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Dig into our archive, curated to shed light on some of the ways the Kendeda Fund showed up in the world. Read articles about our history and the strategies that shaped it. Dive into stories about our grantee partners who taught us so much. Explore and experience some of the media and films we funded to advance our goals.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 1 Family: Diana & Dena

Blessed with unexpected wealth, Diana Blank began a remarkable and unconventional philanthropic journey in the early 1990s. Ten years ago, daughter Dena Kimball joined Diana on that journey. In this episode, mother and daughter talk intimately about the Kendeda Fund’s origins, and Diana’s philanthropic impact over the past thirty years.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 2 Towards Equity: A Grove Park Story

Atlanta, Georgia is home to tremendous opportunity. Nearly twenty Fortune 500 companies call Atlanta home, and the population is steadily climbing. It’s also the number one city for income inequality in America. The Grove Park neighborhood embodies many of the challenges and solutions for addressing this racial wealth gap.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 3 Regenerative Design: Atlanta’s Greenest Building

On the campus of Georgia Tech, The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design stands as the greenest commercial building in the Southeast. Opened in 2019, it is the first building in Georgia and 28th worldwide to earn Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification, the world’s most ambitious green building achievement.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 4 Narrative Change: The Power and Impact of Documentary Film

Movies can shift our thinking, change our feelings, and focus our attention like few other forms of storytelling. This lively conversation between two long-time Kendeda Fund grantees examines the confluence of art, ideas and social change – with useful lessons for experienced media funders, emerging philanthropists, and film buffs everywhere.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 5 Community Wealth Building: The Industrial Commons

Morganton, North Carolina’s rich manufacturing history has been recently challenged by cycles of outsourcing and job loss. Set within the COVID-19 crisis, Kendeda Grantee The Industrial Commons’ story is about renewal. It reveals how community wealth-building strategies can grow local economies to benefit workers, their families, and business owners.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 6 Healing in Nature: Warriors & Quiet Waters

On the Quiet Waters Ranch in Bozeman, Montana, post-9/11 combat veterans (and their families) find space to pursue healing, meaning, and new life directions. On a foggy September morning, founder Colonel Eric Hastings and the Kendeda Fund’s founder, Diana Blank, walk in the woods, talking about nature and healing.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 7 Voices of Resilience: Pursuing Truth, Justice, and Healing in Indian Country

Leveraging investment from the Kendeda Fund, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is addressing the ongoing trauma created by the policies that separated Indigenous children from their families and worked to strip them of their culture and their dignity. This is a story of people and culture persevering.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 8 Spend Out: Living While Giving

At the end of 2023, The Kendeda Fund will complete a journey spanning nearly thirty years and more than $1 billion of charitable giving, joining a growing list of sunsetting foundations. This episode reveals why Kendeda chose to wind down, what it took, and what that means in today’s world.

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Stories from the Kendeda Fund — Episode 9 Diana Memories: I Wonder What This Will Be Like?

In this final bonus episode, members of the Kendeda Fund’s small team reflect on the values, spirit, humor, and wisdom that motivated philanthropist Diana Blank and guided her unconventional approach to giving.

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Diane Ives on The ESOP Podcast

The EO Podcast invites listeners from all over the world to hear insights from the best in the employee-owned business. In this episode host Bret Keisling’s guest is Kendeda's own Diane Ives.

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