Roundtable Discussion on Conflict, and “Work is Good”
02 Oct
Posted by Travis as Grantee Network, Organizations
Yesterday, the Great Bay Foundation hosted a Roundtable Discussion in Braintree, Massachusetts. The day began with a luncheon in which the participants—all members of the Great Bay Network—discussed how we can turn negative aspects of conflict into a creative dynamic for positive change. The discussion topic was inspired by an NPR review of Doris Kearns [...]
Ted Regan: Re-’Kindling’ the Social Entrepreneurial Fire
13 Aug
Posted by Travis as Bytes, Grantee Network, Grantees, Grantees in the News, Organizations, Social Entrepreneurs: In Their Own Words, Uncategorized
Ted Regan has been a familiar face at the Great Bay Foundation since 2002, when we first funded Rippleffect, the youth development organization he co-founded that offers “learning adventures in living classrooms” to disadvantaged youth. Among Ted’s many accomplishments during his nine year tenure at Rippleffect was leading the successful effort to buy and [...]
Idealware: Meeting Nonprofits’ Technology Needs
08 Jul
Posted by Travis as Grantee Network, Organizations
The effective use of technology has become vitally important to a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission. Yet as nonprofit technology needs increase, so do the many software options available to meet those needs. How are nonprofits supposed to choose among the many choices and identify the solution(s) that is/are right for them? [...]
Great Bay recently selected its 55th grantee organization, ReCycle North, located in Burlington, Vermont. The organization is only the second the Foundation has funded in Vermont since it expanded its grantmaking to the state in 2007. (The first was Vermont Works for Women, which received Great Bay planning grant funds last fall. Note [...]
A recent article by Linda Baker in Fast Company magazine illustrates how emerging “green-collar jobs” can be used to achieve social change. “I’m Bad! I’m Slick” (May 2008) focuses on the work of Van Jones, a social entrepreneur in Oakland, California who has been leading an effort to create our country’s first green-collar jobs [...]
Great Bay’s newest grantee is an arts-based social enterprise dedicated to making youth more self-reliant.
Founded in 1990 by social entrepreneur Susan Rodgerson, Artists for Humanity (AFH) provides paid employment in the arts to inner-city high school youth. AFH operates a number of micro businesses, including those related to painting/murals, sculpture/industrial design, silk screen, graphic [...]
Still More Great Bay Videos!
10 Jun
Posted by Elizabeth as Grantee Network, Grantees, Great Bay Videos, Social Entrepreneurs: In Their Own Words
Four more new videos are up and live on our website. You can view them along with our others via Great Bay’s You Tube Channel, or you can go directly to grantees’ Chris and Jodi Martin (ITE - Information Technology Exchange); Melvin Murrel (New Hampshire Aquaculture Association); and/or friends of the foundation, Alta Fleming (Sovereign [...]
More Videos!
06 Jun
Posted by Elizabeth as Grantee Network, Grantees, Great Bay Videos, Social Entrepreneurs: In Their Own Words
Three new videos are up and live on our website. You can view them along with our others via Great Bay’s You Tube Channel, or you can go directly to Mike Rodrigues (Triangle); Eileen Hayes (Amos House); and Harold Siefken (Group Home Foundation) on our website.
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