August 5, 2020
The Honorable Wilbur L. Ross The Honorable Steven Dillingham U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau 1401 Constitution Avenue N.W. 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20230 Suitland, MD 20746
Re: Completion Date of the 2020 Decennial Census
Dear Secretary Ross and Director Dillingham:
We write in response to the Census Bureau’s announcement that it intends to drastically cut short 2020 Census operations and subsequent, critical data improvement, processing, and review activities. We urge the Census Bureau to maintain its constitutional responsibilities to enumerate every household that has not responded on its own, in order to achieve a fair and accurate count. Given the pandemic, there is every reason to believe the Census Bureau will need to collect data through October 31, a date the Census Bureau itself had earlier announced was needed to meet its obligations.
We are leaders of nonpartisan philanthropic institutions from across the country, large and small, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and improve the quality of life in the United States. We have different funding approaches, are ideologically diverse, and do not always share the same priorities. But we have come together to support a fair and accurate 2020 Census, with a focus on historically undercounted communities, including people of color, low-income and immigrant families, and young children. We all oppose cutting short the 2020 Census in the midst of a global pandemic.
Across our varied institutions, we share a belief that reliable and accurate data are a necessary foundation for a well-functioning government, robust civil society, and thriving business sector in the United States. We rely on accurate census data to help identify community needs and prioritize grantmaking, and our grantees and partners rely on accurate census data to advocate for and improve our communities, through their work on various issues, including poverty, health care, criminal justice reform, racial equity, education, homelessness and housing, and infrastructure.
Collectively, many of our institutions have invested more than $100 million in rural and urban communities across the country in support of the Census Bureau’s efforts to educate and persuade households about the importance of participating in the 2020 Census. The census has already faced numerous hurdles this decade, including a pandemic that required operational modifications in order to prioritize the health and safety of the census workforce and the American public. The pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the Census Bureau to recruit, train, and retain enumerators, and is still preventing in-person contact in many areas.
According to an analysis by the Center for Urban Research at City University of New York’s Graduate Center, only four states and 14% of the country’s counties have achieved their 2010 level of self-response -- and they had nearly three extra months when compared to 2010. With nearly four out of ten households still to be counted, many of us have deepened our engagement and made additional grants to organizations in support of outreach plans that rely on the Bureau’s announced October 31 end date for field operations. Letter from U.S. Philanthropy Leaders RE: Completion Date of the 2020 Decennial Census August 5, 2020 Page 2 of 27
Rushing the census would unnecessarily impair our nation’s collective efforts to achieve a fair and accurate 2020 Census. It would hurt a diverse range of rural and urban communities, leaving them underrepresented locally and in Congress and cutting their fair share of federal funding for Medicaid, economic development, child care, schools, road and public transit improvements, home heating assistance for senior citizens, and many more vital services.
For all the reasons stated above, we urge you to maintain the October 31 end date for the door knocking and self-response operations and ensure that the subsequent quality checks and data processing work is done thoroughly and in accordance with the Census Bureau’s own quality standards. Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact Gary Bass at the Bauman Foundation ([email protected]).
Sincerely,
Katey Kennedy Trevor Storrs Executive Director President & CEO 1440 Foundation Alaska Children’s Trust Scotts Valley, CA Anchorage, AK
Anne Bartley R. Randall Royster President President & CEO AB Fund Albuquerque Community Foundation San Francisco, CA Albuquerque, NM
Alexie Torres Amanda Joyce-Phelps Executive Director Director Access Strategies Fund Allegany County United Way Cambridge, MA Wellsville, NY
Heather Peeler Eileen S. Coogan President & CEO President & CEO ACT for Alexandria Allegany Franciscan Ministries Alexandria, VA Palm Harbor, FL
Cali Brooks Amy Kitchener President & CEO Executive Director Adirondack Foundation Alliance for California Traditional Arts Lake Placid, NY Fresno, CA
John T. Petures, Jr Deborah T. Velazquez President & CEO President Akron Community Foundation Altman Foundation Akron, OH New York, NY
Jera G. Stribling Bradford Robb Executive Director Executive Director Alabama Giving Anderson Charitable Foundation Birmingham, AL Austin, TX
