By Martha Searby, ProInspire’s Communications Director Last week I attended the Philanthropy NEXT conference in Washington, DC. This inaugural event, organized by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, brought together professionals from both sides of the giving equation for meaningful dialogue about …
By Elaine Choi, 2015 ProInspire Fellow at College Track For most of my life, alone is how I’ve been. Although I have siblings, I was the youngest of three, and the age gap between my brothers and me was wide enough that we never shared the same life experiences at any given time. I pursued solo …
As we mentioned in our announcement this week about Independent Sector’s new Focus Area on diversity, equity, and inclusion and ProInspire’s role as curation partner and issue expert for it, Monisha Kapila (ProInspire CEO) co-authored an introductory blog post to help frame the Focus Ar…
ProInspire is proud to be the curation partner and issue expert for the newly-launched Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focus area hub hosted by Independent Sector (IS), the leadership network for nonprofits, foundations, and corporations committed to advancing the common good. Today IS unveiled t…
Today the Chronicle of Philanthropy published an op-ed by Monisha Kapila, ProInspire CEO, and Ericka Hines, ProInspire Advisor and Principal of Every Level Leadership. The op-ed, How Nonprofit Workers and Leaders Can Make a Difference as Racial Tensions Flare, was written in response to rising racia…
ProInspire recently welcomed two staff members to our growing team. Mike Rocco joined ProInspire in May to lead our west coast efforts as the Bay Area Managing Director, and Kristen Lucas joined our team in July as the Senior Program Manager, ProInspire Fellowship and Alumni Engagement. Both Mike a…
Ashoka U selected the ProInspire Fellowship for its recent list of 14 Social Innovation Fellowships You Need to Know. Along with other esteemed programs such as Acumen Global Fellows, Global Health Corps, and Kiva Fellowship, the ProInspire Fellowship is considered by Ashoka U to be “a great w…
By Crystal Cheng, 2015 ProInspire Fellow at Opportunity Fund When Gene Kunde, ProInspire’s Bay Area Executive Director at the time, sent me the Fellowship role description for the Business Process and Implementation Associate at Opportunity Fund, it felt serendipitous. In 2009, I was part of a sma…
ProInspire congratulates 2015 Management Fellows Maria Choi and Emmanuel Imah, who were selected for the 2016 American Express – Aspen Institute Academy 2.0: A Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders. 15 Fellows are selected annually for this program, an invitation-only, yearlong Fellows…
By Mike Rocco, ProInspire’s Managing Director, Bay Area I recently celebrated my one-month anniversary with ProInspire and ended the day by joining the 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Fellows for their Graduation Dinner. While it is simplistic to say that I was impressed by the eight Fellows, tho…