Today's episode offers a view into how foundation executives can integrate talent-investing deeply into their philanthropic approach and how they can work with grantees in a practical fashion to ensure that they are motivated, incentivized and have the funding they need to pay appropriate thriving wages. This is the second in our special three-part series based on Fund the People's presentation at the Center for Effective Philanthropy Conference in Fall of 2023. Our session focused on how funders can support nonprofit workers in the age of burnout.
Resources
The Raymond John Wean Foundation website
The Raymond John Wean Foundation on LinkedIn
The Raymond John Wean Foundation on Facebook
Inside Philanthropy's article on Funding Better Salaries (paywall)
Bio
Jennifer Roller is the president of The Raymond John Wean Foundation where she seeks to carry out its vision of empowered residents creating an equitable Mahoning Valley, the community she calls home. A life-long resident of Youngstown, Ohio,
Jennifer is a product of its public school system and Youngstown State University, from which she earned bachelor and master’s degrees. Following several years in the nonprofit sector in various direct services positions, Jennifer led the development and implementation of multiple student services programs committed to college preparation,
entrance and completion.
Joining the Wean Foundation in 2007, Jennifer served in various capacities before assuming her current role as president in 2014. Jennifer leads the Foundation’s efforts in building and strengthening strategic partnerships with Valley stakeholders and is passionate about equitable community- building. She promotes fresh thinking, courageous conversations, and resident-led approaches to address the systems of advantage that hold problems in place. Under Jennifer’s leadership, the Foundation has moved race equity and inclusion to the center of its work.
Season 6 is sponsored by Loftis Partners. They've launched the Pay Equity Collective, a peer learning experience that provides capacity building, strategic resources, and a supportive community for nonprofits seeking pathways to pay equity. Visit payequitycollective.com to learn more! Loftis Partners – Empowering organizations and advancing equity, one collective step at a time!