Issue Areas: Advocacy & Civil Society

After more than 10 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, our returning service members and their families need a wide range of support services, from counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse to higher education and jobs placement. This teleconference explored the critical role funders can play in helping connect grantees that provide needed services with veterans and their families.

Our speakers included:

• Barbara Van Dahlen, Founder and President of Give An Hour
• Eric Weingartner, Managing Director at Robin Hood
• Catharine Grimes, Director of Corporate Philanthropy at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
• Eric Greitens, Navy SEAL, author of The Heart and the Fist and CEO of The Mission Continues

Moderated by Wayne Farmer, Managing Director, Arabella Advisors

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Few donors have time to attend all of the important philanthropy conferences that take place each spring across the country and around the world. So, in May 2011, we brought highlights of major conferences directly to donors.

The recently combined Arabella-Blueprint team covered current key topics in philanthropy and peered into the field’s future. Our own Lucy Bernholz, Bruce Boyd and Eric Kessler provided updates and insights on the big ideas being discussed at major conferences including the Skoll World Forum, Global Philanthropy Forum, Council on Foundations, Summit Series, Jewish Funders Network and more. 

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