Consultant to Philanthropy

Rick Moyers

We'll Need Strong Arts Organizations to Get Through Covid-19

“At their best, arts and culture organizations help us experience joy, connect with one another, celebrate our shared humanity, and reckon w

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Letting Go of the Lost Cause

So long as Virginians allow the Lost Cause narrative to define and divide us, we remain trapped in the past.

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Lessons Learned as Board Chair

Like many newly elected chairs, I was honored but also viewed the responsibility with trepidation. I had led committees and advisory groups,

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Four Signs Your Board Is Ready to Put Equity on the Table

Boards that are serious about diversity need to prepare themselves for a conversation and a self-examination that is much broader than brain

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Is Your Board Ready to Work on Diversity?

Several months ago, I met with the governance committee of an all-white board that was considering me as a potential facilitator for their a

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On Resolutions and Writer's Block

When I first began thinking about leaving institutional philanthropy, friends warned me that I needed to be prepared for my life to change.

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We Need More Checkbook Philanthropy

“Checkbook philanthropist” has become a pejorative, and that’s a shame. Simply writing checks to effective organizations doing important wor

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Diverse Boards Make Better Decisions. So Why Are So Many So White?

This piece was first posted on this blog on February 23, 2017 and was updated and republished in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on January...

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A Postcard from the Old Dominion

Since moving back to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley a few months ago, I’ve been noticing how things have changed in the nearly three...

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What I Want to Do

I’m writing this post from my home in Staunton, Virginia (the town where I was born, about three hours south of DC in the Shenandoah...