Notes from Jen
Jen Ford Reedy is president of the Bush Foundation and regularly shares her perspectives on the strategic direction of Bush and larger philanthropic field. View all of her notes below.
2024
- Acknowledging and learning from the boarding school era | Nov 21, 2024
2023
- Working beyond ourselves: The Partnership Fund | Feb 23, 2023
2022
- Equity and open grantmaking | Mar 22, 2022
- Philanthropy’s role in systems change | Jul 19, 2022
- Reflecting on 10 years at the Bush Foundation | Oct 17, 2022
2021
- Where we’re headed | Mar 2, 2021
- Upping our commitment to community-based philanthropy | Jun 17, 2021
- What reparative action means to us | Dec 14, 2021
2020
- Investing in you | Feb 4, 2020
- Investing in community problem-solving | Mar 3, 2020
- Turning optimism into action | Apr 8, 2020
- Supporting staff to grow and go | May 11, 2020
- Building from tragedy: commitment to making our community better | May 30, 2020
- Black lives matter | Jul 9, 2020
- Learning, relearning and unlearning | Oct 12, 2020
2019
- Doing more good | Feb 11, 2019
- Queer eye for leadership | Mar 19, 2019
- Cultivating our board of directors | Apr 13, 2019
- Goals for a decade: revisited | May 21, 2019
- Managing up for leadership | Jul 9, 2019
- Equity in practice | Sep 18, 2019
- Strategy push | Dec 10, 2019
2018
- Embracing the not-simple in all of us | Feb 13, 2018
- Leadership in context | Feb 27, 2018
- Leadership development on $0 a day | Mar 20, 2018
- Sharing progress and spreading optimism | Jun 18, 2018
- The opportunity in Native-focused philanthropy | Jul 11, 2018
- Working backward from impact | Aug 7, 2018
- Philanthropy that’s better for everyone | Sep 18, 2018
- bushCONNECT + how change happens | Oct 25, 2018
- Venturing out from our bases | Nov 13, 2018