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Janet L Delaney Shanaysha Sauls President/Trustee President & CEO Andrew Delaney Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation Austin, TX Baltimore, MD
David Goodman James E. Canales Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors President Andrew Goodman Foundation Barr Foundation Upper Saddle River, NJ Boston, MA
Sampriti Ganguli Gary D. Bass Chief Executive Advisor Executive Director Arabella Advisors Bauman Foundation Washington, DC Washington, DC
Anna Lefer Kuhn Rebecca Golden Executive Director Director of Programs ARCA Foundation Ben & Jerry's Foundation Washington, DC South Burlington, VT
Vanetta Abdellatif Kevin K. Murphy President & CEO President Arcora Foundation Berks County Community Foundation Seattle, WA Reading, PA
Steve Seleznow Peter Taylor President and Chief Executive Officer President and CEO Arizona Community Foundation Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Phoenix, AZ Sheffield, MA
Laurie Liles Sara Kay President and CEO Chief Executive Officer Arizona Grantmakers Forum Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Phoenix, AZ New York, NY
Susan W. DeVenny Kenneth Kuchman President & CEO Executive Director Arras Foundation Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Lancaster, SC Foundation Berkeley, CA Elizabeth Rouse President & CEO Ami Aronson ArtsMemphis Executive Director Memphis, TN Bernstein Family Foundation Washington, DC Audrey Yamamoto President & Executive Director Asian Pacific Fund San Francisco, CA
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Claire M Solot Betsy G. Abell Managing Director, President & Founder President Bigglesworth Family Foundation Buena Vista Foundation San Francisco, CA Austin, TX
Yolanda McCray Denis Hayes President & CEO CEO Black River United Way Bullitt Foundation Georgetown, SC Seattle, WA
Lisa Adkins Jen Ford Reedy President/CEO President Blue Grass Community Foundation Bush Foundation Lexington, KY Saint Paul, MN
Debbie I. Chang Anne H Morin President and CEO Interim Executive Director Blue Shield of California Foundation Butler Family Fund San Francisco, CA Washington, DC
Karl M. Samp Antonia Hernandez Executive Director President & CEO Brainerd Lakes Area Community California Community Foundation Foundation (BLACF) Los Angeles, CA Brainerd, MN Sandra R. Hernández, MD Betsy Taylor President and CEO President California Health Care Foundation Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions, LLC Oakland, CA Takoma Park, MD Michelle D. Monse Kevin Schwanfelder President President Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation Brindle Foundation Dallas, TX Santa Fe, NM Vartan Gregorian Andrea Perry President Program Officer Carnegie Corporation of New York Broad Reach Fund New York, NY Ellsworth, ME Kathleen D Edwards, Ph.D. Cecilia Clarke President President and CEO Cedarmere Foundation Brooklyn Community Foundation Seattle, WA Brooklyn, NY JoAnn Turnquist President & CEO Central Carolina Community Foundation Columbia, SC
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Mark Brewer Heather Flaherty President/CEO Executive Director Central Florida Foundation Chuckanut Health Foundation Orlando, FL Bellingham, WA
Caryl Turnow Darrin Goss Sr. Executive Director President & CEO Central Minnesota Community Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of South St. Cloud, MN Carolina North Charleston, SC Peter A. Dunn President and CEO Kyle Rojas Legleiter Central New York Community Foundation Senior Director of Public Policy Syracuse, NY Colorado Health Foundation Denver, CO Merle C. Chambers Founder David J. Scullin Chambers Initiative President and CEO Denver, CO Communities Foundation of Texas Dallas, TX Teri A Hansen President|CEO Tatiana Hernandez Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Chief Executive Officer Sarasota, FL Community Foundation Boulder County Boulder, CO Stacy Schusterman Chair Theresa Grimison Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family President and CEO Foundation Community Foundation for Brevard Tulsa, OK Melbourne, FL
Ann Phipps Alicia Philipp Chair President Charles H. Phipps Family Foundation Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Dallas, TX Atlanta, GA
Julie Sandorf Amy E. Owen President President/CEO Charles H. Revson Foundation Community Foundation for Loudoun and New York, NY Northern Fauquier Counties Leesburg, VA Ridgway White President and CEO Margaretta Andrews Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Executive Director Flint, MI Community Foundation for Nantucket Nantucket, MA
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Eileen Ellsworth Randi Hewit President and CEO President Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning Oakton, VA and the Finger Lakes Horseheads, NY Mariam C. Noland President Christopher Nanni Community Foundation for Southeast President & CEO Michigan Community Foundation of Greater Detroit, MI Birmingham Birmingham, AL J Clinton Mabie President and CEO Robert M. Fockler Community Foundation for Southern President Arizona Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Tucson, AZ Memphis, TN
