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The 39th SECF Annual Meeting
November 12-14

SECF Names New CEO

Welcome Mike Howland!
Michael Howland has been chosen to succeed Martin Lehfeldt as president and CEO of the Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF), one of the nation’s largest regional associations of grantmakers.

Howland currently serves as CEO of Noble of Indiana, an Indianapolis-based community organization that serves people with developmental disabilities through five locations. He has been with the $12 million organization since 2002. Prior to that, he was CEO of four associations in Springfield, Va., that raise funds on behalf of 162 diverse national charities. [more...]

New Publication

Thinking About Things
In his columns from our Interchange newsletter, SECF President Martin Lehfeldt has waxed poetic, practical, funny and poignant - and has always delivered a new kernel of wisdom to eager readers. Now, SECF has collected 10 years of "Thinking About Things" in a single volume. The book will be published in June; we're taking advance orders now at $20 each! Click here to order! Proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to support the work of SECF.

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Hot Topics

  • Annual Meeting Speaker
    Peter Karoff at the Annual Meeting!
    Peter Karoff is founder and chairman of The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) in Boston. This business leader and civic activist founded TPI in 1989 to promote philanthropy and to greatly enlarge the pool of donors, encouraging them to give more, and more strategically. TPI's work has influenced the thinking and actions of thousands regarding the critical role new philanthropic capital can play in improving quality of life around the globe.
  • Response to the Myanmar Cyclone
    As the death toll continues to rise in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, several international agencies are establishing and coordinating relief efforts in the region. Additionally, an emergency teleconference to brief donors about relief and recovery needs and effective philanthropic strategies in response to the crisis in Myanmar is being organized for Monday, May 12th at 3:00 ET.
  • Interchange - May 2008

    Some simple ways for improving accountability, from member Sheffield Hale; Peter Karoff and NPR's Juan Williams headline SECF Annual Meeting; Sen. Charles Grassley appoints new tax counsel to advise on nonprofit legislation. (FOR MEMBERS ONLY .)

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