey @SchnitzerProp, how about investing in the regions @BuiltforZero strategy instead of fragmenting the efforts even further. bizjournals.com/portland/new… via @PDXBizJournal
Kinda Obscene. St. Jude has 7.6 Billion in reserves. No, actually straight-up obscene. propublica.org/article/st-ju…
Have preached this for years. Great resource from @LeapAmbassadors that pulls the themes together. leapambassadors.org/where-we…
Yes, we need a mayor city manager model & get commissioners out of bureau kingdoms. No Brainer. But Increasing the council from 5 members to 12? Seriously? We can't elect 5 competent leaders let alone 12 & then 7 votes to make progress? #poisonpill pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/5…
Great report on the potential of micro-housing on short-term crisis and transitional housing needs. Thanks, @homelessnesspdx. There is so much public policy to coalesce around in this one report. pdx.edu/homelessness/evaluat…
Repeat this aloud! "Philanthropy 👏🏼 Needs 👏🏼 to 👏🏼Own 👏🏼Up 👏🏼to 👏🏼Its 👏🏼Role 👏🏼in 👏🏼Fueling 👏🏼 Polarization 👏🏼"philanthropy.com/article/phi…
LET 👏🏼THIS 👏🏼 SINK 👏🏼IN! 👏🏼
5. The wealthy support different causes than the rest of us.
Wealthy givers' own private foundations & donor-advised funds landed 78% of donations from @Philanthropy’s top 50 givers in 2021.
Otherwise, they favored colleges & universities, leaving ~10% for other orgs.
![[Chart 5: Bar chart demonstrating where donations of $1 million+ went in 2020. The three largest bars on top, in orange, demonstrate giving to foundations ($2,732 million), colleges & universities ($2,136 million), & donor-advised funds ($1,330 million). The blue bars for other charitable causes are led by $480 million for human services. Source: @Philanthropy]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNCgnD6XsAkse_E.jpg?name=orig)
ALT [Chart 5: Bar chart demonstrating where donations of $1 million+ went in 2020. The three largest bars on top, in orange, demonstrate giving to foundations ($2,732 million), colleges & universities ($2,136 million), & donor-advised funds ($1,330 million). The blue bars for other charitable causes are led by $480 million for human services. Source: @Philanthropy]
That sucking sound? Money being siphoned out of the community charitable giving and into Fidelity and Vanguard wealth funds. philanthropy.com/article/don…
Seriously? This will hurt #rural counties the most. How is it that #RuralOregon communities consistently vote for the equivalent of a sharp stick poked in their eye?
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So, the status quo is trying to sideline @NickKristof and now patron saint Phil Knight throws $250K to business lapdog Betsy Johnson. If things don't change. I find, they typically get worse. Oregon needs new leadership. Join Nick's campaign at @NickForOregon
Boom! "82% of assets stayed in donor-advised funds in 2020, a time of extreme challenges for communities struggling with the pandemic’s onslaught." philanthropy.com/blogs/lette…
Expanding hygiene & sanitation services for people sleeping outside normalizes the degradation of public space & those sleeping outside. #WeCanDoBetter. In natural disasters, @fema moves from sheltering to temporary housing, to permanent housing. That should be the priority.
OH. MY. WORD. Thankful?! We don't give a f*ck how you gained your wealth, just toss us some $ crumbs. This is the most obscene perspective I have read in a long time. 🤮🤮🤮 Sackler's need to be stripped of their wealth & sent to prison. spectator.co.uk/article/we-s… via @spectator
In other #philanthropy news that is bullshit, The power philanthropists @BillGates & @melindagates donated a jaw-dropping $15 billion to their own foundation. #PhilanthropyReformNow philanthropy.com/article/the…
Wouldn't it be better if billionaires signed checks instead of pledges to sign checks?
philanthropy.com/article/giv…
Few Foundations Give Groups They Support Decision-Making Power on Funding Priorities philanthropy.com/article/few…
Paid off my account with @USAA. Next month $26.07 more in interest is charged. 30 minutes on chat + an hour on the phone, they waived $25. Literally made me make a payment of $1.07. I asked, "You want to be known as THAT company?" Apparently so. #customerservicefail