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Sheila Perrin

Posted on January 19, 2014

Sheila Perrin founded the Perrin Family Foundation with her husband, Charlie in 1994. In her position as president and with the experience of working with many non-profit boards, she has actively stewarded the foundation’s evolution from a more traditional family foundation with general funding priorities to one with a specific mission and focus areas. … Read More

Shermane Bilal

Posted on January 19, 2014

Shermane Bilal is senior relationship manager at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Prior to joining Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in 1992, Shermane served for five years as Grants & Program Manager/Assistant to the Director of Long Island University’s Institute for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science, a National Science Foundation-funded middle school math and science teacher training institute… Read More

Sontag Foundation

Posted on January 19, 2014

The Sontag Foundation was started by a family from Northeast Florida who wanted to make a difference in the lives of those affected by brain cancer and rheumatoid arthritis through the power of medical research. The family also desires to change the lives of individuals in their home community through funding programs which make a significant impact on the self-sufficiency… Read More

Steans Family Foundation

Posted on January 19, 2014

The Steans Family Foundation concentrates its grant making and programs in North Lawndale, a revitalizing neighborhood on Chicago’s west side… Read More

Sally Leiderman

Posted on January 19, 2014

Sally Leiderman established the Center for Assessment and Policy Development in 1988. Sally Leiderman expertise spans traditional and non-traditional evaluation design and implementation, with a focus on helping to build the evaluation capacity of the groups whose work she is evaluating; leadership development, anti-racism work and system change, including transformation of large public system, school districts and schools and community initiatives. In… Read More

Promising Practices Network

Posted on January 19, 2014

The Promising Practices Network website is a unique resource that offers credible, research-based information on what works to improve the lives of children and families… Read More

Rebecca Adamson

Posted on January 19, 2014

Rebecca Adamson is former director, former president, and founder of First Nations Development Institute and the founder of First Peoples Worldwide. Since 1970, she has worked directly with grassroots tribal communities, and nationally as an advocate of local tribal issues. Ms. Adamson has served on the boards of a number of economic development organizations, corporations, and the Council on Foundations… Read More

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