Nuts & Bolts: The Uses & Limits of Data as We Work in the San Joaquin Valley
In this post, we discuss our efforts to better integrate data as we try to understand the opportunities and challenges facing the San Joaquin Valley.
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Heron's 2019 Presidential Podcast
In 2018, Dana Bezerra became the new president of Heron. However, Dana has been at Heron for 13 years in total, starting as a program officer in 2006. She’s seen Heron grow and change and is now sharing her guidance, leadership, and lessons learned as we focus on the intersection of communities and capital markets. In this podcast episode, we ask Dana to reflect on her first year as president, and share what’s next for Heron.
General Operating Support: The Effective Thing to Do; The Respectful Thing to Do
General operating support can provide nonprofit organizations with the flexibility to plan, innovate, and pivot in their work. So, why don’t more foundations provide general operating support as part of their grantmaking strategies? In this post, we chat with Mary Jo Mullan, a former and longtime member of the Heron team, about the importance of general operating support.
Questions We’re Asking This Week: San Joaquin Valley Edition
We’re launching a new series called “Questions We’re Asking This Week” that catalogs some of the inquiries we’re chasing in order to help people and communities help themselves out of poverty.
Questions We're Asking this Week: Pensions & Community Prosperity
Pension liabilities can be a detriment to community prosperity, while pension funds can be a source of power for workers. With those dynamics in mind, here are a few pension-related questions we’re asking this week.
Jan 19, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Living with Job Scarcity
In this issue, we have thinking on the women in poverty, employers of last resort, improving social mobility and the U.S. employment outlook.
Jan 25, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Labor Market's Missing Pieces
In this issue, Wall Street’s “wealth addiction,” Davos and the global inequality debate, the nonprofit overhead myth, and more on the state of the labor market.
Jan 25, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Capital State of the Union
In this issue, the president’s middle class plea, “inclusive capitalism,” trade deals vs. wages, poverty stress, Davos, and whether impact investors expect too much.
Feb 1, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Debate Over Opportunity For All
In this week’s issue, we have a variety of reactions to the State of the Union, with thoughts on the relationship between the work ethic and the free market, the business case for reducing inequality, and innovation in philanthropy.
Feb 8, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Economic Immobility Challenge
This week we explore surprising news on mobility, marriage as a poverty cure, whether apprenticeships can fix the skills gap, and the sin of doing good deeds.
Feb 15, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Investing in Social and Financial Returns
In this issue, we have more thinking on jobs data, the erosion of the American Dream, insecurity over inequality, and impact investing.
Feb 22, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Great Wealth Divide
In this issue, we have new thinking on the minimum wage, inequality, the trajectory of philanthropy, and the Dalai Lama talks free enterprise.
Mar 1, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Business of Low-Wage Work
In this issue, thinking on corporations’ relationship to the state and taxes, impact investing’s promise and the utility of raising the minimum wage.
Mar 8, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Working Any Which Way You Can
In this issue, we have new thinking on the job market, innovations in the social sector, overhauling taxes, and the decline of American exceptionalism.
Mar 15, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Investing & Giving for Good
In this issue, there is thinking on philanthropy and impact investing, another job market check up, and the big bank debate and subprime lending.