Jack Hoffman of Public Assets Institute shared these observations on Vermont’s changing demographics: Since the early 1990s, when the IRS started tracking migration and income, people moving to Vermont have consistently reported higher average annual incomes than the Vermont residents who were leaving.1 The most recent data for 2010 shows that trend has continued.2 The numbers of people coming and [...]
Want to learn about how the federal health care law will impact our transition to universal health care? VPIRG is hosting an interactive webinar focused on how the federally-required health benefit exchange fits into our path to universal, affordable health care access. I’ve spent a lot of time on the road in recent months, talking [...]
Anne Galloway of VTDigger.org posted this on January 29th, 2012. Mark Larson, Commissioner of the Department of Health Access and Floyd Nease, Executive Director of the Vermont Association of Mental Health, will both be participating in Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2012 hosted by Common Good Vermont on February 9th, 2012. When the Vermont State Hospital [...]
Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations at the Champlain Housing Trust shared this news: Burlington, Vermont – Approximately 175 members attended the Champlain Housing Trust’s Annual Meeting Saturday, where three local affordable housing leaders were recognized for their many contributions to creating and sustaining affordable housing in communities throughout northwestern Vermont. Also recognized were four [...]
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is the largest charitable organization in New England that focuses exclusively on education. The Foundation recently awarded $3.5 million in the form of a three-year grant to the Burlington and Winooski school districts in Chittenden County. The January 26, 2012 article below is courtesy of The Burlington Free Press, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com [...]
Thanks to Charlene Wallace of Local Motion for sharing this job opportunity with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, 802.862.1645 x21 Local Motion Has Two Full-Time Year-Round Job Openings The region’s vibrant and dynamic bicycle & pedestrian non-profit organization is hiring! Local Motion Outreach [...]
Ryan Torres of The Vermont Community Foundation and Alison Kosakowski of Vermont Agency of Agriculture shared this news: The Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture announced that the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for a new grant round focused on providing funding for emergency feed purchases. “As we anticipated, [...]
Thanks to Rich Nadworny of Digalicious for organizing this innovative event. Seating is limited! What happens when you mix together key social issues in Vermont, a bunch of smart people, and social & mobile technology? That’s what we’re going to find out at the #BTVSMB Social Media Breakfast & Social Hack on February 3rd. At [...]
Rachel Jolly of Vermont Works For Women asked us to spread the word about their newest recruitment: The Building and Construction Trades Council and Vermont Works for Women are offering Step Up to Green Electrical and Plumbing; an eight week, co-ed, pre-apprenticeship course with a sustainability focus. Starting in early March, this course will prepare [...]
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Commentary: Funders should exit their comfort zones
Todd Cohen offered this commentary on Inside Philanthropy, a blog on philanthropy and nonprofit news and issues that appears in The Philanthropy Journal. Despite their seemingly endless evangelizing about the need for change, foundations sure seem slow to embrace it. But if they expect to have even a prayer of making change happen on the causes [...]