From Advocacy to Action: How Windmill Hill Guided Every Child By Two’s Evolution
Background Every Child By Two (ECBT) was founded in 1991 by Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Former First Lady of Arkansas Betty Bumpers as a response to the U.S. measles epidemic which sickened 55,622 Americans, hospitalized over 11,000 and killed more than 120 people, many of them young children. Today, ECBT strives to increase […]
Scaling for Impact: How CDP Strengthened Its Funding Model
Background Launched in 2011, The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s mission is to transform disaster giving by providing timely and thoughtful strategies to increase donors’ impact during domestic and international disasters. The Center provides a platform of learning and connection with leading disaster experts and other disaster philanthropists that brings more private money to disaster response […]
Campaign for a Permanent Home for NVTRP
Background The Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program (NVTRP) is a nonprofit providing equine assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities, youth-at-risk, recovering military service personnel, and their families in an inclusive, community setting. For most of its existence, NVTRP had been using donated space at different public stables which caused inconsistency and distractions for […]
Navigating Leadership Change: Refugees International’s Path to Diversified Funding
Background Refugees International (RI) advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. Founded in 1979, RI has become a leading advocacy organization that promotes action from global leaders to address refugee crises around the world. Challenge RI Development leadership was in a transition in 2013 and needed strategic […]