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.
Aug 16, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Slings & Arrows of Outrageous Fortune
In this issue, the S&P on inequality, labor protections and freelance work, auditors and the impact movement, Melinda Gates on philanthropy, and a nod to Hamlet.
Aug 23, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Kicking the Poverty Bucket
In this issue, discussion on improving low-wage work, whether jobs are a social justice tool, wealth and disconnection, and a nod to the ice bucket challenge.
Sep 6, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Post-Labor Day Reflections
In this issue, discussion of the new labor movement and the wage debate, poverty and where it is toughest to be poor, economic mobility and social investing.
Sep 13, 2014
In Case You Missed It: A View to Kill Poverty and Inequality
In this issue, discussion on the impact of endowment investment, philanthropy and corporate inversions, inequality and poverty, and the global jobs crisis.
Sep 20, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Pulling Up Boot Straps Report
In this issue, news about the poverty rate, an innovative way to combat student debt, minimum wage and the franchise business model, and whether philanthropy and impact investors can get along.
Sep 27, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Fortune and Risk in the Economy
In this issue, debate on the economic effects of inequality, why poor people find it hard to plan, CEO pay and employment, and risk-taking in philanthropy.
Oct 4, 2014
In Case You Missed It: The Low-Pay, Part-Time Blues
In this issue, more thinking on poverty, wages and job quality; the relationship between Goldman and the New York Fed; and the new scrutiny of institutional investors and what it has to do with divestment.
Oct 11, 2014
In Case You Missed It: 'The Mainstreet Pay Gap'
In this issue, a look at the wage divide, what being cash strapped looks like, redefining capitalism, and the enduring American myth of the self-made man.
Oct 18, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Inequality, Debt and Destitution
In this issue, there’s discussion on getting car jacked by lenders, being “present” for poverty, business ed and inequality, and what success looks like for B-corps.
Oct 25, 2014
In Case You Missed It: Trick or Treat Your Workers
In this issue, the trend of working for free versus wage poverty, the wealth and meritocracy gap, and the dangers of treating Ebola like the zombie apocalypse.