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A letter from Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation: In recent months, the nonprofit sector has faced unprecedented challenges, particularly the loss of funding from government agencies, fear rippling through communities and the…
The Courage Project launches with initial $5 million commitment to celebrate everyday acts of civic bravery. Initial slate of 8 recipients includes range of organizations from across the country working to build community. A new coalition of…
After 28 years with the Surdna Foundation, Jonathan Goldberg is retiring from his role of vice president of Learning & Impact, effective July 1, 2025. Since joining Surdna in 1997, Jon has worn many hats—from supporting early…
The Surdna Foundation is proud to join the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) to accelerate momentum toward building a stronger community of practice for the field of catalytic capital. The Ford Foundation, the Sorenson Impact Foundation, and…
On April 15, 2025, Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation, spoke at the Global Impact Investing Network's West Coast Impact Forum and Investor Training on Surdna's intentional decision to apply our social and racial justice values to…
The Surdna Foundation is proud to sign onto the Council on Foundations' public statement from philanthropy. We invite all charitable giving organizations to join us in this effort to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to…
The Surdna Foundation today is pleased to appoint Bria Graham to senior program associate for the Inclusive Economies Program. Since joining Surdna in 2022, Bria has been critical in supporting the Inclusive Economies team’s investment in an…
The Surdna Foundation announced today that Jeffrey Jiménez-Kurlander, learning and impact officer, is moving on to a new position as manager of strategic learning and evaluation at the Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of arts and humanities…
Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Phil Buchanan makes the case for supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and highlights ways in which funders and nonprofits can stand by their commitments to justice. The below is an excerpt that…
The follow is an excerpt from Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy's Becoming The Vision podcast where hosts Dr. Chera Reid, Efraín Gutiérrez, and Dr. Trinel Torian talk with those who "embrace the tradition of freedom dreaming in service to racial…