A LETTER FROM U.S. PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS
OVER 300 GRANTMAKING EXECUTIVES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY – AN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER – JOIN TOGETHER TO CALL FOR REMOVAL OF THE
CITIZENSHIP QUESTION ON THE 2020 CENSUS SURVEY
August 2, 2018
Ms. Jennifer Jessup
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer
Department of Commerce
Room 6616
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Submitted via regulations.gov
RE: Comments on Proposed Information Collection on 2020 Census
Dear Ms. Jessup,
We write in response to the June 8 notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the
2020 Census proposed information collection. We urge the Department of Commerce to
withdraw the citizenship question from the 2020 Census questionnaire because we believe it will
significantly undermine efforts to achieve a fair and accurate census in 2020.
We are leaders of nonpartisan philanthropic institutions from across the country, large and
small, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and
improve the quality of life in the United States. We have different funding priorities, are
ideologically diverse, and do not always agree with each other. But we wholeheartedly agree
that the citizenship question should not be part of the 2020 Census.
Across our varied institutions, we share a commitment to reliable and accurate data as a
necessary foundation for a well-functioning government, robust civil society, and thriving
business sector in the United States. We rely on accurate census data to help identify
community needs and prioritize grantmaking, and our grantees rely on accurate census data to
serve communities, especially those that are hard-to-count, through their work on various issues
including poverty, health care, criminal justice reform, racial equity, education equity, and
infrastructure improvement.
On January 19, 2018, the Census Bureau’s Chief Scientist and Associate Director for Research
and Methodology, John M. Abowd, warned Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that adding a
citizenship question “harms the quality of the census count.” The January memo describes the
impact: “reduced self-response,” “increased item nonresponse,” “erroneous enumerations
increase,” and “whole-person census imputations increase.” The bureau emphasized the
expected lower response rates and data quality problems “will be amplified during the 2020
Census compared to historical levels.” Nonetheless, Secretary Ross instructed the Census
Bureau on March 26 to add the citizenship question currently asked on the American
Community Survey (ACS) to the 2020 Census.

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August 2, 2018
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The Census Bureau’s own Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC), a committee of appointed
academics and other census experts, strongly disagreed with the decision to add the citizenship
question. They noted that the bureau normally tests a question thoroughly for many years
before adding it to a survey, but in this case added the citizenship question with no testing or
research. “We think the rationale offered by Sec. Ross in favor of adding the question relied on
flawed logic,” said the CSAC, adding that the question raises concerns about the completeness
and accuracy of the 2020 Census, as well as the future of public trust in the Census Bureau.
Similarly, over the years, ten former Census Bureau directors from both Republican and
Democratic administrations have repeatedly noted that adding a citizenship question without
necessary testing endangers the quality of all census data because it could discourage census
participation among the tens of millions of households with non-citizen members, have unknown
adverse consequences for other populations’ participation, and possibly influence the accuracy
of responses to other census questions, such as those collecting data on race and ethnicity.
Although the citizenship question is asked on the ACS, which is sent only to a sample of
households, experts agree that it needs to be tested for the 2020 Census because the
decennial census is a different collection operation, which goes to every household, and is in a
different political climate than when the question was tested for the ACS. The last, best chance
to test the question in the context of the 2020 Census was the 2018 End-to-End Census Test.
However, that test, well underway in Providence County, Rhode Island does not include the
citizenship question.
If anything, a new analysis of ACS data corroborates a broader analysis that the Census Bureau
shared with Secretary Ross demonstrating a “decline in self-response for noncitizen
households” and higher rates of Hispanics breaking off completion of questions such that
“survey response quality is differentially affected.” The new analysis, which we are willing to
share with the Census Bureau, shows that the citizenship question had the highest nonresponse rate of any 2016 ACS question that also will be on the 2020 Census questionnaire.
Many of the hardest-to-count groups were the likeliest to leave that question unanswered.
The situation may have worsened since 2016. A September 20, 2017 Census Bureau
memorandum noted that “fears, particularly among immigrant respondents, have increased
markedly this year...These findings are particularly troubling given that they impact hard-tocount populations disproportionately, and have implications for data quality and nonresponse.”
This conclusion alone, reached prior to the decision to add the citizenship question, warrants
removal of any inquiry into citizenship status on the decennial questionnaire.
Estimates from the Census Bureau and external researchers show recent decennial censuses
have resulted in net undercounts in communities of color – Blacks, Asians and Pacific Islanders,
Middle Easterners and North Africans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Latinos – and
among children under five years old. Many households in these communities do not trust
government, and many may have family members who are fearful of responding to the 2020
Census. Adding the citizenship question in this climate of fear and distrust will have a
disproportionate impact on hard-to-count communities. Being undercounted deprives children,
families, and whole communities of critical resources ranging from health care to education to
public infrastructure.
Many of our foundations have a strong working relationship with the Census Bureau, in some
cases stretching back decades. Many are supporting research, education, outreach, and other

