Stories from The Kendeda Fund

The Kendeda Fund
Stories from The Kendeda Fund

In the early 1990s, Diana Blank, began a remarkable and unconventional philanthropic journey. Blessed with wealth she never envisioned having, she set out to help build a more just and equitable world. She was always inspired by a combination of people and planet. She invested in transformative leaders and ideas. She experimented, followed her heart. She took chances. And she did it all in her own unique way. Now, three decades and more than one billion dollars in grant making later, Diana has completed that journey.

Épisodes

  1. Episode 7 - Voices of Resilience: Pursuing Truth, Justice, and Healing in Indian Country

    01/06/2023

    Episode 7 - Voices of Resilience: Pursuing Truth, Justice, and Healing in Indian Country

    In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States government ran or supported more than 400 boarding schools designed to erase Native culture, assimilating America’s Indigenous people into White, western culture. Students endured rampant physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Hundreds of deaths went unreported and unprosecuted; thousands of children never came home. It is a horrific chapter in our shared history, one which many Americans know little or nothing about. Leveraging a transformational investment from the Kendeda Fund, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is committed to understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the policies that separated Indigenous children from their families and worked to strip them of their culture and their dignity. This is a story of people and culture persevering in the face of institutional eradication efforts. Stories from The Kendeda Fund is an audio storytelling project documenting the origins, impact and legacy of The Kendeda Fund. Each episode highlights an element of The Kendeda Fund’s philanthropic journey, revealing useful lessons for nonprofit veterans and emerging donors alike. Learn more at www.kendedafund.org.   The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition https://boardingschoolhealing.org  Canada’s Unmarked Graves from 60 Minutes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-residential-schools-unmarked-graves-indigenous-children-60-minutes-2023-02-12/  This episode was produced by Wonder Media Network. Our Executive Producers are Dena Kimball and David Brotherton.

    29 min
  2. Episode 6 - Healing in Nature: Warriors & Quiet Waters

    01/06/2023

    Episode 6 - Healing in Nature: Warriors & Quiet Waters

    Colonel Eric Hastings is a veteran who spent much of his life turning to the outdoors for healing, during and after many years in active military service. He especially likes to fly fish. On the Quiet Waters Ranch in Bozeman, Montana, Hastings and his team help veterans find peace and reintegrate into daily life. They expose “wounded warriors” to nature-centered experiences and teach critical backcountry skills, giving the returning soldiers space to pursue healing, meaning, and new life directions. It was on this ranch where, on a foggy September morning, Colonel Hastings and the Kendeda Fund’s founder, Diana Blank, spent time together, walking in the woods, sharing stories about their pasts, and talking about their own relationships with nature and healing.  Stories from The Kendeda Fund is an audio storytelling project documenting the origins, impact and legacy of The Kendeda Fund. Each episode highlights an element of The Kendeda Fund’s philanthropic journey, revealing useful lessons for nonprofit veterans and emerging donors alike. Learn more at www.kendedafund.org.   Warriors & Quiet Waters https://warriorsandquietwaters.org/  “The Effect of Time Outdoors on Veterans Receiving Treatment for PTSD” (Bettman, et.al., 2021) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405544  This episode was produced by Wonder Media Network. Our Executive Producers are Dena Kimball and David Brotherton.

    30 min
  3. Episode 5 - Community Wealth Building: The Industrial Commons

    01/06/2023

    Episode 5 - Community Wealth Building: The Industrial Commons

    Morganton, North Carolina has a rich manufacturing history dating back multiple generations. But that history has been challenged in recent years by cycles of outsourcing and job loss, leaving many workers stranded. Turning challenge into opportunity, Kendeda Grantee The Industrial Commons is building on Morganton’s existing infrastructure while creating a new economic model that keeps resources and knowledge in the local community. Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis, The Industrial Commons’ story is one of creativity and entrepreneurship, resilience and renewal. It reveals how community wealth-building strategies can help businesses provide jobs, goods, and services, while keeping assets in communities and growing local economies in ways that benefit workers, their families, and business owners. Stories from The Kendeda Fund is an audio storytelling project documenting the origins, impact and legacy of The Kendeda Fund. Each episode highlights an element of The Kendeda Fund’s philanthropic journey, revealing useful lessons for nonprofit veterans and emerging donors alike. Learn more at www.kendedafund.org.   The Industrial Commons https://theindustrialcommons.org  Economic Democracy: A Conversation with Funders https://blog.candid.org/post/economic-democracy-a-conversation-with-funders/?source=philantopic  This episode was produced by Wonder Media Network. Our Executive Producers are Dena Kimball and David Brotherton.

    14 min
  4. Episode 2 - Towards Equity: A Grove Park Story

    01/06/2023

    Episode 2 - Towards Equity: A Grove Park Story

    Atlanta, Georgia is home to tremendous promise and opportunity. The city is riding an economic boom. Nearly twenty Fortune 500 companies call Atlanta home, and the population is steadily climbing. Unfortunately, Atlanta is also the number one city for income inequality in America. If a person is born into poverty in the city, there is just a four percent chance they will ever emerge from it. Almost 70 percent of Atlanta’s Black families lack liquid assets, compared to 22 percent of white families. And the median household income for Blacks is just one-third that of whites. The Grove Park neighborhood, west of downtown Atlanta, embodies many of the challenges of this pernicious racial wealth gap and many of the solutions needed to reverse it. What does it take to build healthy, equitable and vibrant communities where all families can thrive and succeed? And how can philanthropy play a role in helping achieve that vision? Stories from The Kendeda Fund is an audio storytelling project documenting the origins, impact and legacy of The Kendeda Fund. Each episode highlights an element of The Kendeda Fund’s philanthropic journey, revealing useful lessons for nonprofit veterans and emerging donors alike. Learn more at www.kendedafund.org.   Grove Park Foundation https://groveparkfoundation.org  Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative https://www.atlantawealthbuilding.org  Partnership for Southern Equity https://psequity.org/ This episode was produced by Wonder Media Network. Our Executive Producers are Dena Kimball and David Brotherton.

    39 min

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In the early 1990s, Diana Blank, began a remarkable and unconventional philanthropic journey. Blessed with wealth she never envisioned having, she set out to help build a more just and equitable world. She was always inspired by a combination of people and planet. She invested in transformative leaders and ideas. She experimented, followed her heart. She took chances. And she did it all in her own unique way. Now, three decades and more than one billion dollars in grant making later, Diana has completed that journey.

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