As a college and graduate student, I have been told that internships are important and can open crucial doors for my career. “Get an internship and all the doors will be open,”...
7 Tips to Make the Best of Your Internship
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Jennifer
5 Things I learned as an Intern at The Healing Trust
In many non-profit and ministry settings, employees need a diverse skill set. Working on the ground, especially in communities where resources are limited, requires wearing many...
Why We All Need a Succession Plan
When I was Board Chair of a nonprofit, I remember the conversations about needing a succession plan for our CEO. We struggled as an organization to develop one because we didn’t...
Newsletter Alert: Top Advocacy Moments in 2017
2017 was a busy year for advocates in our state. Check out the top moments from our grantees.
The Necessity of Stepping Away: How a Local Nonprofit Leader used Sabbatical to Become a Better Leader
The Refuge Center for Counseling was the first nonprofit to receive a Sabbatical Grant from The Healing Trust. Sabbatical Grants provide support for a nonprofit organization...
Q4 2017 Grantees Announced!
Congratulations to the 16 nonprofits that were collectively awarded over $700,000 in our Q4 2017 Grant Cycle! This quarter’s grants brings our grant making to over $79 million...
A Reviewer’s POV: the top 10 mistakes that we see in grant applications
Our grant reviewers appreciate the time and energy that you spend creating great grant proposals. For each grant application that we review, the grant reviewers capture the...
Multiplying Our Impact: Why Foundations Should Care about Policy Research
Creating a public policy research center was not a part of our original plan. But, our realization that public policy affects everything our grantee partners do to improve the...
Why Would a Health Foundation Create a Public Policy Research Center?
In 2014 we asked health-related service and advocacy organizations what additional support they needed. One priority quickly rose to the top: timely, high-quality, and...
Newsletter Alert: It’s Our Anniversary
We're giving away $150 in celebration! Help us celebrate!