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93: Leadership Lessons from The Duke Endowment (Rhett Mabry)  SUMMARYIt’s hard not to be impressed by an organization that has contributed over $4 billion in grants to nonprofit organizations since its inception, but that’s exactly The Duke Endowment has done, making it one of the largest 501(c)(3) private foundations in the United States. Equally impressive as the Endowment’s impact on its four program priorities (higher education, health care, rural church and child care) is the thoughtful leadership that President Rhett Mabry and his team bring to the philanthropic sector. As the guest on episode #93 of the Path Podcast, Rhett not only shares a wealth of knowledge from his three decades of experience in the charitable sector, but also specific advice for current and aspiring leaders in the nonprofit community.  What are funders like the Endowment looking for in you as a nonprofit leader?  What about your board?  What do they want to see in your strategic plan and in your methods of evaluation?  Lots of fascinating insight, and a unique opportunity to learn the answer to the question on your mind: “I wonder what the funder thinks about my nonprofit?”ABOUT RHETTA native of Greensboro, NC, Mabry joined the Endowment in 1992 as Associate Director of Health Care. He became Director of Child Care in 1998, was named Vice President of the Endowment in 2009, and became President in 2016. Mabry holds a Master of Health Administration from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Before joining the Endowment, he was a manager at Ernst &amp; Young and HCA West Paces Ferry Hospital. He has served on the North Carolina Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council and the board of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. He is a past board chair of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and serves as an Observer to the Duke University Board of Trustees. He also serves on the board of Candid, a national organization that compiles and evaluates philanthropic data.EPISODE TOPICS &amp; RESOURCESRon Chernow’s book GrantLearn about the Endowment’s work through the MDC (Manpower Development Corp.)Craig Bass from Alexander Youth NetworkCenter for Effective Philanthropy President Phil Buchanan’s book Giving Done RightBlue Meridian PartnersKelly Fitzsimmons and Project EvidentApply to join one of PMA’s Mastermind Programs!

93: Leadership Lessons from The Duke Endowment (Rhett Mabry)  SUMMARYIt’s hard not to be impressed by an organization that has contributed over $4 billion in grants to nonprofit organizations since its inception, but that’s exactly <a href="https://www.dukeendowment.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Duke Endowment</a> has done, making it one of the largest 501(c)(3) private foundations in the United States. Equally impressive as the Endowment’s impact on its four program priorities (higher education, health care, rural church and child care) is the thoughtful leadership that President <a href="https://www.dukeendowment.org/about/staff-trustees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhett Mabry</a> and his team bring to the philanthropic sector. As the guest on <a href="https://www.pattonmcdowell.com/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">episode #93 of the Path Podcast</a>, Rhett not only shares a wealth of knowledge from his three decades of experience in the charitable sector, but also specific advice for current and aspiring leaders in the nonprofit community.  What are funders like the Endowment looking for in you as a nonprofit leader?  What about your board?  What do they want to see in your strategic plan and in your methods of evaluation?  Lots of fascinating insight, and a unique opportunity to learn the answer to the question on your mind: “I wonder what the funder thinks about my nonprofit?”ABOUT RHETTA native of Greensboro, NC, Mabry joined the Endowment in 1992 as Associate Director of Health Care. He became Director of Child Care in 1998, was named Vice President of the Endowment in 2009, and became President in 2016. Mabry holds a Master of Health Administration from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Before joining the Endowment, he was a manager at Ernst &amp; Young and HCA West Paces Ferry Hospital. He has served on the North Carolina Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council and the board of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. He is a past board chair of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and serves as an Observer to the Duke University Board of Trustees. He also serves on the board of Candid, a national organization that compiles and evaluates philanthropic data.EPISODE TOPICS &amp; RESOURCES<ul><li>Ron Chernow’s book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grant-Ron-Chernow/dp/159420487X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grant</a></li><li>Learn about the Endowment’s <a href="https://www.mdcinc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">work through the MDC</a> (Manpower Development Corp.)</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncraigbass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Bass</a> from <a href="https://www.alexanderyouthnetwork.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander Youth Network</a></li><li><a href="https://cep.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Effective Philanthropy</a> President <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-buchanan-0046b3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phil Buchanan’s</a> book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Done-Right-Effective-Philanthropy/dp/1541742257" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giving Done Right</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bluemeridian.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Meridian Partners</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyfitzsimmonsimpact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly Fitzsimmons</a> and <a href="https://www.projectevident.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Evident</a></li><li>Apply to join one of <a href="https://www.pattonmcdowell.com/news/2020-11/faqs-pma-mastermind-programs.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PMA’s Mastermind Programs!</a></li></ul>

