Throughout her career, Caroline Merenda has been recruited to help build new initiatives. At Rochester Area Community Foundation, she developed the organization’s first professional grantmaking program. Next, she headed to CFLeads – the national network of community foundations – just as the organization took flight. Now, Merenda is joining Press Forward to build our growing local chapters program and strengthen … Read More
Three learnings from place-based ecosystem funding
When I was in Miami for Knight Media Forum 2024 to announce our role leading Press Forward North Carolina alongside Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, I celebrated the opportunity to share what’s happening in North Carolina.