It’s been a busy 2023 at The Presser Foundation! With music at the center of all we do, the Board, Committees, and staff have been actively engaged in facilitating grant cycles, communicating with grantees in a variety of ways, attending site visits and performances, hosting virtual Next Movement Idea Forums, embarking on a strategic planning…
The Presser Foundation’s final Next Movement of 2023 partnered with Candid, a nonprofit organization that collects data and information about the nonprofit sector, conducts research, and shares resources and analysis about nonprofits and funders. The session featured information about Candid’s platforms, its Seals of Transparency program, and how providing an organization’s data and information to…
As part of our Next Movement Series, The Presser Foundation is hosting a conversation focused on Using Data to Power Your Work.* The event will take place on Thursday, September 12th from 12-1pm ET on Zoom. The Foundation has engaged with Candid, a nonprofit organization that collects data and information about the nonprofit sector, conducts research, and shares…
By Teresa Rodgers and Abby Rolland As staff at The Presser Foundation, some of our favorite events are the Next Movement Idea Forums. Any time that we have the opportunity to connect with and learn from the Foundation’s grantee partners is wonderful, and Next Movement provides a space to grow through what we think of…
As part of our Next Movement Series, The Presser Foundation is hosting a conversation focused on Centering Community Voice into Music Organizations.* The event will take place on Tuesday, September 12th from 12-1pm ET on Zoom. The Foundation is eager to welcome leaders at four music educating organizations to share information about their community-focused work. Speakers will…
By Teresa Rodgers and Abby Rolland It’s easy to be inspired when you work in philanthropy. At The Presser Foundation, we work with hundreds of music organizations dedicated to music performance, music presentation, and music education. Every one of these organizations sees music as a way to connect, to inspire, to serve, and to bridge…
As part of our Next Movement Series, The Presser Foundation is hosting a conversation focused on Centering Youth Voice into Music Educating Organizations.* The event will take place on Tuesday, April 25th from 12-1pm ET on Zoom. The Foundation is eager to welcome leaders at four music educating organizations to share information about their youth-focused work. Speakers will include:…
The Presser Foundation serves a broad and diverse community of musicians, educators, and music lovers. As part of our Next Movement Series, we’re hosting a webinar focused on Embedding DEI Into Your Board.* This session will feature guest speaker Sulaiman Rahman, the CEO at DiverseForce. DiverseForce is a human capital solutions and advisory firm, specializing in diversity,…
By Abby Rolland Two plus years later, and the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be ebbing into an endemic. No doubt has the pandemic been devastating to nonprofits in many ways; yet there are many lessons that funders can learn. The Presser Foundation adapted its own practices and requirements during the pandemic and continues to assess…
By Abby Rolland Questions around budgets, formatting budgets, and presenting budgets and financials motivated The Presser Foundation staff to put together a Next Movement virtual event on that topic. While we know at the Foundation that not all funders request financial information in the same format or have them presented in the same way, we…