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Looking Back, Looking Forward
I look back on 2014 with mixed emotions. Peter Tower's death in February gave some closure to the feeling that we were approaching the end of an era. There's this sense that we've lost something...
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Partnering with New Profit (cont.) [Part 4 of 4]
2015-February 18 by Nick Randell, Program Officer [Part 4 of a 4-part blog series on our introduction to the LD field] In the last blog, I introduced Tower's partnership with New Profit. I thought I...
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Jumping In
2015-April 14 by Megan MacDavey, Program Officer When people ask me how my first few months at my new job are going, it's hard to hide my excitement. Moving from working in the nonprofit world to...
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Power
2015-May 12 by Megan MacDavey, Program Officer My first day at The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation was the day that the staff was moving back into the newly renovated office space, just after...
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A Texas Conference Blog - Austin, Texas (March 4-7, 2015)
I had the opportunity to attend the Grant Makers in Health Conference in Austin a few weeks ago. This is a conference that Tower staff have not attended before. In the last few years, the...
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Getting to Know Massachusetts [Part 1]
2015-May 28 by Megan MacDavey, Program Officer Over the course of my life, I have spent quite a bit of time in the Greater Boston area given its close proximity to family and friends, as well as the...
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Getting to Know Massachusetts [Part 2]
Well, better late than never, right? I'm back finally to pick up on where I left off on documenting my inaugural whirlwind trip to Massachusetts as Program Officer. After spending some time on Cape...
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Think COLLEGE!
When you "think college," think about improving access for people with intellectual disabilities. On June 16th I had the pleasure of attending Think College's 2015 Capacity Building Institute in Boston.
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Grantee Spotlight: Kennedy-Donovan Center
Kennedy-Donovan Center's Access Cape Cod initiative is well underway. Kennedy Donovan Center, the primary supplier of supports for families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities...
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Guest Blog: Schools That Work
We invited Karen Golembeski from the National Center for Learning Disabilities to blog about their Tower-supported partnerships with two Cape Cod area school districts. 2015-October 15
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Reflecting on the Year of Reflection
"2015 will be the Year of Reflection." I announced to the staff at the end of last year. I made the same statement to the Trustees shortly after. We were well into the implementation of our Strategic...
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Takeaways from our Capacity Building Landscape Scan (Part 2 of 3)
2016-January 28 by Megan MacDavey, Program Officer In my last post, I described for you the work we've been doing to better understand the capacity building landscape. Today, I want to reflect on the...
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Re-Thinking Capacity Building (Part 1 of 3)
2016-January 12 by Megan MacDavey, Program Officer I have spent a lot of time over the last few months working on understanding the capacity building landscape in the Massachusetts and New York...
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Framing Our Capacity Building Findings (Part 3 of 3)
This post picks up where my last one leaves off, discussing the findings from the foundation's recent capacity building landscape scan. 2016-February 15
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Still Reflecting: 2015 Highlights
In my last blog about the Foundation's "Year of Reflection", I committed to writing another blog about the Foundation's 2015 accomplishments. I thought a blog would be a great way to share highlights...
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College Spirit: Tower grantees making campus more welcoming to students with...
Over the last couple of years we have seen more colleges and universities ramping up their supports for students with disabilities. A half dozen or so recent Tower grants have gone towards support of...
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