Together RI

This year, the Rhode Island Foundation hosted leaders from the 40 largest community foundations in the U.S. for a day of dialogue, action planning, and building relationships. David Cicilline pulled a few of them into the podcast studio to talk about the work they're doing to build community, rethink the role of philanthropy, and respond to federal funding cuts.   Learn more about the Rhode Island...

Listen in to the Rhode Island Foundation's event with Rhode Map Live. President and CEO David Cicilline and Board Chair Ann-Marie Harrington discuss the foundation's new five-year plan with Globe RI's columnist, Dan McGowan.   The second half of the event features a discussion with the leaders of three nonprofits that receive support from the Rhode Island Foundation- Lamont Gordon from College Vis...

It's been said that the best social program in the world is a good job.  Andrew Cort é s has made those kinds of jobs happen for more than a thousand Rhode Islanders. He is the founder, president, and CEO of  Building Futures- a non-profit that prepares people from historically underserved communities for jobs in the trades. Andrew joins David in the studio to talk more about his organization and...

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 those efforts and her new book- Make It Last: A Road...

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 discuss the book and Paul's career. Learn more about...

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 of humanity around the world. He's also the author...