Access to healthy, nutritious food is an ongoing challenge for residents in Greater Miami’s food deserts. Our area’s largest food bank reported that the need for support has more than doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first #OurMiami Conversation hosted by...
#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity taking place on May 5, 2020. It's an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The day will create a wave of charitable giving, generosity, volunteer engagement, and civic action to support communities and nonprofits...
After an eight-month national search, The Miami Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Rebecca Fishman Lipsey as president and CEO. Here, Rebecca shares what’s on her mind as she becomes the fourth president of the $350 million+ community foundation serving Greater Miami. She will assume...
Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of the Biscayne Times. Big reports don’t mobilize residents to take action. This statement seems obvious, but we at The Miami Foundation took some time to arrive at this conclusion. Since 1967, our foundation has worked...
Editor’s Note: The Miami Foundation’s Emerging Philanthropist Award annually celebrates a 40-or-under donor who uses charitable giving to drive measurable results around a local cause, broadly improve the lives of Miamians and encourage others to give. We are pleased to name Amaka Amalu-Anderson as our 2020 honoree!...
After beating an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, Miami resident Andrea Ivory made it her mission to empower women across South Florida to overcome disease and achieve comprehensive wellness. One year after her diagnosis, Andrea founded the Florida Breast Health Initiative, now the Women’s...
In August 2017, a white nationalist rally erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one young woman and two officers dead and dozens injured – and a community wounded and divided in its aftermath. ...
With Census 2020 forms hitting most homes across the country mid-March, organizations in Miami-Dade County have stepped up their outreach efforts. Since last October, the 29 local nonprofits that received $475,000 in grants from the Miami-Dade Counts 2020 funder collaborative have worked at the grassroots...
At Stephanie Perez-Julio’s wedding, guests were all smiles during the brightly colored outdoor ceremony, especially Ana María’s. Stephanie first met her while teaching art at The WOW Center, a Give Miami Day participating nonprofit that serves more than 200 adults with developmental disabilities from across Miami-Dade...
I had a rough start at adulthood, but trial and error and the power of self-perseverance ultimately saved me. ...