Maximus Foundation’s Post

D’Andre Lampkin is a seasoned public servant with a strong community service background and experience in starting and leading program initiatives. He successfully founded the Lampkin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt human services organization designed to promote “social good” projects throughout the United States. In the following article, D’Andre Lampkin discusses how community engagement can help to empower the youth of today, for a better tomorrow. Many young people are insecure or feel purposeless as a natural aspect of growing up. Volunteering in the community can help a young person navigate these troubled waters. The younger generations of the world can benefit from volunteering and other means of community engagement, resulting in a feeling of empowerment, some of which include growth in character and education in generosity for the future. In this article, D’Andre Lampkin of the Lampkin Foundation discusses the ways that youth can be empowered by community engagement. By conclusion, it will be clear that volunteering to help the community is both a current benefit and an investment in the future. https://smpl.is/7mup7 #GivingTuesday #YouthPhilanthropy #GiveBack #Volunteer

D’Andre Lampkin is a seasoned public servant with a strong community service background and experience in starting and leading program initiatives. He successfully founded the Lampkin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt human services organization designed to promote “social good” projects throughout the United States. In the following article, D’Andre Lampkin discusses how community engagement can help to empower the youth of today, for a better tomorrow. Many young people are insecure or feel purposeless as a natural aspect of growing up. Volunteering in the community can help a young person navigate these troubled waters. The younger generations of the world can benefit from volunteering and other means of community engagement, resulting in a feeling of empowerment, some of which include growth in character and education in generosity for the future. In this article, D’Andre Lampkin of the Lampkin Foundation discusses the ways that youth can be empowered by community engagement. By conclusion, it will be clear that volunteering to help the community is both a current benefit and an investment in the future. https://smpl.is/7mup8 #GivingTuesday #YouthPhilanthropy #GiveBack #Volunteer

"For us, giving is more than just a financial transaction, it’s an investment of love and resources." That is why our #LatinoGivingCircleNetwork harnesses our collective power to address funding gaps to create lasting change for Latino-led nonprofits. Read about how giving circles facilitate meaningful conversations, education, and decision-making while tackling socio-economic disparities in Anais Amaya, LGCN Director's article co-written by Sara Lomelin of Philanthropy Together in Alliance magazine. https://lnkd.in/gP4Wy3yn

💭 A tool to assess how well foundations perform with participatory practices? This is the outcome of Katy Love and Diana Samarasan's efforts to break down what participation in philanthropy actually means and what it implies for the foundations who choose to adopt this approach. 📰 Their interview on Alliance magazine gives you an overview of how they came up with the idea: https://lnkd.in/eS8XMxHV 📊 If you want to know the results of the pilote phase, that'll be among the topics of our next webinar on 26 October, 5PM CET!

How can public agencies re-think their community engagement practices, prioritizing people historically excluded from access to power and decision-making? And what is the role of philanthropy in this work? Funders, join us for webinar on January 24 where we'll discuss what it looks like to have successful community engagement by public agencies. We'll explore different examples of California public health and education agencies that have successfully transformed their engagement strategies, as well as explain how philanthropic dollars can effectively support sustainable government transformation. Register:  https://lnkd.in/gk9JeJ_S Onside Partners ThinkForward Strategies

How do you achieve big missions on a small budget as a nonprofit? How do you drive catalytic community engagement as a national organization? Read how our founder Brian Mavis discovered the answer to these and other challenges in one word: #tailwind in his latest post of Forbes Nonprofit Council. "Always look for tailwind. The best way to find it is by the people you choose to work with. The right people create organizational tailwind.”

The AAPI Civic Engagement Fund is one of the largest collaborative funds mobilizing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in civic engagement and movement building for systems change. Launched in 2013, the Fund supports grantmaking, capacity-building, and research. 💡 Only 20 cents out of every $100 philanthropic dollars (0.2%) is designated for AAPI communities, despite Asian Americans being the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S., increasing by 81% between 2000-2019. Asian Americans make up 6.1% of all eligible voters. Several EGA member foundations, including the MacArthur Foundation, Surdna Foundation, THE JPB FOUNDATION, and Unbound Philanthropy, support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund in strengthening a multiracial democracy by driving AAPI civic engagement and resourcing AAPI-led nonprofits. 🗳️Learn more about the Fund: https://lnkd.in/eb7kzfMt #AANHPIHeritageMonth

📍 Only 2 percent of philanthropic funding reaches local leaders. Many foundations that want to increase their funding to local organizations struggle to do so – Lever for Change can help! Our model works to elevate bold solutions that may be overlooked by traditional philanthropy. Thanks, Alliance magazine for including Lever for Change and our VP, Philanthropy, Dana D. Rice, in this article about funding local leaders. Read the article and full list of recommendations for supporting local organizations: https://lnkd.in/ggeNFwSg