Trust

Announcing the Launch of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

By January 22, 2020

Philanthropy is in a cultural moment of power-reckoning; The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project offers a clear next step Press Contact: Shaady Salehi shaady@trustbasedphilanthropy.org January 22, 2020, San Francisco, CA – Today, the Headwaters Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Whitman Institute announce the launch of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, a five-year, peer-to-peer funder initiative with…

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Spend-Out in Sight: What’s the Story?

By April 23, 2019

In 2012 The Whitman Institute made the decision to spend out our endowment over 10 years.  At the time, 2022 was a distant point on the horizon; now, not so much.  What felt theoretical is becoming more real with each passing month and we are feeling more strongly the hint of urgency that comes with…

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The Power of Reflection: The Story of On The Move

By April 10, 2019

On The Move isn’t your typical youth development agency. Since its founding in 2003, this multi-year grantee of The Whitman Institute has been continuously evolving its work to meet the emergent needs of young people across California. In the last 15 years, On The Move has grown to a $7M organization that partners with local…

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The Gift of Disequilibrium

By April 3, 2019

I just recently returned from a maternity leave that was both an eternity and a blink of an eye. I was deeply and shockingly unprepared for the experience of becoming a mother, something I thought would be so natural and easy breezy for a child-loving longtime auntie and former teacher like me. Perhaps it was…

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End of Year Reflections

By December 18, 2018

“I can’t believe the year is almost over.” “I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it’s December.” “How is it 2019 already?!” I’ve either used or listened to variations on these sentences a lot lately.  Time seems to move ever faster and events that were a just a couple months ago…

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