93: Leadership Lessons from The Duke Endowment (Rhett Mabry)

Rhett Mabry:·       Advice: be patient, safe, focus on basic needs of recipients·       Focus on healthcare grantee needs·       Help is on the way (stimulus, and private support); Duke Endowment’s first-ever specially called meeting to provide support in NC and SC in response to the coronavirus crisis·       Response – Recovery – Rebuilding: have usually focused on 2nd two phases, but this time more focus on needs in the 1st phase – Response (hurricane metaphor); like to use intermediaries to get resources where needed·       Board engagement: nonprofit leaders need to reach out to their board leaders for their thoughts and perspectives in this time·       Brene Brown on 60 Minutes: humans need each other, need to stay connected·       Duke Endowment is hearing from grantees; Spring is busy time for grantmaking recommendations in each of their 4 focus areas – now scheduling zoom calls with grantees to check-in on possible changes in their priorities and flexibility in spending current resources·       Areas identified by Mr. Duke in 1924 are still relevant today: education, healthcare, churches, children; “challenges and opportunities are still there”·       Education: all 4 colleges The Duke Endowment supports have gone all online·       Healthcare: effect on hospitals can be counter-intuitive due to foregoing elective surgeries at this time and its negative on revenue due to shifting their service mix to focus on virus relief, “creating a cash challenge” especially for rural hospitals·       Churches: also mostly online, and many rural churches are not equipped yet for online giving·       Children: nurse home visitors are moving to telemedicine for consults; crisis could lead to Medicaid funding improvements in reimbursements·       An epidemiologist in NY Times wrote about re. past pandemics changing life going forward – there could opportunity for improvements from this; “I’m optimistic that we will learn from this.” – such as working on an after-action review with the NC/SC institutes of medicine to analyze and better prepare·       Generosity: Mary Semans – “She was a saint.” Shared example of a pre-med student who Mary inspired to become an actor and sent to London for theater training, and he now has a Tony from his work on Broadway. UPDATE:  The Duke Endowment Awards $2.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief for the CarolinasGrants Focus on Statewide Response Efforts Aimed at Addressing Critical Needsfile:///C:/Users/Clare/Documents/CapDev/Marketing%20Materials/Podcast/Grant%20News%20From%20The%20Duke%20Endowment%20-%20COVID-19.pdf  Bio:A native of Greensboro, N.C., Mabry joined the Endowment in 1992 as Associate Director of Health Care. He became Director of Child Care in 1998, was named Vice President of the Endowment in 2009, and became President in 2016. Mabry holds a Master of Health Administration from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Before joining the Endowment, he was a manager at Ernst &amp; Young and HCA West Paces Ferry Hospital. He has served on the North Carolina Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council and the board of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. He is a past board chair of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and serves as an Observer to the Duke University Board of Trustees.

