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To the organizations, leaders, and communities we have had the honor of serving for the past seven years: I want to talk to you honestly about where the Alliance is and where we are going. Seven years ago, this organization launched with a bold idea: that nonprofits and philanthropic organizations in Mississippi would be stronger, […]

This commentary piece from the Alliance Executive Director originally appeared in the December issue of the Mississippi Business Journal. The recent challenges facing nonprofits have dominated public discourse, overshadowing a fundamental truth: Mississippi’s nonprofit sector remains one of our state’s most vital economic drivers and community lifelines. As executive director of the Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy, I see firsthand the transformative work of thousands of organizations operating with integrity, transparency, and remarkable efficiency across our state.

Two big, related questions have hung over many in philanthropy these past several years: first, how best to protect democracy, and second, how to work to bridge differences in a polarized time.

Social change isn’t possible when nonprofit leaders are exhausted. Extended paid leave helped me — and can help others.

Unless you have been on a media fast, you have probably heard about ChatGPT, which is an AI language model developed by Open AI. It launched publicly at the end of November 2022

In April 2019, the Mississippi Association of Grantmakers and the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits joined forces to create a new entity, the Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy. All aspects of the alliance, including its structure, programming, leadership, and partnerships, now focus on building strong relationships and creating opportunities for mutual learning, sharing, and networking between grant makers and nonprofits.

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. There, the devices have had updates installed, missing keys replaced, cracked screens repaired and decorative stickers removed. Soon, if not already, those updated and repaired computing devices will be returned to students for the new academic year.