Walton Family Foundation Executive Director, Caryl M. Stern, Pens Fortune Op-Ed - "It’s Time to Change How Philanthropies Collaborate"

Walton Family Foundation Executive Director, Caryl M. Stern, Pens Fortune Op-Ed - "It’s Time to Change How Philanthropies Collaborate"

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Friday, October 8, 2021

It’s time to change how philanthropies collaborate

BY CARYL M. STERN

"Two groups of people approaching each other over a chasm, ready to shake hands."
“Our agendas and ideologies won’t always align, but our goals still can,” writes Caryl M. Stern of the Walton Family Foundation.

 

In philanthropy, we are wired to solve problems through collaboration because it embodies the spirit and style of how we work. We accept and embrace the fact that the immensity of the challenges we tackle goes beyond what any of us can do alone in dollars or deeds. So, to get results, we share tasks, people, ideas, learnings, money, and credit. 

Read the full op-ed here

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