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efforts to help the bureau fulfill our mutual goal of a fair and accurate count. Even before the
citizenship question was added, there was concern about the difficulty of ensuring that the
hardest to reach are counted in the 2020 Census. The question unnecessarily adds to the
challenge by increasing the hesitancy of our grantees and trusted community leaders to
encourage participation in the census.
For all the reasons stated above, we urge you to withdraw the citizenship question from the
2020 Census and instead focus on making sure everyone in the U.S. is counted once, only
once, and in the right place.
Thank you for your attention to our comments. If you have any questions or need any further
information, please contact Gary Bass at the Bauman Foundation
(baumanfoundation@baumanfoundation.org).
Sincerely,
Joe Del Guercio
President and CEO
A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation
Bethesda, MD

Patrick McCarthy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Annie E. Casey Foundation, The
Baltimore, MD

Cali Brooks
President and CEO
Adirondack Foundation
Lake Placid, NY

William Wood
CFO
Applied Acoustics International
Chicago Heights, IL

Ramon Gardenhire
Vice President of Policy and Advocacy
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Anna L. Kuhn
Executive Director
Arca Foundation
Washington, DC

Trevor Storrs
Executive Director
Alaska Children's Trust
Anchorage, AK

Steven G. Seleznow
President and CEO
Arizona Community Foundation
Phoenix, AZ

Randy Royster
President and CEO
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Albuquerque, NM

Audrey Yamamoto
President and Executive Director
Asian Pacific Fund
San Francisco, CA

Janet Delaney
President
Andrew Delaney Foundation
Austin, TX

Shanaysha Sauls, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Baltimore Community Foundation
Baltimore, MD

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James E. Canales
President and Trustee
Barr Foundation
Boston, MA

Liz Hamburg
Executive Director
Black Hills Area Community Foundation
Rapid City, SD

Gary D. Bass, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Bauman Foundation
Washington, DC

Kathleen R. Annette
President and CEO
Blandin Foundation
Grand Rapids, MN

Robin Macy
Steward, Bartlett Arboretum
Belle Plaine Community Foundation/Bartlett
Arboretum
Belle Plaine, KS / Winfield, KS

Serena Moy
Executive Director
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Schaumburg, IL

On Behalf of the Board of Trustees
Berkman Charitable Trust
Boston, MA

Kari Isaacson
Executive Director
Blue Mountain Community Foundation
Walla Walla, WA

Kevin K. Murphy
President
Berks County Community Foundation
Reading, PA

Peter Long
President and CEO
Blue Shield of California Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Sara Kay
Chief Executive Officer
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust, The
New York, NY

Keith Mahoney
Vice President
Boston Foundation, The
Boston, MA

Lisa Whalen
Program Officer
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Bethel, AK

Wendy Greeney
President
Brookby Foundation, The
Milwaukee, WI

Jackie Stradley
Executive Director
Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation
Atlanta, GA

Cecilia Clarke
President and CEO
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Brooklyn, NY

Claire Solot
Managing Director
Bigglesworth Family Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Denis Hayes
President and CEO
Bullitt Foundation
Seattle, WA

Karen Heck
Sr. Program Officer
Bingham Program, The
Augusta, ME

Martha Toll
Executive Director
Butler Family Fund
Washington, DC

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August 2, 2018
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Antonia Hernández
President and CEO
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Julie Sandorf
President
Charles H. Revson Foundation
New York, NY

Robert K. Ross, MD
President and CEO
California Endowment, The
Los Angeles, CA

Bob Glaves
Executive Director
Chicago Bar Foundation, The
Chicago, IL

Sandra Hernandez, MD
President and CEO
California Health Care Foundation
Oakland, CA

