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Fiscal year 2024 was a time of energizing and honest reflection for the Johnson Center — a year of learning and of action.

Our 2022-2023 annual report highlights the Johnson Center’s 30th anniversary, a new executive director, and other key moments from the fiscal year.

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.

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.

Dr. Sedat Yuksel examines the on-demand/sharing economy and how sharing behaviors might influence philanthropic giving.

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.

Teri Behrens reflects on her time at the Johnson Center and announces she will retire as executive director in 2022.

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.

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.

Our most popular blog posts of 2020 reflect a desire to understand and react to what’s going on in our world today and highlight a growing recognition of the role philanthropy can and should play in creating a more equitable society.