Rhett Mabry:·       Advice: be patient, safe, focus on basic needs of recipients·       Focus on healthcare grantee needs·       Help is on the way (stimulus, and private support); Duke Endowment’s first-ever specially called meeting to provide support in NC and SC in response to the coronavirus crisis·       Response – Recovery – Rebuilding: have usually focused on 2nd two phases, but this time more focus on needs in the 1st phase – Response (hurricane metaphor); like to use intermediaries to get resources where needed·       Board engagement: nonprofit leaders need to reach out to their board leaders for their thoughts and perspectives in this time·       Brene Brown on 60 Minutes: humans need each other, need to stay connected·       Duke Endowment is hearing from grantees; Spring is busy time for grantmaking recommendations in each of their 4 focus areas – now scheduling zoom calls with grantees to check-in on possible changes in their priorities and flexibility in spending current resources·       Areas identified by Mr. Duke in 1924 are still relevant today: education, healthcare, churches, children; “challenges and opportunities are still there”·       Education: all 4 colleges The Duke Endowment supports have gone all online·       Healthcare: effect on hospitals can be counter-intuitive due to foregoing elective surgeries at this time and its negative on revenue due to shifting their service mix to focus on virus relief, “creating a cash challenge” especially for rural hospitals·       Churches: also mostly online, and many rural churches are not equipped yet for online giving·       Children: nurse home visitors are moving to telemedicine for consults; crisis could lead to Medicaid funding improvements in reimbursements·       An epidemiologist in NY Times wrote about re. past pandemics changing life going forward – there could opportunity for improvements from this; “I’m optimistic that we will learn from this.” – such as working on an after-action review with the NC/SC institutes of medicine to analyze and better prepare·       Generosity: Mary Semans – “She was a saint.” Shared example of a pre-med student who Mary inspired to become an actor and sent to London for theater training, and he now has a Tony from his work on Broadway. UPDATE:  The Duke Endowment Awards $2.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief for the CarolinasGrants Focus on Statewide Response Efforts Aimed at Addressing Critical Needs<a>file:///C:/Users/Clare/Documents/CapDev/Marketing%20Materials/Podcast/Grant%20News%20From%20The%20Duke%20Endowment%20-%20COVID-19.pdf</a> Bio:A native of Greensboro, N.C., Mabry joined the Endowment in 1992 as Associate Director of Health Care. He became Director of Child Care in 1998, was named Vice President of the Endowment in 2009, and became President in 2016. Mabry holds a Master of Health Administration from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Before joining the Endowment, he was a manager at Ernst &amp; Young and HCA West Paces Ferry Hospital. He has served on the North Carolina Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council and the board of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. He is a past board chair of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and serves as an Observer to the Duke University Board of Trustees.

Generously Speaking with Rhett Mabry

Well before his passing, James. B. Duke already had a vision for his philanthropic legacy, and he created the Duke Endowment with specific issues he cared about in mind, such as the support of child welfare. This week’s First in Future guest, Rhett Mabry, president of the Duke Endowment, and talks to us about an upcoming program that will benefit from this legacy—the multi-year launch of an experimental initiative that explores what would happen if every child in a county who needed help in their early years received it.This installment of First in Future is part of a special TV series produced in collaboration with UNC-TV, and recorded in UNC-TV’s Legislative Studio in downtown Raleigh. Taped segments will air on the North Carolina Channel. Visit www.ncchannel.org/schedule/ for specific air dates.

Well before his passing, James. B. Duke already had a vision for his philanthropic legacy, and he created the Duke Endowment with specific issues he cared about in mind, such as the support of child welfare. This week’s First in Future guest, Rhett Mabry, president of the Duke Endowment, and talks to us about an upcoming program that will benefit from this legacy—the multi-year launch of an experimental initiative that explores what would happen if every child in a county who needed help in their early years received it. This installment of First in Future is part of a special TV series produced in collaboration with UNC-TV, and recorded in UNC-TV’s Legislative Studio in downtown Raleigh. Taped segments will air on the North Carolina Channel. Visit <a href="http://www.ncchannel.org/schedule/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ncchannel.org/schedule/</a> for specific air dates.

Rhett Mabry, President, Duke Endowment