Shell K. Berry Megan Barber Allende President and CEO President/CEO Community Foundation for the CSRA Community Foundation of Mendocino Augusta, GA County Ukiah, CA Isaiah M. Oliver President & CEO Hans Dekker Community Foundation Greater Flint President Flint, MI Community Foundation of New Jersey Morristown, NJ Curt S. Detjen President & CEO Terra V. Winter Community Foundation for the Fox Valley President and CEO Region, Inc. Community Foundation of Southern New Appleton, WI Mexico Las Cruces, NM John G. Eberle President & CEO Rose Meissner Community Foundation for the Greater President Capital Region Community Foundation of St. Joseph Albany, NY County South Bend, IN Kathryn H. Dennis President Brian Fogle Community Foundation of Central Georgia President/CEO Macon, GA Community Foundation of the Ozarks Springfield, MO John D. Baker Executive Director Stephen P Warren Community Foundation of Central Missouri President Columbia, MO Community Foundation of West Texas Lubbock, TX
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Katie Allan Zobel David Kass President and CEO Vice President, Government Affairs & Community Foundation of Western Strategic Communications Massachusetts Council on Foundations Springfield, MA Washington, DC
Sally J. Cross, CFRE Maryanne Mott President & CEO Founder/Trustee Community Foundations of the Hudson CS Fund Valley Petaluma, CA Poughkeepsie, NY Mary K Friskics-Warren Josh Schachter Executive Director Director Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund CommunityShare Nashville, TN Tucson, AZ Stuart Comstock-Gay Ellen Friedman President & CEO Executive Director Delaware Community Foundation Compton Foundation Wilmington, DE San Francisco, CA Joe Goldman Dolores E. Roybal President Executive Director Democracy Fund Con Alma Health Foundation Washington, DC Santa Fe, NM Tory Dietel Hopps Yanique Redwood Managing Partner President and CEO Dietel and Partners Consumer Health Foundation Cumberland, ME Washington, DC Barbara Dobkin Victoria Grasso Trustee President Dobkin Family Foundation Cooper Foundation New Canaan, CT Lincoln, NE David Geenen Kyle Caldwell President and CEO President & CEO Doris & Victor Day Foundation Council of Michigan Foundations Rock Island, IL Detroit, MI James W. Head Maria Vizcarrondo President and CEO President and CEO East Bay Community Foundation Council of New Jersey Grantmakers Oakland, CA Trenton, NJ
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Susan Bornick Juanita F Francis, RN, MBA Executive Director President/CEO Eau Claire Community Foundation F2 Family Foundation Eau Claire, WI Paradise Valley, AZ
George Tang Paulette Meyer Managing Director President Educate Texas at Communities Foundation Faultline Foundation of Texas San Francisco, CA Dallas, TX Mark Murray Lori Bezahler Vice President of Programs and President Administration Edward W. Hazen Foundation Field Foundation Brooklyn, NY Chicago, IL
Megan Shore Tammy McLeod Policy and Strategy Director President & CEO Elmina B. Sewall Foundation Flinn Foundation Freeport, ME Phoenix, AZ
Erin M. Cinelli Susan Towler Executive Director Vice President Emanuel & Pauline A. Lerner Foundation Florida Blue Foundation Portland, ME Jacksonville, FL
Jeffrey Bell Ben Chandler Interim President President/CEO Empire Health Foundation Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Spokane, WA Louisville, KY
Yvonne Goldsberry, PhD William E. Hoffman President Interim President and CEO Endowment for Health Florida Philanthropic Network, Inc. Concord, NH Tampa, FL
Edward Lloyd Darren Walker President President Environmental Endowment for New Jersey. Ford Foundation Inc. New York, NY Trenton, NJ Geales Gavin Sands Elena M. Marks Executive Director President & CEO Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation Episcopal Health Foundation Pawleys Island, SC Houston, TX
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John L Barnes Daranee Petsod Executive Director President Funders Concerned About AIDS Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants Washington, DC and Refugees Sebastopol, CA Amanda Andere CEO Kendall Clawson Funders Together to End Homelessness President & CEO Reston, VA Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington Kristin Purdy Portland, OR Executive Director Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation Barbara Sieck Taylor Washington, DC Executive Director Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Dimple Abichandani Pittsburgh, PA Executive Director General Service Foundation Nancy E. Bales Berkeley, CA Executive Director Gray Family Foundation Linda McDavitt Portland, OR President/CEO Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation Lynn I. Hutto San Antonio, TX Interim Executive Director Greater Columbia Community Relations Christopher Shaw Council Executive Director Columbia, SC George and Fay Young Foundation Dallas, TX Deborah Wilkerson President & CEO Gayle M. Ober Greater Kansas City Community Foundation President Kansas City, MO George Family Foundation Minneapolis, MN William J. Bodine President & CEO Tanuja M. Dehne Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation President & CEO Lynchburg, VA Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Morristown, NJ Ellen Gilligan President & CEO John Hecklinger Greater Milwaukee Foundation President and CEO Milwaukee, WI Global Fund for Children Washington, DC Andy Kopplin President and CEO Greater New Orleans Foundation New Orleans, LA
