Investments in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are starting to fizzle across the country, but at the Rhode Island Foundation, we’re committed to bucking that trend. We’ve just completed a comprehensive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Needs Assessment with DEI expert and author Dr. Sandra Upton. Dr. Upton joins David in the studio to talk about th…

Paul Grogan, the former CEO of the Boston Foundation, likes to say he’s had many employers, but he’s always done the same job-making a difference in cities. Now, he’s out with a memoir called “Be Prepared to Be Lucky.” He co-wrote the book with Kathy Merchant, who was the CEO of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. They join David in the studio to di…

It’s Women’s History Month, so we’re taking this opportunity to talk with a leader who is devoted to understanding and empowering female donors- Jeannie Infante Sager, the director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Learn more about our work at https://rifoundation.org/.…

I first met Rajiv Shah when he was the administrator for USAID under President Obama, where he did extraordinary things all over the world- including leading the US response to the earthquake in Haiti and the West African Ebola pandemic. Now he’s the President of the Rockefeller Foundation- a global institution devoted to promoting the well-being o…