Helene Gayle
President and CEO
Chicago Community Trust, The
Chicago, IL

Judy Belk
President and CEO
California Wellness Foundation, The
Los Angeles, CA

K. Sujata
President and CEO
Chicago Foundation for Women
Chicago, IL

Melanie Matthews
COO
Campion Foundation
Seattle, WA

Stephen McConnell
President
Civic Participation Action Fund
Washington, DC

Chris J. Wiant, MPH, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Denver, CO

William Getty
President
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA

Kathleen D. Edwards, Ph.D.
President
Cedarmere Foundation
Seattle, WA

Robyn Smith
Program Officer
CNY Community Foundation
Syracuse, NY

Mark Brewer
President and CEO
Central Florida Foundation
Orlando, Florida

Michael Cheever
Interim President
College Success Foundation
Washington, DC

Peter Dunn
President and CEO
Central New York Community Foundation
Syracuse, NY

Cynthia G. Addams
Chief Executive Officer
Collins Foundation, The
Portland, OR

Elaine Nonneman
Trustee
Channel Foundation
Seattle, WA

Kyle Legleiter
Senior Policy Director
Colorado Health Foundation, The
Denver, CO

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Ned Calonge, MD
President and CEO
Colorado Trust, The
Denver, CO
Marla J. Williams
President and CEO
Community First Foundation
Denver, CO
Jeff Hirota
CEO
Community Foundation Boulder County
Boulder, CO
Alicia Philipp
President
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Randi Hewit
President
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and
the Finger Lakes
Horseheads, NY
Robert M. Fockler
President
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gail Anthony
President and CEO
Community Foundation of Marquette County
Marquette, MI
Megan Barber Allende
President and CEO
Community Foundation of Mendocino County
Ukiah, CA

Amy Owen
President and CEO
Community Foundation for Loudoun and
Northern Fauquier Counties
Leesburg, VA

Maddy Metzger-Utt
President and CEO
Community Foundation of Snohomish County
Everett, WA

Dan Baldwin
President and CEO
Community Foundation for Monterey County
Monterey, CA

Andy Frazier
Executive Director
Community Foundation of South Jersey
Haddonfield, NJ

Eileen Ellsworth
President and CEO
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
Oakton, VA

Norma Schuiteman
CEO
Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
Olympia, WA

Mariam C. Noland
President
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Detroit, MI

Rose Meissner
President
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
South Bend, IN

J. Clinton Mabie
President and CEO
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Tucson, AZ

George Ferrari
CEO
Community Foundation of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY

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Stephen Warren
President
Community Foundation of West Texas
Lubbock, TX

Carol Larson
President and CEO
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The
Los Altos, CA

Susan True
CEO
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz, CA

Michael M. Parks
President
Dayton Foundation, The
Dayton, OH

March Gallagher
President and CEO
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Poughkeepsie, NY

Stuart Comstock-Gay
President and CEO
Delaware Community Foundation
Wilmington, DE

Ellen Friedman
Executive Director
Compton Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Allison Cusick
Executive Director
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation
Denver, CO

Dolores E. Roybal
Executive Director
Con Alma Health Foundation
Santa Fe, NM

Joe Goldman
President
Democracy Fund
Washington, DC

Leslie Ramyk
Executive Director
Conant Family Foundation
Chicago, IL

Christine Marquez-Hudson
President and CEO
Denver Foundation, The
Denver, CO

Yanique Redwood
President and CEO
Consumer Health Foundation
Washington, DC

Theresa A. Hearn
Executive Director
Derby Community Foundation
Derby, KS

Felicia Goodman
Executive Director
Cooper Foundation
Waco, TX

Mary Panesar
Executive Director
Desert Community Foundation
Palm Desert, CA

Maryanne Mott
Founder and Trustee
CS Fund
Freestone, CA

Barbara Dobkin
Trustee
Dobkin Family Foundation
New Canaan, CT

Matthew Randazzo
President and CEO
Dallas Foundation, The
Dallas, TX

Brian C. Dooner
Principal
Dooner Ventures, LLC
Bryn Mawr, PA

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August 2, 2018
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Dave Geenen
Executive Director
Doris and Victor Day Foundation
Rock Island, IL