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Kathi Littmann, Ed.D Qiana Thomason CEO, President President/CEO Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Health Forward Foundation Tacoma, WA Kansas City, MO
Keith Burwell Nora OBrien-Suric, PhD President & CEO President Greater Toledo Community Foundation Health Foundation for Western and Central Toledo, OH New York Buffalo, NY Katy Smith Executive Director Steven E. Marcus Greenville Partnership for Philanthropy President and CEO Greenville, SC Health Foundation of South Florida Miami, FL Quanita Toffie Senior Director Russell Johnson Groundswell Action Fund President, CEO Miami, FL HealthSpark Foundation Colmar, PA Anne Guerrant President/CEO Maria S. Pesqueira Guerrant Foundation President Gilbert, AZ Healthy Communities Foundation Riverside, IL Mark S. Pritchett President | CEO Katherine Heil Gulf Coast Community Foundation President Venice, FL Heil Family Foundation Milwaukee, WI Lisa K. Simmons President Deanna Gomby Harold Simmons Foundation President & CEO & Dallas, TX Paul J. Luna President & CEO Jay Williams Helios Education Foundation President and CEO Phoenix, AZ Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Hartford, CT Amy Segal Shorey Program Director & Michelle Kauhane Myron Miller Senior Vice President Trustee Hawaii Community Foundation Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation Honolulu, HI Boston, MA
Ansje Miller Mary Stranahan Executive Director Founder Health and Environmental Funders Network High Stakes Foundation Hillsborough, NC Missoula, MT
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Nat Chioke Williams Anne McEnany Executive Director President & CEO Hill-Snowdon Foundation International Community Foundation Washington, DC National City, CA
Ana Marie Argilagos Kari McCann Boutell President and CEO President Hispanics in Philanthropy Iowa Council of Foundations Oakland, CA West Des Moines, IA
Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., MD, MPH Lori Jackson Executive Director President and CEO Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation Austin, TX Washington, DC
Nikki H. Vernick Mary Phan-Gruber President and CEO CEO Horizon Foundation Jefferson Regional Foundation Columbia, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Dara Johnson Ben Cameron Executive Director President Horning Family Foundation Jerome Foundation Washington, DC St Paul, MN
Ann B. Stern Eric M. Robbins President and CEO President/CEO Houston Endowment Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Houston, TX Atlanta, GA
David Y.S. Moy Robert J. Reid Interim Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Hyams Foundation JF Maddox Foundation Boston, MA Hobbs, NM
Karen Bilowith Tony Cipollone President and CEO President and CEO Idaho Community Foundation John T. Gorman Foundation Boise, ID Portland, ME
Jocelyn D. Larkin Tish Young McCutchen Executive Director Director Impact Fund Jolley Foundation Berkeley, CA Greenville, SC
Richard Marker Richard Alden Feldon Founder/Co-Principal Director of Programs Institute for Wise Philanthropy Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Bethesda, MD Oakland, CA
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Svetlana Hutfles Gilda (Gigi) Pedraza Executive Director Executive Director Kansas Association of Community Latino Community Fund Inc. Foundations Atlanta, GA Hutchinson, KS Lilliane Ballesteros Reginald L. Robinson Executive Director President and CEO Latino Community Fund of Washington Kansas Health Foundation State Wichita, KS Seattle, WA
Jamie Schloegel, CFRE Laura Seaman Executive Director CEO La Crosse Community Foundation League of California Community La Crosse, WI Foundations San Jose, CA Kristen Beall Watson President & CEO Christe McCoy-Lawrence Kern Community Foundation Co-president Bakersfield, CA League of Women Voters of South Carolina Columbia, SC Lina Park Executive Director Alan S. Davis Korean American Community Foundation of President San Francisco Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA
Barbara Lamb Lewis G Schaeneman III Board President President & Director Lamb Foundation Lewis G. Schaeneman, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Lake Oswego, OR Hamden, CT
Samuel J. Bressi Unmi Song President & CEO President Lancaster County Community Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Lancaster, PA Chicago, IL
Jacqueline Martinez Garcel Julia Baer-Cooper CEO Philanthropic Advisor Latino Community Foundation Lois and Richard England Family San Francisco, CA Foundation Washington, DC Carlos Martinez President and CEO David Okorn Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Executive Director Denver, CO Long Island Community Foundation Melville, NY
