Blog
New VFN Network News Feature Column
VFN is excited to announce our new special feature opportunity, “Bringing You in the Know.” It’s another opportunity to highlight work amongst members across our issues of Network News and Upcoming Events. While Member Spotlights focus more fully on an organization, BYITK allows members to highlight a specific funding partner, or
VFN joins in on the “Reimagine Funder Learning Series”
A recap by Robin Mockenhaput, VFN’s Director, Policy & Advocacy. At the end of August, I was pleased to participate in the Greater Washington Community Foundation (GWCF) Funder Learning Series on the different levels of systems change (advocacy, organizing, narrative change, data/research, etc.). This program is a 5-session series with
A Piedmont Regional Funders Gathering Recap
On August 21, over thirty VFN members gathered in Warrenton to hear an update on Region 9 priorities from Ray Knott, Atlantic Union’s Northern Virginia Market President and a GO Virginia Region 9 Council member.
Affordable Housing a Shared Interest of Regional Funders
A Shenandoah Valley Regional Funders Gathering Recap by Member, Dan Layman Seventeen representatives of eleven regional and statewide funders gathered in Waynesboro on August 13 to listen, learn and discuss affordable housing in the Shenandoah Valley. While this is not a new topic of conversation in the Valley, a recently
Member Spotlight: Trisha Fillion, Augusta Health
This month’s “Member Spotlight” features Patricia “Trisha” Fillion, Community Outreach and Partnerships Specialist at Augusta Health. Here’s a little bit more about Trisha and her work in philanthropy: Describe your philanthropic philosophy and how your philosophy shapes your work. While we are all capable of providing positive and impactful
Northern Regional Funders Gathering Recap
Funders from across the northern region of the state gather together for this year’s Northern Regional Funders Gathering.
