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Spending Up

Published on: May 24, 2010

Written by: WDNStaff

The Quixote Foundation recently announced its decision to “spend up” all of its money between now and 2017. This month we organized a conversation with Lenore Hanisch and June Wilson of the Quixote Foundation to learn more.

Spending Up

Featuring:

WDN member Lenore Hanisch

Quixote Foundation family member, Board member, and Co-Executive Director

~and~

June Wilson

Quixote Foundation Co-Executive Director

Thursday, June 10

10:00am PDT/ 11:00am MDT/ 12:00pm CDT/ 1:00pm EDT

Thinking about your giving from a spending up point-of-view can be exciting, even if you plan on giving in perpetuity in the traditional sense. For all of you who do your giving through an annual out-of-pocket budget vs. a vehicle such as a foundation or donor advised fund (DAF), in fact, regardless of how you do your giving, there are some questions to ask that might be helpful in the decision making process. Join our own Lenore Hanisch as she shares her story and describes her strategies for Spending Up!

Lenore M. Hanisch

Lenore M. Hanisch brings expertise in journalism and event management to her triple roles as Quixote Foundation family member, board member and co-executive director (a/k/a The Energizer E.D.). Her activism begins by choosing green, socially equitable and progressive ways to manage home and office, and it extends to working closely with grantee organizations, promoting their overall health as well as specific initiatives. Lenore’s colleagues describe her as a “free-range rebel” for the way she combines both courage and conscience. “I am going to save one seven-foot diameter tree, even if I actually have to hug it,” says Lenore of her current priorities.

June Wilson

June Wilson’s talent for translating movement into meaningful patterns is a terrific fit for her work as Quixote Foundation co-executive director and board member. With some 20 years experience in performing arts organizations, she understands people’s physical and emotional interactions within a literal, conceptual or practical space and can quickly translate what she sees into strategic systems. In addition to serving as CEO, COO and holding other nonprofit leadership positions, June has been an independent dancer, choreographer, advisor, NEA panelist and board volunteer. Her colleagues swear she inhabits a trio of mutable roles as “mother/daughter/sister,” encouraging their achievement in deeply empathetic ways. June’s giggle is one of the greatest sounds ever heard around Quixote Foundation.

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