Meeting Points: Places of Connection, Transition, and Change
Fiscal year 2024-2025 was a year of meeting points and connections for the Johnson Center. We experienced these intersections in powerful ways — as an organization and as part of a sector and a society undergoing profound change.
A Year of Reflection, Learning, and Action
Fiscal year 2024 was a time of energizing and honest reflection for the Johnson Center — a year of learning and of action.
Celebrating 30 Years of the Johnson Center
Our 2022-2023 annual report highlights the Johnson Center’s 30th anniversary, a new executive director, and other key moments from the fiscal year.
Meet Lesley Slavitt, Eighth Executive Director of the Johnson Center
Get to know Lesley D. Slavitt, Ph.D., the Johnson Center’s new executive director, as she shares a bit about herself and her vision for the future of the Johnson Center.
Top 10 Blogs of 2022
This year’s list of most-read blog posts reveals a desire across the philanthropic sector to move beyond the pre-pandemic status quo — to find and adopt new ways of growing ourselves and our communities so that, together, we can thrive.
Philanthropy and the Sharing Economy: Research Questions for the Nonprofit Sector
Dr. Sedat Yuksel examines the on-demand/sharing economy and how sharing behaviors might influence philanthropic giving.
Meet Aimée Laramore, the Johnson Center’s New Director of Learning Services
We spoke with Aimée Laramore, our new director of learning services, to learn more about her background and vision for the Johnson Center’s professional development and capacity-building services.
Announcement From Teri Behrens, Executive Director of the Johnson Center
Teri Behrens reflects on her time at the Johnson Center and announces she will retire as executive director in 2022.
Top 10 Blogs of 2021
The Johnson Center’s top 10 blogs of 2021 cover topics including trust-based philanthropy, next-gen donors, giving circles, reparations, social justice funding, and more.
Anchored in Our Mission
Our strategic framework proved a solid anchor as our team and our sector withstood a historic era of uncertainty in 2020-2021. Our latest annual report highlights progress made on key priorities and projects at the Johnson Center.