Community Foundation announces 2022 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture Initiative grantees
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Announces New Staff Hires in 2022
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation today announced the addition of five new staff members in 2022. The new hires include two new program associates: Connie Kuo and Kate Partington; a communications associate: Mercedes Pergande; a senior learning officer: Liz Gordillo; and a grants management & operations assistant: Nena Taormino. These new hires bring the Foundation’s full-time staff total to 24 employees. The Foundation […]
DownloadThe Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Announces New Program Committee Members
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation today announced the appointment of Monique Wells and Dr. Thomasina R. Stenhouse as non-trustee members of the Foundation’s Program Committee. The committee, currently comprised of the Foundation’s three life trustees and three at-large trustees, reviews grant requests and provides strategic direction for the Foundation’s programmatic investments prior to final board […]
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In Memory of Life Trustee Eugene Driker
“Ralph knew exactly what he was doing when he asked Eugene Driker to join us as one of the four life trustees to direct his foundation. Eugene brought wisdom, empathy and an incredible lived experience to every aspect of our work. His guidance in shaping the mission, values and direction of the foundation will live on through the foundation’s work and will continue long after the foundation closes its doors thanks to the impact that will be seen through our grantees and partners across our two regions. We are so blessed to have been given the gift of his love, friendship and humanity.”
– Mary Wilson, Board Chair & Life Trustee
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation would like to share a recent speech Eugene Driker provided at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Eugene & Elaine C. Driker Trail on Belle Isle Park in Detroit on April 26, 2022. It was a memorable and meaningful day for Foundation trustees, staff and Driker family.
Request for Qualifications: Summative Evaluation of Parks, Trails & Green Design (PTGD) Focus Area
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation seeks to contract a firm or team of evaluators to conduct a summative evaluation of the Foundation’s Parks, Trails, and Green Design (PTGD) focus area. The objectives of the evaluation are 1) to document the grantmaking and non-grantmaking processes to date and analyze the associated outcomes of those efforts; and 2) to develop an evaluation plan to continue monitoring the progress of PTGD initiatives, including identifying metrics to measure outcomes…
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