Category: Blog Posts
Applying Our Purpose Through Our Board
At AFF, we’re constantly looking for innovative ways to better serve our grantee partners. Our grantmaking process and new capacity-building program are examples … Read More >
“Las Caras Lindas”: A reflection on Charlottesville and white supremacy
My favorite rendition of the song, “Las Caras Lindas,” is by Afro-Boricua icon and singer Ismael Rivera. Translated literally, he calls us to love … Read More >
100 Years of Philanthropy and Connection
This year, we are thrilled to celebrate the centennial of the Surdna Foundation, Andrus Family Fund’s parent foundation. AFF’s Program Associate, Jennifer Kaizer, … Read More >
Questions We Need to Ask in Philanthropy
A couple of months ago, while the weather was still cold, I jumped on an Amtrak train headed to an even colder Boston … Read More >
Capacity Building Through Deep Listening: Introducing SOAR
After more than three years of deep listening to our grantee partners, we are excited to launch a new capacity-building program called SOAR: … Read More >
I Choose Love To Build A Stronger Movement
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the … Read More >
Lessons Learned: Reflections on PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2015, Part 2
Last week I highlighted some of the major lessons I learned at PolicyLink’s Equity Summit. Below are a few additional insights that will … Read More >
Lessons Learned: Reflections on PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2015
In October of 2015, I packed my bags and headed to sunny California to join over 3000 organizers, policy advocates, artists, academics, entrepreneurs, … Read More >
Creating Opportunity: Working Together to Build an Inclusive Workforce
In our last blog post, we identified the skills gap that contributes to America’s double digit youth unemployment rate. We also saw how … Read More >
Creating Opportunity: Connecting 5.5 Million Youth to Careers
In our last blog series, we saw how our grantee partners are working together to disrupt inequity in New Orleans in order to … Read More >
Disrupting Inequity to Heal, not Harm: Transforming NOLA’s Juvenile Justice System
Previously in this blog series, we learned how grantee partners BreakOUT! and YEP are creating a more equitable New Orleans through their individual … Read More >
Disrupting Inequity to Heal, not Harm: Empowering NOLA’s LGBTQ Youth
In our last blog post, we saw how grantee partner YEP is disrupting the structural inequities affecting opportunity youth in New Orleans. Now, … Read More >