Hawai’i Community Foundation’s (HCF) journey with racial equity began in 2017 with the formation and launch of their CHANGE Framework, the lens through which the foundation executes its grants and supports community programs. Michelle Ka’uhane, senior vice president of community grants & initiatives at HCF, provides background on this unique framework ..read more

As the chair of the nominating and governance committee, it is my pleasure to announce that we are opening the call for nominations for the Philanthropy Northwest Board of Directors. There are currently four open board seats ..read more

You may have noticed a few updates on our website, including an evolved logo and other tweaks to our branding. Our refreshed look and feel reflect the exciting ways that we’ve been evolving as a practice over the years, and we’re eager to take this opportunity to re-introduce ourselves and share our journey.   ..read more

In times of uncertainty, the necessity to shift and evolve often presents our greatest opportunity. Over the past four years, our sector has set aside long-standing practices to make way for greater nimbleness, flexibility and equity in response to our grantee partners and the communities we collectively seek to serve ..read more

“We want to see every student be successful in whatever way success looks for them. And I believe that what we do can support that,” Spencer Lewis, director of Policy Services at the Oregon School Board Association (OSBA), shared with us.   ..read more

We believe in the power of peer learning. This year, we are leaning into spaces where our network can learn from one another, and cohorts are a great chance for us to do just that. Cohorts are unique structured opportunities for our partners to connect, deepen their relationships, advance and accelerate their learning, maximize new opportunities and tackle tough challenges. They are vehicles for personal, interpersonal and organizational transformations in philanthropy ..read more

Our PNW24 conference is the gathering for philanthropic partners across Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and beyond. At Philanthropy Northwest, we are proud of our nearly 50 years as a network and our deep experience working in philanthropy in the region. We also have an expansive vision for the future: to grow philanthropy's capacity to move resources and power toward communities historically overlooked by the sector.  ..read more

Can we talk about…? began as an experiment based on an observation: For the complex, messy work of advancing race equity, the most valuable tool often isn’t a tool at all. It’s peer support ..read more

Giving circles have existed for a long time as a way for groups of people to pool together money or resources to give away. Their popularity has grown recently, and many funders now see giving circles as an impactful tool to empower and strengthen their communities. We asked two of our community foundation members who have giving circles about what makes them so powerful. Founded in 2005, Jefferson Community Foundation (JCF) staff and board have deep roots in the county which have placed them in a unique position to support local giving circles ..read more

We at Philanthropy Northwest would like to recognize and celebrate the work of our former board member La quen náay Medicine Crow as she  ..read more