Videos from the Council of Foundations

The Council of Foundations has a section of its website that has videos from a number of speakers involved in Philanthropy. They include Bill Clinton, Van Jones, Melinda Gates, and Ronn Richard of the Cleveland Foundation. Unfortunately, the site does not allow embedding or linking directly to its videos.

Earl Stafford of the Stafford Foundation Interviewed on CNN

This video is a brief interview with Earl Stafford about his foundation's efforts to enable those would otherwise never have had the opportunity to Washington D.C and join in the inauguration events for President Barrack Obama. Learn more by visiting the foundation's blog and website: thestaffordfoundation.org.

Thanks to Vivian Hairston for sharing this information.

Council of Foundations Speaker - Wenda Weekes Moore

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Wenda Weekes Moore, Association of Black Foundation Executives Board Member and W.K. Kellogg Foundation trustee talks about the importance of philanthropy at this pivotal time in America. Recorded on May 3, 2009 at the Council on Foundations 2009 Annual Conference in Atlanta.

Night Club Promoter Brings Clean Water to Developing Nations

The Idea Camp - Scott Harrison from The Idea Camp on Vimeo.

This video tells the story of Scott Harrison, an individual who set up an organization to bring clean water to developing nations. Although he is not an African-American Philanthropist, his story shows one person can make a difference.

Scott starts talking at 1 minute 30 seconds into the video. You can drag the slider at the bottom of the screen forward to skip to this point.

Scott Harrison's outlook was transformed by exposure to conditions while on vacation abroad. He worked for an international charity that provided urgently needed medical care to developing countries. He founded Charity: Water to dig wells in developing countries and used marketing skill and online technology to provide aide to existing organizations that could dig the wells.

Read his story in this New York Times article or listen to his story in the video above.