Opus Bank and Opus Community Foundation announced the Foundation's approval of 15 grant awards to charitable organizations that the Bank and Foundation believe will have an immediate and long lasting impact on efforts to rebuild communities in California and Washington.
With a goal to stimulate economic change, promote reinvestment, inspire philanthropy, and strengthen communities, the Foundation target areas are: affordable housing, community development, education, financial literacy, health and human services, and the arts.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”