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Craig C Kelley David P. Miles Managing Trustee President Lora & Martin Kelley Family Foundation Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation Portland, OR and The H & R Block Foundation Kansas City, MO Rachel Kizielewicz Executive Director Justin Maxson Los Alamos Community Foundation Chief Executive Officer Los Alamos, NM Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Winston-Salem, NC Susan Adelman President & A. Sparks Jamie Merisotis Executive Director President and CEO Masto Foundation Lumina Foundation San Francisco, CA Indianapolis, IN Elizabeth Ripley Tom Linfield Chief Executive Officer Vice President of Community Impact & Mat-Su Health Foundation Robert Sorge Wasilla, AK President & CEO Madison Community Foundation Michele Rone Cooper Madison, WI Executive Director McAuley Ministries Foundation Catherine Crystal Foster Pittsburgh, PA CEO Magnify Community Wendy Lewis Los Altos, CA Executive Director McCune Charitable Foundation Steven Rowe Santa Fe, NM President & CEO Maine Community Foundation Pamela Wheelock Ellsworth, ME Interim President McKnight Foundation Barbara Leonard, MPH Minneapolis, MN President and CEO Maine Health Access Foundation Becky Goss August, ME President/CEO McPherson County Community Foundation Jeannette Andre McPherson, KS President & CEO Maine Philanthropy Center Rita M Cortes Portland, ME Executive Director Menorah Heritage Foundation Dr. Thomas Peters Overland Park, KS President & CEO Marin Community Foundation Novato, CA
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Jay Beckner Donna Dalton President Executive Director Mertz Gilmore Foundation Mortenson Family Foundation New York, NY Minneapolis, MN
Jaime Wesolowski Debbie J. Ahl President & CEO Executive Director Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Mount Baker Foundation Texas, Inc. Bellingham, WA San Antonio, TX Jay Luxenberg Nicky Goren President President and CEO Mount Zion Health Fund Meyer Foundation San Francisco, CA Washington, DC Mitchell Balk Gayla Brockman President President and CEO Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Michael Reese Health Trust Cleveland, OH Chicago, IL Susan E. Balbas James W. Byrd Executive Director James W. Byrd Na'ah Illahee Fund Midwest Asset Management, Inc. Seattle, WA Middleton, WI Terence P. Mulligan Susie Brown President President Napa Valley Community Foundation Minnesota Council on Foundations Napa, CA Minneapolis, MN Leticia Peguero Sammy L. Moon Vice President of Programs Executive Director Nathan Cummings Foundation Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and New York, NY Philanthropy Jackson, MS Joanna Kong Co-Chair Bob Hughes National Asian American Community President & CEO Foundation Missouri Foundation for Health Irvine, CA St. Louis, MO Adriana Rocha Kevin Dean President Chief Executive Officer Neighborhood Funders Group Momentum Nonprofit Partners Oakland, CA Memphis, TN
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Nell Newman President Jennifer Ching Nell Newman Foundation Executive Director Santa Cruz, CA North Star Fund New York, NY Michele Lord President Patricia N. Mathews NEO Philanthropy President & CEO New York, NY Northern Virginia Health Foundation Alexandria, VA Gian F. Brosco, Esq. President & CEO Kevin Walker Nevada Community Foundation President and CEO Las Vegas, NV Northwest Area Foundation Saint Paul, MN Cathy Edwards Executive Director Guy Rovezzi New England Foundation for the Arts President Boston, MA Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Inc. Bonnie Kapp Torrington, CT President & CEO New Morning Foundation Jesse Beason Columbia, SC President & CEO Northwest Health Foundation Lorie Slutsky Portland, OR President New York Community Trust Nate Dorr New York, NY Vice President for Advocacy Northwest Minnesota Foundation Maria Mottola Bemidji, MN Executive Director New York Foundation Corinne L. Ribble New York, NY Executive Director NY Funders Alliance Gene D'Adamo Syracuse, NY President and CEO Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Jake Goodman Indianapolis, IN Executive Director Opportunity Fund Jennifer Tolle Whiteside Pittsburgh, PA President North Carolina Community Foundation Shelley M. Hoss Raleigh, NC President and CEO Orange County Community Foundation Caitlin Baggott Davis Newport Beach, CA Executive Director North Star Civic Foundation Portland, OR
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Taryn Palumbo Ann Marie Healy Executive Director Executive Director Orange County Grantmakers Philadelphia Health Partnership Newport Beach, CA Philadelphia, PA
Max Williams Steve Barton, Christine Essel, Debbie President and CEO McKeon, and Phuong Quach Oregon Community Foundation Presidents & CEOs Portland, OR Philanthropy California California, CA Marian Blankenship Executive Director Joanne Kelley PacificSource Foundation for Health CEO Improvement Philanthropy Colorado Springfield, OR Denver, CO
Connie Malloy Jeffrey Poulos Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Panta Rhea Foundation Philanthropy Massachusetts Pasadena, CA Boston, MA
Roberta Norman Sidney R. Hargro Interim Co-Director President Park Foundation, Inc. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Ithaca, NY Philadelphia, PA
Jennifer DeVoll Ronna Brown President & CEO President Pasadena Community Foundation Philanthropy New York Pasadena, CA New York, NY
Tracy J. Yellen Kiran Ahuja CEO CEO Paso del Norte Community Foundation Philanthropy Northwest El Paso, TX Seattle, WA
Valerie Kind-Rubin Deborah Aubert Thomas Managing Trustee President & CEO Patricia Kind Family Foundation Philanthropy Ohio Philadelphia, PA Columbus, OH
Pedro A. Ramos Tony Fundaro President & CEO President and CEO Philadelphia Foundation Philanthropy Southwest Philadelphia, PA Dallas, TX
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Paul L Daugherty Elizabeth Powell President and CEO President & CEO Philanthropy West Virginia Racine Community Foundation Morgantown, WV Racine, WI
