.@hopeworkscamden is opening a Philly location before the end of the year via an investment from @GreenLightPHL. Here's where and why, per ED Dan Rhoton: https://t.co/PAj2fgm5Bg
Excited to announce the American New Cities Fund II - a $15M Fund to support national strategic infrastructure, growth & expansion to deepen impact in communities. Thankful to 50+ national philanthropic investors who believe in #CommunityDrivenChange https://t.co/L9KqtsclMD
Announcing Strategic National Partnership With Goldman Sachs Gives. Appreciate the commitment to #CommunityDrivenChange across our network https://t.co/gIR7amuZmu
So grateful to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett for their incredibly generous gift helping us deepen impact and broaden reach! "Seeding by Ceding" @Medium https://t.co/bbT4euurTb
Excited to announce this partnership with @BainCapital that will help @GreenLight_Fund scale innovative ways of achieving equitable economic mobility in our 10 (and growing) sites.
“It is both arrogant and ignorant to believe that you can give money to an organization for your project” without recognizing that non-profits also have overhead costs, says Ford Foundation president Darren Walker about the need for unrestricted donations. https://t.co/m8HQ7oW3M2
"Now, a moment when we all can recognize the emotional toll of the pandemic, would be a good time to finally give perceptual data about peoples’ lived experiences the reverence and care it deserves."
https://t.co/xWRyk20QfR via @CEPdata@YouthTruth#feedback#listening
Excited to announce #Baltimore as the 10th site in the GreenLight network. So grateful to the 80+ investors making it possible! Read more: https://t.co/1TLtB08xCN
Help us find an executive director to lead our just announced site #GreenLight10. Looking for a leader with deep roots in #Baltimore and a passion for equity. https://t.co/21WWyxRNkW
Community-led solutions are the key to sustainable outcomes -- invest in the capacity of people (not just "experts"), and increase the number of voices, backgrounds and formal #power at the table. @rmoudgil @kofikenyatta313 #Upswell2020
"As Ford Foundation President Darren Walker wrote, '[Proximate leaders] are not objects of charity, but drivers of change.'"
Effective Change Requires Proximate Leaders (SSIR) https://t.co/0yV6bqYdMQ via @SSIReview
We are thrilled to have @ceoworks as our 2nd investment! This innovative second chance employment model model plans on serving 800 returning citizens in Charlotte-Mecklenburg by 2024. Follow this link https://t.co/vwpVBx5p8U to read more. #GreenLightCLT#transforminglives
Every parent wants what’s best for their child. Proud to support @springboardNTL in the @GreenLightSFBay and now @GreenLightDET to support parents as their children’s first teachers.
"I've never met a parent that doesn't want what's best for their children... With the goal setting, the measured practice, incentives, and actually a way to do the personalized instruction, @springboardNTL has it all." - @cindy_eggleton @BrilliantD313 @313Reads