Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Denver Foundation, David Geffen Foundation
Darrin Goss Sr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
Darrin is a leader across sectors, including government, nonprofits, higher education and private industry. Previously, Darrin worked as President & CEO of Capital Area United Way in Baton Rouge, LA..
Coastal Community Foundation serves nine counties along South Carolina’s coast, driven by the values of stewardship, integrity, inclusion with equity, and courage. Recent services include disaster response efforts for major storms such as Hurricane Florence, and the creation of the Lowcountry Unity Fund in the wake of the Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre to support causes addressing systemic racism.
Julie Voyles, Senior Program Officer, The Denver Foundation
Julie brings 29 years' of experience in philanthropy and nonprofits, including social work and advocacy. Julie’s focus is on strategically tackling broad societal issues for cultural, systemic and policy change.
The Denver Foundation works with donors, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders fueling philanthropy with community grants focusing on: Basic Human Needs, Economic Opportunity, Education, and Leadership & Equity. Special Programs include Strengthening Neighborhoods, Social Venture Partners Denver, and The Colorado Nonprofit Loan Fund.
Dallas Dishman, Executive Director, David Geffen Foundation
Dallas has served as executive director since 2002, and currently oversees more than $30M in annual, domestic grants. Dallas also serves as Arts & Cultural Affairs Commissioner the City of West Hollywood.
The David Geffen Foundation has a very strong preference for projects located in Los Angeles and New York City prompted by the interests of its very active benefactor, Mr. David Geffen. The foundation's five principal funding areas are: 1) AIDS/HIV; 2) civil liberties; 3) the arts; 4) issues of concern to the Jewish community; and 5) healthcare.
Angela Richardson, Senior Trainer, The Grantsmanship Center
Angela brings more than 20 years' experience as a nonprofit program and fund developer, strategic planner, and organizational coach. As senior trainer, Angela has coached other trainers for The Grantsmanship Center and trained staff for nonprofit organizations, school districts, governments, faith-based organizations, and colleges and universities. She brings additional expertise in education and the arts, recently delivering a virtual workshop for Broward County Cultural Division, FL as part of the Business Skills for Creatives series. Angela has facilitated many in-person Meet-the-Grantmaker panels in Los Angeles for PROJECT GRANTSMANSHIP and for the City of Los Angles, city council members. Recently, Angela trained faculty and community-based nonprofit leaders as part of a Research Proposal Workshop sponsored by UCLA Health Sciences.