Kashif Shaikh Jeremy J. Smith Executive Director President Pillars Fund Rainwater Charitable Foundation Chicago, IL Fort Worth, TX
Pamela W. Golden Shari B. Albright, Ed.D. Executive Director President Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation Pittsburgh, PA Austin, TX
Gillian Darlow David O. Egner CEO President and CEO Polk Bros. Foundation Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Chicago, IL Detroit, MI
Susie Lee Diane Kaplan Executive Director President & CEO Potomac Health Foundation Rasmuson Foundation Woodbridge, VA Anchorage, AK
Susan Priester Brenda R. Sharpe Trustee President and CEO Priester Foundation REACH Healthcare Foundation Greenville, SC Overland Park, KS
Carolynn Brunette M. Jordan Scott Managing Director President Prince Charitable Trusts Reissa Foundation Washington, DC Santa Monica, CA
Sarah M. Williams LeAnne Moss CEO Executive Director Propel Renton Regional Community Foundation Brooklyn, NY Renton, WA
Paul Di Donato Nick Chedli Carter President & CEO Managing Director Proteus Fund Resilient Democracy Fund New York, NY Boston, MA
Christina Baal-Owens Executive Director Public Wise New York, NY
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James A. Becker Linda Beech Cutler President and CEO & CEO Philip Li Sacramento Region Community Foundation President & CEO Sacramento, CA Robert Sterling Clark Foundation New York, NY John Shoos Executive Director Peter P. Mithoefer Sam L. Cohen Foundation President & Portland, ME Heather Mithoefer Trustee Alfred L. Castle Robert T. Keeler Foundation Executive Director El Prado, NM Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation Honolulu, HI Jane Brown President Sarah Martinez-Helfman Robert W Deutsch Foundation President Baltimore, MD Samuel S. Fels Fund Philadelphia, PA Jennifer Leonard President & CEO Debbie McKeon Rochester Area Community Foundation President & CEO Rochester, NY San Diego Grantmakers San Diego, CA Stephen Heintz President Fred Blackwell Rockefeller Brothers Fund Chief Executive Officer New York, NY San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA Lindy Eichenbaum Lent President & CEO Christa Coggins Rose Community Foundation Acting President & CEO Denver, CO Santa Fe Community Foundation Santa Fe, NM Dale Mitchell Executive Director Jeanine Saperstein Rosenlund Family Foundation Philanthropist Philadelphia, PA Saperstein Home Office Piedmont, CA Eric J. Jolly, Ph.D. President & CEO Juliet Le Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Program Officer Saint Paul, MN Satterberg Foundation Seattle, WA Raquel Thueme President Ruth Mott Foundation Flint, MI
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Barbara Rackes Jennifer Gleason CEO Managing Director SC Women's Leadership Network (SC Social Venture Partners (SVP) Philadelphia Women in Leadership, SC WIL) Philadelphia, PA Columbia, SC Mary Ellen Pietruszynski Mike Pratt Executive Director President Sooch Foundation Scherman Foundation Austin, TX New York City, NY Chris Steed Chair Annette Strickland South Carolina Grantmakers Network Executive Director Columbia, SC Schumann Fund for New Jersey Montclair, NJ Diana Anderson President/CEO Daniel Hildreth Southwest Initiative Foundation Advisor Hutchinson, MN Seal Bay Fund Portland, ME Johnette Gindling President/CEO Nicole Taylor Space Coast Health Foundation President and CEO Rockledge, FL Silicon Valley Community Foundation Mountain View, CA Michael Cherry Executive Director Julie Kidd Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Grand Ronde, OR Silver Giving Foundation San Francisco, CA Deanna J. James President Thomas C. Keith St. Croix Foundation for Community President Development Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC Christiansted, St. Croix, VI Columbia, SC Heather K. Loglin Tegan Acton President President St. Croix Valley Foundation Solidarity Giving Hudson, WI Palo Alto, CA Amelia A.J. Bond Lisa Sobrato Sonsini President & CEO Board President & Interim CEO St. Louis Community Foundation Sobrato Family Foundation St. Louis, MO Mountain View, CA Molly Gochman Founder & President Stardust Fund New York, NY
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Melanie Matthews Jennifer Esterline Project Manager Director Statewide Capacity Collaborative Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Seattle, WA Consortium Austin, TX Tegan Acton President Dena L. Jackson, Ph.D. Sunlight Giving Chief Operating Officer Palo Alto, CA Texas Women's Foundation Dallas, TX Allison Angeloni Director of Policy Lisa M. Hamilton Steans Family Foundation President and CEO Chicago, IL The Annie E. Casey Foundation Baltimore, MD Nancy Jacobs Founder, President & CEO Penelope McPhee Sundance Family Foundation President St Paul, MN The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Atlanta, GA Don Chen President Regina Bidstrup Surdna Foundation President New York, NY The Bidstrup Foundation Paradise Valley, AZ Fo-Ching Lu President Morgan Hynd SYL Foundation Director Bellevue, WA The Bingham Program Augusta, ME Lisa M. O'Brien Foundation Director Keith A. Mahoney Taos Community Foundation Vice President, Communications & Public Taos, NM Affairs The Boston Foundation Carmel Borders Boston, MA President Tapestry Foundation Ann Krumboltz Austin, TX Co-director The Brainerd Foundation Priya Bery Seattle, WA CEO Tarsadia Foundation Diana Bucco Newport Beach, CA President The Buhl Foundation Pittsburgh, PA