Julia Baer
Philanthropic Advisor
England Family Foundation
Washington, DC

Robert R. Falter
Trustee
Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation, The
Syracuse, NY

Elena Marks
President and CEO
Episcopal Health Foundation
Houston, TX

Jennifer Leith
Executive Director
Douty Foundation, The
Philadelphia, PA

Monique Brunson Jones
President and CEO
Evanston Community Foundation
Evanston, IL

Andrea Reynolds
President and CEO
Dyson Foundation
Millbrook, NY

Juanita James
President and CEO
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Norwalk, CT

James W. Head
President and Chief Executive Officer
East Bay Community Foundation
Oakland, CA

Suzanne Hoban
Executive Director
Family Health Partnership Clinic
Crystal Lake, IL

Michael T. McClamroch
President and CEO
East Tennessee Foundation
Knoxville, TN

Christine Elbel
Executive Director
Fleishhacker Foundation
San Francisco, CA

George Tang
Managing Director
Educate Texas
Dallas, TX

Darren Walker
President
Ford Foundation
New York, NY

Melissa Beck
Executive Director
Educational Foundation of America, The
Hudson Valley, NY

Daniel Schmitt
Executive Director
Freeport Community Foundation
Freeport, IL

Antony Chiang
President
Empire Health Foundation
Spokane, WA

Kiki Jamieson
President
Fund for New Jersey, The
Princeton, NJ

Yvonne Goldsberry
President
Endowment for Health
Concord, NH

Betsy Fairbanks
President and CEO
Fund for Nonviolence
Santa Cruz, CA

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David J. Younggren
President and CEO
Gary Community Investments
Denver, CO

Thomas Kelly
VP Knowledge, Evaluation and Learning
Hawaii Community Foundation
Honolulu, HI

David T. Abbott
Executive Director
George Gund Foundation, The
Cleveland, OH

Bridget McCandless
President and CEO
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Gregg Behr
Executive Director
Grable Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA

Nora Obrien-Suric, Ph.D.
President
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Buffalo, NY

Chris Fulton
Executive Director
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
Grand Rapids, MN

Michele Lew
Chief Executive Officer
Health Trust, The
San Jose, CA

Nancy Bales
Executive Director
Gray Family Foundation
Portland, OR

Crystal Townsend
President
Healthcare Initiative Foundation
Germantown, MD

Andrew D. Kopplin
President and CEO
Greater New Orleans Foundation
New Orleans, LA

Maria Pesqueira
President
Healthy Communities Foundation
Riverside, IL

Bruce McNamer
CEO
Greater Washington Community Foundation, The
Washington, DC

Marta Drury
Director
Heart and Hand Fund
Half Moon Bay, CA

Leslie Dorosin
Co-Executive Director
Grove Foundation, The
Los Altos, CA

Deanna Gomby
President and CEO
Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA

Becky Gaskin
Executive Director
Hagerman Foundation, The
Flint, MI

Paul J. Luna
President and CEO
Helios Education Foundation
Phoenix, AZ

Jay Williams
President
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Hartford, CT

Myron Miller
Trustee
Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation
Boston, MA

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Mary Stranahan
Founder
High Stakes Foundation
Missoula, MT

Teddy Basham-Witherington
Deputy Director
Impact Fund
Berkeley, CA

Nat Chioke Williams
Executive Director
Hill Snowdon Foundation
Washington, DC

Phyllis Glink
Executive Director
Irving Harris Foundation
Chicago, IL

Daphne Rowe
Executive Director
Hilles Fund, The
Ardmore, PA

Don Howard
President and CEO
James Irvine Foundation, The
San Francisco, CA

Ana Marie Argilagos
President
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Oakland, CA

Megan Fenkell
Executive Director
Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation
Troy, MI

Alison Fass
President
Hoffberger Foundation
Baltimore, MD

Shere Kahn
Program Consultant
Jay and Rose Philips Family Foundation of Colorado
Denver, CO

Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., MD, MPH
Executive Director
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Austin, TX

Ben Cameron
President
Jerome Foundation
Saint Paul, MN

Karen Vesely
Secretary and Treasurer
Homeless Assistance Fund, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

John Goldman
President
John and Marcia Goldman Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Nikki H. Vernick
President and CEO
Horizon Foundation
Columbia, MD

