I thought I had the answers when it came to advocating for myself and my family. I earned a Master’s degree in Social Work and worked with advocates and organizers, so I thought...
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Small Foundations Can Have a Big Impact with Effective Communications
Hiring communications staff is usually not at the top of mind for small foundations, but having a communications-focused staff member can also be beneficial to smaller...
Summer Newsletter: Advocacy grants; new grantees, beyond awareness
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Table for One: 5 Tips for Good Communications with a Small Staff
While having a small shop can be challenging, size doesn’t have to prevent you from doing great work. Check out these 5 tips from our Program and Communications Officer, Jennifer...
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Our CFO
Our long- time CFO, Matt Deeb, is leaving The Trust in early May to work for a local investment firm. His career began with the then Baptist Healing Trust on March 1, 2004. Many...
Spring Newsletter: More Retreat Dates; Grantees Announced
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In Policy and Practice: Supporting Employees Through Life-changing Events
An Unexpected Call October 22, 2012 started a new journey for me – one as a widow and a single mom. In the prior nine months, my husband Jim and I adopted a newborn baby girl,...
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...