Cooper Hewitt’s Design-Driven Solutions for Distance Learning
Bringing a whole education system online isn’t just a question of recreating it digitally.
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COVID-19 Resources from SFE Grantees
Many of SFE’s grantees are adapting to frequently changing conditions, and are finding new ways to make their programs available remotely to keep serving communities everywhere in the face of substantial uncertainty.
Event Recap: Insights from Feedback+San Juan Summit
This convening was an important moment to highlight some of the values that we’ve prioritized in our grantmaking work, and to collaborate with other funders on strengthening our collective effectiveness.
The Council on Foundations Names Jumee Song to 2020 Career Pathways Cohort
Jumee Song is named to the 2020 Career Pathways cohort, amid a group of 24 industry leaders.
Managing Mission Creep
All too often, development teams think they have to change their missions and the work of their organizations to fit a funder’s vision. I think everyone would be well-served to remember a few key things.
How to Host an Effective Convening
Putting the right voices in conversation with one another is just the first step to creating something actionable – and without the right structures in place, a convening can end up producing a lot of noise.
The Changing Nature of Work
In the spring of 2019, Siegel Family Endowment provided support to MIT Work of the Future and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative for a discussion of the most pressing issues surrounding the rapidly changing nature of work.
Help Us Ask the Right Questions
We’re looking for a Director of Research and a Director of Grants Management to help guide us towards answers for our key questions, and guide the next phase of our inquiry.
Framing the Big Picture
As responsible grantmakers, we make sure that SFE’s support goes to grantees whose work advances practice in each of our interest areas, improves our understanding of the key challenges we face, and presents potential solutions.
Stop Differentiating Between Program and Administrative Funding
If there’s one thing that we know is a prerequisite for running an effective program, it’s having the right administrative structures in place to keep things up and running.
Siegel Family Endowment Appoints Katy Knight Executive Director
The board of Siegel Family Endowment (SFE) has announced Katy Knight as the organization’s new Executive Director.