Elizabeth Snow
Program Officer
John Ben Snow Foundation, The
Syracuse, NY

Ann Marie Horner
Board Chair
Horner Foundation, The
Philadelphia, PA

Julia Stasch
President
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago, IL

Dara Johnson
Program Officer
Horning Family Fund
Washington, DC

Christine James
Executive Director
John Merck Fund, The
Boston, MA

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Tony Cipollone
President and CEO
John T. Gorman Foundation
Portland, ME

Samuel J. Bressi
President and CEO
Lancaster County Community Foundation
Lancaster, PA

Ellen Alberding
President
Joyce Foundation
Chicago, IL

Jacqueline Martinez Garcel
CEO
Latino Community Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Alison Upton Lopez
Executive Director
Julian Grace Foundation
Highland Park, IL

Carlos Martinez
Executive Director
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado
Denver, CO

Carrie Pickett-Erway
President and CEO
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI

Peter Bloch Garcia
Executive Director
Latino Community Fund
Seattle, WA

Kristen Beall
President and CEO
Kern Community Foundation
Bakersfield, CA

Gilda Pedraza
Executive Director
Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia)
Atlanta, GA

Melissa White
Executive Director
Key Biscayne Community Foundation
Key Biscayne, FL

Naomi Aberly
Director
Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation
Dallas, TX

Kim Philbrick McCabe
Executive Director
Klarman Family Foundation
Boston, MA

Ann Lederer
Director
Lederer Foundation, Inc.
Lakewood, CO

Lina Park
Executive Director
Korean American Community Foundation of
San Francisco
San Mateo, CA

Caitlin Davis
Executive Director
Legal Foundation of Washington
Seattle, WA

Miah H. Armour
Executive Director
Lake County Community Foundation, The
Waukegan, IL

Lewis Schaeneman
President
Lewis G. Schaeneman, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
Hamden, CT

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Unmi Song
President
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Chicago, IL

Patricia Blakely
Executive Director
Merchants Fund, The
Philadelphia, PA

David M. Okorn
Executive Director
Long Island Community Foundation
Melville, NY

Jay Beckner
President
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York, NY

Susan Adelman
President
Lucy and Isadore B. Adelman Foundation, The
Los Angeles, CA

Nicky Goren
President and CEO
Meyer Foundation
Washington, DC

Pam Keon
Member
Lumpkin Family Foundation
Mattoon, IL

R.T. Rybak
President and CEO
Minneapolis Foundation, The
Minneapolis, MN

Thomas Peters, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Marin Community Foundation
Novato, CA

Sarah Herrick
Grant and Scholarship Manager
Mount Dora Community Trust
Mount Dora, FL

Justin Maxson
Executive Director
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Winston-Salem, NC

Terence P. Mulligan
President and CEO
Napa Valley Community Foundation
Napa, CA

Alexie Torres
Chair
Massachusetts Census Equity Fund
Cambridge, MA

Mary Sobecki
Executive Director
Needmor Fund, The
Perrysburg, OH

Kate Wolford
President
McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN

Robert Scowcroft
Officer
Nell Newman Foundation
Santa Cruz, CA

Becky Goss
President and CEO
McPherson County Community Foundation
McPherson, KS

Henry Der
Senior Program Officer
NEO Philanthropy
New York, NY

Janice Elliott
Executive Director
Melville Charitable Trust, Inc.
New Haven, CT

Gian F. Brosco, Esq.
President and CEO
Nevada Community Foundation
Las Vegas, NV

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Richard Ober
President and CEO
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Concord, NH

Sara Boyd
President and CEO
Omaha Community Foundation, The
Omaha, NE

Linda Milbourn
President and CEO
New Mexico Community Foundation
Santa Fe, NM

Patrick Gaspard
President
Open Society Foundations
New York, NY

Lorie Slutsky
President
New York Community Trust, The
New York, NY

Jake Goodman
Executive Director
Opportunity Fund
Pittsburgh, PA

Maria Mottola
Executive Director
New York Foundation
New York, NY

Julie Shaffer
Executive Director
Oreg Foundation
Boulder, CO

Caitlin Davis
Executive Director
North Star Civic Foundation
Portland, OR

Max Williams
President and CEO
Oregon Community Foundation, The
Portland, OR

Kevin Walker
President and CEO
Northwest Area Foundation
Saint Paul, MN

Marian Blankenship
Executive Director
PacificSource Foundation for Health Improvement
Springfield, OR

