Tracks to Success Archives
This is a GrantStation feature article that focuses on a particular grantmaker or philanthropic trend in order to keep you apprised of the latest “top of topic” subjects within the world of grantseeking, management, and philanthropy.
Community engagement is seemingly everywhere these days. It's increasingly important in the corporate, political, academic, and philanthropic realms. Community, in this context, is sometimes…
The old saying goes that knowledge is power. But before knowledge exists, its creation is power. Not long ago very few non-Asian Americans knew that Japanese Americans were imprisoned in…
A 2019 Pew survey revealed that nearly 80% of U.S. adults are concerned about how companies use their digital data. The pervasive user agreements that underpin data mining, and which indemnify…
I came to Alaska in 1993 seeking new experiences and adventures in the mountains and wilderness. It turns out that one of my greatest adventures was launching GrantStation.
There are five stages that all small businesses go through regardless of what you offer. The first stage is the startup phase and requires a good, solid business idea, a smattering of initial…
Since GrantStation’s founding in 1999, I have watched organizations focused on the field of philanthropy launch, and often fail.
There is a challenge that all entrepreneurs have to address when starting a new business. It’s not what you are probably thinking – finding the money for a startup (although that is also somewhat…
It’s a cold, dark November morning, late 1980s, in Fairbanks, Alaska. I have been thinking for months, maybe years, about how I might have some slight influence on the world. It’s a big thought…