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Chet P. Hewitt William W. Ginsberg President and CEO President and Chief Executive The Center at Sierra Health Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater Sacramento, CA New Haven New Haven, CT Robert K. Ross, MD President and CEO The California Endowment Nina Waters Los Angeles, CA President The Community Foundation for Northeast Judy Belk Florida President and CEO Jacksonville, FL The California Wellness Foundation Los Angeles, CA Elizabeth K. Brazas President/CEO Charles Butt The Community Foundation of Western Chairman & North Carolina Charles Clines Asheville, NC President The Charles Butt Foundation Matthew Randazzo San Antonio, TX President & CEO The Dallas Foundation Bob Glaves Dallas, TX Executive Director The Chicago Bar Foundation Craig Neyman Chicago, IL Interim President and CEO The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Helene D. Gayle Los Altos, CA President & CEO The Chicago Community Trust Michael M Parks Chicago, IL President The Dayton Foundation Ronald B Richard Dayton, OH CEO The Cleveland Foundation Javier Alberto Soto Cleveland, OH President & CEO The Denver Foundation Cynthia G. Addams Denver, CO Chief Executive Officer The Collins Foundation Robert R. Falter Portland, OR Trustee The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Sean Gibbons Foundation CEO Syracuse, NY The Communications Network Washington, DC Jennifer A. Leith Executive Director The Douty Foundation Philadelphia, PA
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Andrea L. Reynolds Grant Oliphant President and CEO President The Dyson Foundation The Heinz Endowments Millbrook, NY Pittsburgh, PA
Anne Kubisch Paul A. Serini President Chairman & CEO The Ford Family Foundation The Helen J. Serini Foundation Roseburg, OR Reisterstown, MD
Frances M. Sheehan Charles P. McDonald President CEO The Foundation for Delaware County The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation Media, PA Richmond, TX
Kiki Jamieson Steven Taub President President The Fund for New Jersey The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation Princeton, NJ Teaneck, NJ
David Abbott Ann Marie Horner President Board Chair The George Gund Foundation The Horner Foundation Cleveland, OH Philadelphia, PA
Gregg Behr Carol B. Deason Executive Director Executive Director The Grable Foundation The Jackson Foundation Pittsburgh, PA Houston, TX
Barrett Brewer Don Howard Founder Grant County Community President and CEO Foundation, Representative County The James Irvine Foundation Complete Count Committee San Francisco, CA The Grant County Community Foundation Silver City, NM William D. Franklin President Leslie Dorosin and Rebekah Saul Butler The Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks Co-Executive Directors Wyomissing, PA The Grove Foundation Los Altos, CA Ellen S. Alberding President Michele Lew The Joyce Foundation Chief Executive Officer Chicago, IL The Health Trust San Jose, CA Kim Philbrick McCabe Executive Director The Klarman Family Foundation Boston, MA
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Rip Rapson Christine Reeves Strigaro President and CEO Executive Director The Kresge Foundation The Sapelo Foundation Troy, MI Savannah, GA
Crystal Hayling Ruth Schimel, PhD Executive Director Leader, Manager The Libra Foundation The Schimel Lode San Francisco, CA Washington, DC
Jill C Fink Mamie W. Nicholson Executive Director President The Merchants Fund The Self Family Foundation Philadelphia, PA Greenwood, SC
Rebecca Fishman Lipsey Denise Mayotte President and CEO Executive Director The Miami Foundation The Sheltering Arms Foundation Miami, FL Minneapolis, MN
R.T. Rybak Kristin Williams President and CEO Director The Minneapolis Foundation The Sherwood Foundation Minneapolis, MN Omaha, NE
Erin Dale Byrd Troy M. Hanna Executive Director President & CEO The Partnership Funds The Spartanburg County Foundation Raleigh, NC Spartanburg, SC
Janna Six Linda Howard Executive Director Founder The Prentice Foundation The TBC Fund Fairfield, CT Washington, DC
Debra M. Jacobs Ellen L Milgrim President & CEO Principal The Patterson Foundation The Tioga Foundation Sarasota, FL Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Schroeder Gary Shorb President & CEO Executive Director The Pittsburgh Foundation The Urban Child Institute Pittsburgh, PA Memphis, TN
Ruth Salzman Andi Pearl CEO Executive Director The Russell Berrie Foundation The Volgenau Foundation Teaneck, NJ McLean, VA
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Sue Van Tuti Scott President & CEO Interim CEO The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Tides Foundation Miami, FL San Francisco, CA