Guy Rovezzi
President
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Torrington, CT

Roberta Norman
Interim Co-Director
Park Foundation, Inc
Ithaca, NY

Jesse Beason
Vice President of Strategy and Public Affairs
Northwest Health Foundation
Portland, OR

Jennifer Fleming DeVoll
President and CEO
Pasadena Community Foundation
Pasadena, CA

Yurianna Mikolay
Executive Director
Ocean Reef Community Foundation
Key Largo, FL

Valerie Kind-Rubin
Managing Trustee
Patricia Kind Family Foundation, The
Philadelphia, PA

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Michelle Greanias
Executive Director
PEAK Grantmaking
Washington, DC

Elisabeth Posner Schouten
Trustee and General Manager
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Washington, DC

Laurie Zierer
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Philadelphia, PA

Dana Arviso
Executive Director
Potlatch Fund
Seattle, WA

Tracy Sawicki
Executive Director
Peter and Elizabeth Tower Foundation
Buffalo, NY

Susie Lee
Executive Director
Potomac Health Foundation
Woodbridge, VA

A. Sarah Hreha
Executive Vice President
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, The
New Haven, CT

Kris A. Hermanns
Chief Executive Officer
Pride Foundation
Seattle, WA

Pedro A. Ramos
President and CEO
Philadelphia Foundation, The
Philadelphia, PA

Lucille E. Dabney
Executive Director
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise
Pittsburgh, PA

Ann Marie Healy
Executive Director
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Philadelphia, PA

Joan Evans
Director
Prosper Road Foundation
Chicago, IL

Kashif Shaikh
Executive Director
Pillars Fund
Chicago, IL

Liz Powell
Executive Director
Racine Community Foundation
Racine, WI

Deborah James
Program Director
Pincus Family Foundation
Washington Township, NJ

Erin Kahn
Executive Director
Raikes Foundation
Seattle, WA

Maxwell King
President and CEO
Pittsburgh Foundation, The
Pittsburgh, PA

Brenda Sharpe
President and CEO
REACH Healthcare Foundation
Merriam, KS

Gillian Darlow
CEO
Polk Bros. Foundation
Chicago, IL

Neil D. Steinberg
President and CEO
Rhode Island Foundation
Providence, RI

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James Becker
President and CEO
Richmond Community Foundation
Richmond, CA

Eric J. Jolly
President and CEO
Saint Paul & Minnesota Community Foundations, The
Saint Paul, MN

David Hiller
President and CEO
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Chicago, IL

Jeanette Cool
CEO
Sam Mazza Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Jane Brown
President
Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Baltimore, MD

Alfred Castle
Chief Executive Officer
Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation, The
Honolulu, HI

Kim Montgomery
Executive Director
Rochelle Area Community Foundation
Rochelle, IL

Sarah Martinez-Helfman
President
Samuel S. Fels Fund
Philadelphia, PA

Jennifer Leonard
President and CEO
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rochester, NY

Fred Blackwell
CEO
San Francisco Foundation, The
San Francisco, CA

Lindy Eichenbaum Lent
President and CEO
Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO

William (Bill) Smith
President and CEO
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Santa Fe, NM

Timothy Silard
President
Rosenberg Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Christine Reeves Strigaro
Executive Director
Sapelo Foundation, The
Savannah, GA

Dale Mitchell
Executive Director
Rosenlund Family Foundation
Haverford, PA

Joe Pyle
President
Scattergood Foundation
Philadelphia, PA

Ruth Salzman
CEO
Russell Berrie Foundation, The
Teaneck, NJ

Mike Pratt
President and Executive Director
Scherman Foundation
New York, NY

Linda Beech Cutler
CEO
Sacramento Regional Community Foundation
Sacramento, CA

Ruth Schimel, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Manager
Schimel Lode, The
Washington, DC

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Tony Mestres
President and CEO
Seattle Foundation
Seattle, WA

Tegan Acton
President
Solidarity Giving / Sunlight Giving
Palo Alto, CA

Brian F. Boyd
Executive Director
Sequoia Foundation
Tacoma, WA

Sarah Owen
President and CEO
Southwest Florida Community Foundation
Fort Myers, FL

