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- Joel Orosz discusses his education and work at the Kalamazoo Public Museum, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University. He authored a book on how to be a grantmaker. He shares stories about the development of the Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan community foundations with Youth Advisory Committees, Michigan Youth Philanthropy Initiative Project, Learning to Give, and the Johnson Center. He discusses Johnson Center programs: The Grantmaking School, Community Research Institute, The Foundation Review, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide. He reflects on the importance of the nonprofit sector in philanthropy and the value of a liberal education.
- Date Created:
- 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
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- Speech given October 9, 1968 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to the National Conference for Less-Than-Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Agriculture at Pennsylvania State University.
- Date Created:
- 1968-10-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Speech given April 1, 1967 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Florida Home Economics Association.
- Date Created:
- 1967-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Speech given February 1, 1968 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Farm Management Banquet during Farmer's Week at Michigan State University.
- Date Created:
- 1968-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Donna Van Iwaarden, former director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University discusses her early life, education, family, and work at the University of North Carolina, Grand Valley State University’s School of Public and Nonprofit Administration, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy. She discusses the development of the Community Research Institute (CRI) and The Grantmaking School. She describes her role as the director of the Johnson Center in creating nonprofit training, university initiatives, and research, and her efforts to increase the visibility of the Johnson Center in the university, in the community, and at national level.
- Date Created:
- 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
- Notes:
- Speech given February 6, 1970 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation during Agricultural Science Week at the University of Missouri.
- Date Created:
- 1970-02-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Speech given January 29, 1971 at Purdue for the Department of Agricultural and Economic Sciences.
- Date Created:
- 1971-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Virginia Esposito (Ginny) is the Founding President of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She discusses her early life, education, and work as teacher and administrator at the Council on Foundations, and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She also discusses meeting inspiring international leaders, experiences with her mentor Paul Ylvisaker, the origins and development of the National Center, regional associations of grantmakers, and the Grand Rapids philanthropic community. She shares discoveries from hundreds of her interviews with families about family foundation transition, the economic issues of payout and perpetuity, and the challenges and feelings of responsibility and joy of foundation giving.
- Date Created:
- 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
- Notes:
- Russ Mawby discusses his youth on a fruit farm and involvement with 4H and the Boy Scouts, his agricultural studies at Michigan State and Purdue Universities, and his military service in the US Army. He reflects on the history of the Kellogg family, the Kellogg Company, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and his work as CEO of the W.K. Foundation. He details efforts of the Foundation in Michigan and abroad, his involvement with the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center, and his work developing the Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy. He concludes with reflections on the initiatives that have given him the most pride, and those that still need the most work.
- Date Created:
- 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
- Notes:
- Dorothy "Dottie"Johnson discusses her early life in Los Angeles and her education in public schools and at UC Berkeley and Harvard. She talks about working for J. Walter Thompson in New York and about moving to Grand Haven, Mich. where she began a family and a philanthropic career with extensive volunteer work. She describes how she became involved with the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation and other organizations and how she began her 25 year career with the Council of Michigan Foundations. The interview includes her thoughts on issues in philanthropy today and advice for young people starting their careers.
- Date Created:
- 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives