One Funder Checks Out the Media Grants Database

A guest post by Kerry McCarthy, The New York Community Trust What does the Media Grants Database offer funders? I decided to find out. In the process, I got a better picture of the role of my foundation in the media landscape, and learned a bit more about how our grantees are faring. Read More

Media Impact Funders convened a funder discussion at the Washington offices of Microsoft Corporation on the eve of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference organized by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) earlier this month. Our Executive Director Vince Stehle moderated a vibrant discussion with Jane Meseck, Director of Global Citizenship for Microsoft, Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the UN Foundation and Amy Sample Ward, Executive Director of NTEN. Also present for the discussion, many nonprofit technology luminaries and early movers, including Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup Global, Bill Strathmann, CEO of Network for Good, Social Media expert Beth Kanter and early NTEN advisor Richard Zorza. The occasion marked 15 years from the initial grants that were made to help establish NTEN and it brought together three of the original funders who collaborated to create the organization. At the time, Stehle ran the Nonprofit Sector Support Program of the Surdna Foundation, Calvin was head of the AOL Foundation and Meseck was at Microsoft. In many ways, NTEN has grown farther and faster than any of its founders ever dreamed. Over the years, NTEN has grown to serve a community far beyond the numbers initially envisioned by founders, with more than 10,000… Read More

“Photography has a special capacity to serve the public interest,” Media Impact Funders Executive Director Vince Stehle told attendees at the March 5 Media Impact Focus event, AIM and Shoot. And who could imagine a better venue to explore this topic than the Skylight Studios of the Annenberg Space for Photography? Read More