Diana Doherty
Manager
Seybert Foundation, The
Doylestown, PA

Mychal Cherry
Executive Director
Spirit Mountain Community Fund, The
Grand Ronde, OR

Danielle Garbe
CEO
Sherwood Trust
Walla Walla, WA

Priscilla Kersten
President
Square One Foundation
Chicago, IL

Chet P. Hewitt
President and CEO
Sierra Health Foundation
Sacramento, CA

Cynthia Reed
Program Director
Stanzel Family Foundation, Inc., The
Schulenburg, TX

Erica K. Wood
Chief Community Impact Officer
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mountain View, CA

Allison Angeloni
Director of Policy
Steans Family Foundation
Chicago, IL

Amanda Cloud
President and CEO
Simmons Foundation, The
Houston, TX

Beth Feldman Brandt
Executive Director
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation
Philadelphia, PA

Sister Regina Fox, SSND
Executive Director
Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation
Orange, CA

Samuel G. Huber
President
Stone Foundation of New Jersey, The
Leonardo, NJ

Tonya Allen
President and CEO
Skillman Foundation, The
Detroit, MI

Nancy Jacobs
Co-Founder and President
Sundance Family Foundation
St. Paul, MN

Rick Williams
CEO
Sobrato Family Foundation
Cupertino, CA

Fo-Ching Lu
President
SYL Foundation
Redmond, WA

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Lisa O'Brien
Executive Director
Taos Community Foundation
Taos, NM

Pete Manzo
President and CEO
United Ways of California
South Pasadena, CA

Paul Major
President and CEO
Telluride Foundation
Telluride, CO

Jim Cooper
President and CEO
United Ways of Pacific Northwest
Olympia, WA

Newell Flather
President
Theodore Edson Parker Foundation
Boston, MA

Nancy Wiltsek
Executive Director
van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Monica Trinidad
Communications Officer
Third Wave Fund
Brooklyn, NY

Carol Thompson Cole
President and CEO
Venture Philanthropy Partners
Washington, DC

Allan Oliver
Executive Director
Thornburg Foundation
Santa Fe, NM

Irene Cooper-Basch
Executive Officer
Victoria Foundation
Newark, NJ

Nick Palazzetti, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Three Rivers Community Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA

Robert N. DiLeonardi
Executive Director
VNA Foundation
Chicago, IL

Keith Burwell
President
Toledo Community Foundation
Toledo, OH

Stacie Ma'a
President
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
Berkeley, CA

Taryn Higashi
Executive Director
Unbound Philanthropy
New York, NY

Ellen Dorsey
Executive Director
Wallace Global Fund
Washington, DC

Colleen Laing
Associate Director, Planning and Public Policy
United Way of King County
Seattle, WA

Sue Van
President
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, The
Miami, FL

Keith Thomajan
President and CEO
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
Portland, OR

Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat
President and CEO
Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Washington, DC

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Jan DeBerg
Executive Director
Watertown Area Community Foundation
Watertown, SD

Sheri Scavone
Executive Director
WNY Women's Foundation
Buffalo, NY

Angela Jones Hackley
Partner and Chief Program Officer
Wayfinder Foundation, The
Waite Park, MN

Donna P. Hall
President and CEO
Women Donors Network
San Francisco, CA

Fred Ali
President and CEO
Weingart Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Lauren Y. Casteel
President and CEO
Women’s Foundation of Colorado
Denver, CO

Edward Kissam
Trustee
Werner-Kohnstamm Family Giving Fund
Oakland, CA

Diane Cornman-Levy
Executive Director
WOMEN'S WAY
Philadelphia, PA

Conny Bogaard
Executive Director
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Garden City, KS

Grace Hou
President
Woods Fund Chicago
Chicago, IL

Catherine Crystal Foster
Executive Director
Westly Foundation
Menlo Park, CA

Craig Showalter
President and CEO
Wyoming Community Foundation
Laramie, WY

Mauri Ingram
President and CEO
Whatcom Community Foundation
Bellingham, WA

Robert Uyeki
CEO
Y and H Soda Foundation
Moraga, CA

Regina McGraw
Executive Director
Wieboldt Foundation
Chicago, IL

Linda G. Moore
President and CEO
Yakima Valley Community Foundation
Yakima, WA

Larry Kramer
President
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA

Merryl Snow Zegar
Trustee and Executive Director
Zegar Family Foundation
New York, NY