As CEP undertakes a three-year, three-part study of the impact of MacKenzie Scott’s gifts on the nonprofits that have received her gifts as well as their influence on other funders, we are grateful to the individuals listed here for their advice and counsel. This research project will run from 2022-2024; view the first report in the study, Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits here.
Big Gifts Study Advisory Group
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Ava Willis-Barksdale
Vice President, Advancement
Executive Director, Lincoln University Foundation of PA
Lincoln University - Ramsey Alwin
President & CEO
National Council on Aging - Yvonne Belanger
Director of Learning & Evaluation
Barr Foundation - Brita Blesi
Director, Learning and Evaluation
Houston Endowment - Peter Brach
Founder
Propel Philanthropy
Manager, Funders 2025 Donor Advised Fund - Elizabeth Christopherson
President & CEO
Rita Allen Foundation - Matthew Forti
Managing Director
One Acre Fund USA - Pam Foster
Chief Operating Officer
Co-Impact - Sampriti Ganguli
Senior Advisor
Arabella Advisors - Shivani Garg Patel
Chief Strategy Officer
Skoll Foundation - Tim Garvin
President & CEO
United Way of Central Massachusetts - Stephanie Gillis
Director, Impact-Driven Philanthropy Initiative
Raikes Foundation - Kathara Green
Chief of Staff and Managing Director
Skoll Foundation
- Bob Hughes
Former CEO
Missouri Foundation for Health - Carol Karutu
Vice President of Programs
END Fund - Shaheen Kassim-Lakha
Senior Director
Strategic Partnerships
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Ruth Levine
Vice President
Just Societies and Chief Learning Officer
David & Lucile Packard Foundation - Vanessa McDowell-Atlas
CEO
YWCA Madison - Suzanne Raether
Development Director
Alternate ROOTS - Lysa Ratliff
CEO
KABOOM! - Kathy Reich
Director
Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD)
Ford Foundation - Billy Shore
Executive Chair
Share Our Strength - Maria Stecker
Senior Program Officer
Grantmaking
Longwood Foundation - Jehan Velji
Director
Effective Philanthropy Group
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - Marcus Walton
President & CEO
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations - Melanie Willingham-Jaggers
Executive Director
GLSEN
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