Joseph Pyle Chloe Knight Tonney President President and CEO Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Trident United Way Foundation North Charleston, SC Philadelphia, PA Nora Moreno Cargie John Esterle President Co-Executive Director Tufts Health Plan Foundation The Whitman Institute Watertown, MA San Francisco, CA Taryn Higashi Carol Butera Executive Director President/CEO Unbound Philanthropy The William G & Marie Selby Foundation New York, NY Sarasota, FL Sigrid Lundby Allan Oliver President Executive Director Union Benevolent Association Thornburg Foundation Philadelphia, PA Santa Fe, NM David Jordan Denise R. Sobel President and CEO President United Methodist Health Ministry Fund Tikkun Olam Foundation, Inc. Hutchinson, KS New York, NY Dave Biemesderfer Madeleine McGee President & CEO President United Philanthropy Forum Together SC Washington, DC Columbia, SC Naomi Lett Kristin Boyer President and CEO Executive Director United Way Association of SC Trellis Foundation Columbia, SC Round Rock, TX Kevin Zwick Lori O'Keefe CEO President & CEO United Way Bay Area Triangle Community Foundation San Francisco, CA Durham, NC David C Smith CEO United Way for Greater Austin Austin, TX
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Cindy Adams Michael Weiner President/CEO President and CEO United Way of the Columbia-Willamette United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Portland, OR Buffalo, NY Jeannie Montano Gloria Aftanski President & CEO President, CEO United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region United Way of Central Jersey Poughkeepsie, NY Milltown, NJ Dale Douthat President/CEO Rodney Prunty United Way of the Lowcountry President & CEO Beaufort, SC United Way of Central New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Tom Gabriel President and CEO M. Martha Cranley United Way of Westchester and Putnam Vice President White Plains, NY United Way of Dane County Madison, WI Troy Nutter Interim CEO Blakely Roof United Way of Whatcom County President & CEO Bellingham, WA United Way of Horry County Conway, SC Lindsay Torrico Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Gordon McHenry, Jr. United Way Worldwide President and CEO Alexandria, VA United Way of King County Seattle, WA Dirk A. Butler Vice President of Community Impact and Brenda Episcopo Engagement President and CEO United Way, National Capital Area United Way of New York State Washington, DC Latham, NY Pete Manzo Rhonda Jasper President & CEO Executive Director United Ways of California United Way of Seneca County South Pasadena, CA Portland, OR Carol Thompson Cole Bobbi Watt Geer President & CEO President & CEO Venture Philanthropy Partners United Way of Southwestern PA Washington, DC Pittsburgh, PA Jim Cooper President & CEO United Ways of the Pacific Northwest Olympia, WA
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Carla Vargas Jasa Stacie Ma'a President and CEO President Valley of the Sun United Way Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Phoenix, AZ Berkeley, CA
Nick J. Palazzetti Ellen Dorsey Senior Development Officer Executive Director Verland Foundation Wallace Global Fund Sewickley, PA Washington, DC
Irene Cooper-Basch Kathleen McLaughlin Executive Officer President Victoria Foundation Walmart Foundation Newark, NJ Bentonville, AR
Suzanne Pfister Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat President & CEO President & CEO Vitalyst Health Foundation Washington Area Women's Foundation Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC
Robert N. DiLeonardi N. Elizabeth McCaw Executive Director President & CEO VNA Foundation Washington Women's Foundation Chicago, IL Seattle, WA
William G Payne Katherine Louw President Executive Director W.C. Payne Foundation Watterson Family Foundation Dallas, TX Bluffton, SC
Kathleen McLaughlin Jessica Slade President Executive Leadership Officer Walmart Foundation Webber Family Foundation Bentonville, AR Austin, TX
La June Montgomery Tabron Fred Ali President and CEO President & CEO W.K. Kellogg Foundation Weingart Foundation Battle Creek, MI Los Angeles, CA
Angel Johnson-Brebner Hanh Le Director Executive Director Waccamaw Community Foundation Weissberg Foundation Murrells Inlet, SC Arlington, VA
Ashley Allison Ed Kissam Executive Director Co-Trustee Waco Foundation Werner-Kohnstamm Family Giving Fund Waco, TX Oakland, CA
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Dr. Anna Wasescha Michelle Morales President President West Central Initiative Woods Fund Chicago Fergus Falls, MN Chicago, IL
Mauri Ingram Vernon H. C. Wright President & CEO Trustee Director Whatcom Community Foundation Wright Family Foundation Bellingham, WA Cockeysville, MD
Larry Kramer Samin Dadelahi President Chief Operating Officer William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Wyoming Community Foundation Menlo Park, CA Laramie, WY
Shawn McCaney Bruce Palmer Executive Director Executive Director William Penn Foundation Wyoming Investor Network Philadelphia, PA Lander, WY
Patricia A. Maddox Luis Arteaga President and CEO Chief Executive Officer Winter Park Health Foundation Y&H Soda Foundation Winter Park, FL Moraga, CA
Sheri Scavone Sharon Miracle Executive Director CEO WNY Women's Foundation Yakima Valley Community Foundation Buffalo, NY Yakima, WA
Donna P. Hall Michael E. Howard President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Women Donors Network YouthBridge Community Foundation San Francisco, CA St. Louis, MO
Kelly Nevins Merryl Snow Zegar Executive Director Trustee and Executive Director Women's Fund of Rhode Island Zegar Family Foundation Providence, RI New York, NY
Ann Warner Gina Stilp CEO Executive Director Women's Rights and Empowerment Zilber Family Foundation Network Milwaukee, WI Columbia, SC