Blog Entries

Having a Vision of Possibility

Terese is the Vice President of Grants at The Rees-Jones Foundation and has served on its staff since its inception in 2007, and has served on PCP’s steering committee for several years. Outside of…

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How Motherhood Informed 25 Years of Grantmaking

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What is Your Real Job (Even if it’s Not in Your Job Description)?

Fred was a part of the original community of grantmakers that eventually became PCP. He is also the Founder of The Gathering, which he led for three decades. He currently serves on…

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PCP’s Future

Lonni Jackson is Executive Director at The Mustard Seed Foundation, in Falls Church, VA, where he oversees their granting in Europe and Africa. He has been on PCP’s steering committee since 2017,…

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Conference Reflections

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Ode to a Hammer

I’m not really going to write a short essay on a hammer, though I do have a particular fondness for this tool that seems to be increasingly out of use as the…

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Our Partners Know What They Need

Scott Amis (right, traveling in Ukraine) is a program officer at Cornerstone Trust, where his portfolio covers Eurasia. Scott has a Master’s degree in Global Leadership, with an emphasis in International Development…

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Posture over Position

Peter Roebbelen has 30 years of pastoral experience with local churches in his Oakville, Ontario community, and has a huge heart for helping others ‘listen to Jesus.’ Peter’s book, Mercy – Life…

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Processing Change

The Executive Director of the Younger Family Fund, Julie’s passion is to find meaningful opportunities to be generous. Her former experience includes research and design thinking at Stanford’s Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative,…

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Liturgy for Embracing both Joy and Sorrow

In his devotion at PCP’s conference, Peter Roebbelen read this powerful liturgy: Liturgy for Embracing both Joy and Sorrow

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Announcing the DWFF Acceleration Portfolio

We’re launching a new initiative: the DWFF Acceleration Portfolio!  Through the Acceleration Portfolio, DWFF will invest in 30 African non-profit organizations with annual budgets under $500,000USD (though ideally most will be under…

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Virtual Event Invitations from Murdock Trust

Steve Moore is extending an invitation to some upcoming events hosted by Murdock Trust that may be of interest to our community: Thursday, June 17th @ 12:00pm-12:30pm (PDT)/3:00pm-3:30pm (EDT) | Jack Murdock…

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Resources Roundup: 2021 Conference Links

During the online conference presenters and participants shared these resources for those who want to dive deeper. Jump to: Candid Conversations; Lessons from the Journey. From Candid Conversations in a Cultural Moment:…

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Resources Roundup: Recommended Books

During our online conference this year we asked participants to share the best book they’ve read in the past year. Here’s what your colleagues are reading! Book descriptions are borrowed from Amazon.…

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Layers of Laments

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Resources Roundup: Empathy Webinar with Christy Vines

In advance of our discussion with Christy Vines about empathy, she sent some resources to enable us to dig into the topic ahead of time. These included, first, two workbooks published by…

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Cultivating Empathy and Internal Awareness for Social Change

From the article: “Empathy has a critical role to play in creating positive social change; it will enable us to become more collaborative and respond more thoughtfully to social issues. We can…

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A Call to Pray; An Invitation to Lament

The Chalmers Center posted today a timely, heartfelt piece in light of where are nation is. It’s filled with prayers that help us see the spiritual realities we’re in. Our staff used…

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David Weekley Family Foundation’s COVID-19 Response

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Self-Care Initiative from The Pilgrim Foundation

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Christian Employer’s Alliance

Our colleagues Chad Jackson and Jenifer Duncan, from the Jackson Family Foundation, shared this information from Eric Welch about the Christian Employer’s Alliance with PCP: Christian Employers Alliance is a 501c3 membership…

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Are We Ignoring God’s Purposes for His Investable Assests?

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We Are All Trustees

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Where the Light Divides

Almost a decade ago I was asked if I would consider sharing what I am thinking: “People are curious about why you think the way you do.” Whether it was false humility,…

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