Posts by: Diana Sieger

• Posted on April 01, 2016 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Lead and the Work of Inequality

  The recent water crisis in Flint has highlighted the enormous challenges faced by marginalized populations, especially in cities still trying to recover from our changing economy. Basic life opportunities escape the grasp of those with [...]

• Posted on December 07, 2015 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Change for the Better

  Adaptability is a great trait in people and organizations. We expect leaders to be willing to change the status quo and move forward. Sometimes, though, we hold onto our past and do things like we’ve [...]

• Posted on September 24, 2015 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Toward a Racism-Free Grand Rapids

  In July I was on a panel hosted by Partners for a Racism-Free Community. The organization’s vision is a community where racial and ethnic disparities are eliminated so all people are accepted and included as [...]

• Posted on June 21, 2015 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Our Own Patron Saint

  During my 28 years at the Community Foundation, I’ve been honored to have met and worked with quite a few of Grand Rapids’ most noted philanthropists. Many of these individuals served as Grand Rapids Community [...]

• Posted on January 31, 2013 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Are you a woman of faith?

  My blog postings have been infrequent at best in the past few months and I hope to step it up. This does take discipline and I need to buckle down to take a moment to [...]

• Posted on December 19, 2012 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Dreams can come true!

  This morning brought great news that our colleague organization, Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), received a phenomenal stock gift of $500 million from Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook.  This gift will definitely help to [...]

• Posted on April 16, 2012 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  News at the ground level! The Rapidian is all about our community!

  My dad was an editor extraordinaire.  He was a valued employee at The Detroit News for more than 45 years starting as a carrier and climbing the ladder to become the highly regarded Sports Editor retiring [...]

• Posted on February 15, 2012 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  The Social/Nonprofit Sector - what will it look like decades from now?

  Provocateur: a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.  OR, according to the Sieger definition, is it a person who causes one to step out of their zone and look at the [...]

• Posted on January 10, 2012 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  What was your first job? What summer jobs did you have? How did this impact your life?

  Shelley Irwin, host of WGVU Radio Morning Show as well as WGVU-TV programs, has had me on every month on her radio show in a segment known as “Perspectives in Philanthropy” for a number of [...]

• Posted on December 02, 2011 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  You Poor Souls! ;-)

  It's time for Diana's Soapbox! For years, I have been on a mission to help people understand that the nonprofit sector is not second class! While the sector has been hit hard by the recession, what [...]

• Posted on November 26, 2011 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Lessons learned from a Generous Man

  Fred Meijer passed away on November 25th a few days shy of his 92nd birthday. He was a staunch and generous supporter of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. My memories of Fred are so wonderful [...]

• Posted on November 17, 2011 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Joint Statement on the Charitable Tax Deduction

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation and Heart of West Michigan United Way have issued a joint statement regarding the possible threat and erosion of the charitable tax deduction. This is an important issue and could [...]