Experience Progressive Change at This Year’s Bioneers Conference

Editor's Note: This guest post comes from Nina Simons, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Bioneers.

It’s going to be a truly breakthrough year at the Bioneers Conference, rife with relevant ideas, innovations, great people, systemic reinvention, and renewal.   This year, we are bringing an exceptionally high degree of strategic reinvention as we birth Bioneers 3.0.  No other gathering brings together cutting-edge innovators from all walks of life, addressing the widest range of issues imaginable – all within...

Why is Tides a Target of the Right?

Imagine the unimaginable: you come to the office one day to learn that a misguided person with a lot of guns was on his way to shoot you and your colleagues. The Oakland Police Department called to tell us that on July 18, 2010, following a shootout with the California Highway Patrol, law enforcement officials arrested an assailant who had targeted Tides Foundation and the ACLU for...

The Elephant in the Room: Racism

This post is from Philanthropy411, which is currently covering the Fall Conference for Community Foundations conference with the help of a blog team. This is a guest post by China Brotsky, Senior Vice-President at Tides.

The most compelling session I have attended so far was "Innovating to Make and Keep Equity and Diversity as a Priority," organized by James Head from the San Francisco Foundation and the Race & Equity in Philanthropy Group. What moved me was the straight talk about the elephant of racism in so many...

How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice

One of Tides’ fiscally sponsored projects, Leadership Learning Community , just released a report that is relevant to those of us in the nonprofit sector and beyond. The report presents key methods and recommendations on how leadership programs can help solve racial inequalities in communities across the country....

Celebrating Life and Championing Courage for a Decade

Colin Higgins Foundation, a cherished partner of the Tides Foundation, recently celebrated the tenth year of its Courage Awards program.

Colin Higgins left behind a lasting legacy after his untimely death of an AIDS-related illness in 1988 – from his unforgettable film characters who continue to inspire and touch the hearts of fans across the world, to the organizations and individuals receiving support from his foundation in areas of his concern, including LGBTQ youth empowerment and HIV/AIDS services and...