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WRAG CEO Position Description Announcement
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11/25/2020
PRESIDENT & CEO
WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS
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Introducing Ruth LaToison Ifill, Interim President & CEO
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07/13/2020
The Board of Directors of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ruth LaToison Ifill as interim President & CEO to continue advancing our mission to bolster the effectiveness of philanthropy in the Greater Washington region.
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A Call to Accountability and Action: Philanthropy and Anti-Black Racism
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06/15/2020
WRAG STATEMENT | We continue to see the dangers of resisting and rejecting the history and injustices that Black individuals, families, and communities have faced for centuries, and this moment in time is the most recent one as the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Amhaud Arbery have unleashed a new wave of pain, fear, and outrage across the United States that has escalated to global protests and calls for both accountability and action.
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"Our Region, Your Investment": An update on our impact in the region
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11/16/2017
Enterprise Community Loan Fund has released a report on Clarendon Court, an affordable housing development in Arlington County, VA, financed through Our Region, Your Investment.
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Advocacy Update: The Johnson Amendment
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04/06/2017
WRAG's Gretchen Greiner-Lott updates the community about advocacy efforts on behalf of the Johnson Amendment.
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The New Philanthropic Village
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08/01/2016
Last month, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers announced a new vision to expand its scope beyond regional associations like WRAG. Tamara Copeland explains why this is a an exciting development for the philanthropic sector.
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Inspiring Philanthropy in Loudoun County, for Loudoun County
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07/15/2016
With the announcement of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties forthcoming community awareness campaign, WRAG’s Katy Moore and Amy Owen, ED of the foundation, take a closer look at poverty in Loudoun County – a place typically portrayed as having great wealth.
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Watch the final video in Putting Racism on the Table | Dr. Gail Christopher on the role of philanthropy
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07/13/2016
Dr. Gail Christopher of the Kellogg Foundation closed out WRAG's learning series by sharing how philanthropy can effect change on racism and racial inequity.
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Video of Manuel Pastor's talk on the racial mosaic of America is now available
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06/23/2016
Manuel Pastor was the fifth speaker in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table learning series for philanthropy.
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Video of James Bell's talk on mass incarceration now available
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06/01/2016
James Bell was the fourth speaker in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table learning series for philanthropy.
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