Thank you to the Chronicle of Philanthropy for this exciting coverage of The Carmack Collective, our Director Jessie Bluedorn, and the work we will be doing upon launch.

As we complete this first round of grantmaking and reflect on our approach, it is becoming clearer to us what our role is as a funder and we will shift our approach going forward.

I’m writing this in December of 2022, just as The Carmack Collective is about to launch. To best explain the genesis of this project and what we hope to accomplish, I want to first tell you a bit about myself.