Applications for mentees are now open for the 2024 Board Mentors of Color Program. Get matched with an experienced community leader and develop leadership skills, build & deepen community relationships and gain support in navigating Austin nonprofit boards. To learn more and apply, click here.
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Apply for the 2022 Board Mentors of Color Program
Applications for mentees are now open for the 2022 Board Mentors of Color Program. Get matched with an experienced community leader and develop leadership skills, build & deepen community relationships and gain support in navigating Austin nonprofit boards. To learn more and apply, click here.
Board Inclusion Assessment & Recruitment Workshop
Begin 2020 by committing to make your board more diverse and inclusive! The New Philanthropists invites you to apply to their Nonprofit Board Assessment Program, First Look, that helps a board prepare for the transformational process required to increase diversity. Identify your challenges through their Recruitment workshop and learn the right strategies to build a better board! Recruitment Workshop: In […]
Thought Leaders, Disrupters & Trailblazers: Meet the Mentors of the BMC Program
It has been more than 30 years and we’re still having the same conversation on DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) in Austin nonprofit board rooms. For this reason we saw a unique opportunity to bring forward the movement makers that bootstrapped their leadership careers, even if they were the only ones at one time in some of these board rooms. […]
Take The Lead: Black Community Meet-Up
Join us for our next event: #TNPATX presents Take the Lead: Black Community Meet-up. 4/3/18, 6-8pm RSVP at https://tnpAfricanAmericanMeetup.eventbrite.com
New to the Board: Brion Oaks on Power, Access, and Who Gets a Seat at the Table
We are so glad to share that Brion Oaks has joined our Board of Directors. Brion’s career has taken him through city government, health systems, and now philanthropy, and everywhere he’s gone, he’s carried the same conviction: equity isn’t a statement on a website, it’s a practice. We sat down with Brion to talk about that practice, what drew him […]
Bringing Thought Leadership to the TNP Board with Dr. Choquette Peterson
The New Philanthropists is delighted to welcome Dr. Choquette Peterson to our board, a leader whose warmth, wisdom, and vision make her exactly the kind of partner we hope to build alongside. She brings a rare intersection of nonprofit leadership, governance expertise, and lived experience as the Founder and CEO of a Black-led nonprofit organization, along with a deep belief […]
Welcome Denisha Jenkins: TNP’s New Executive Director
The TNP Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Denisha Jenkins as our next Executive Director! Denisha has been an active and valued member of the TNP community for several years, bringing deep commitment to equity, leadership development, and the strength of Central Texas’s philanthropic ecosystem. As TNP enters its next chapter, the Board looks forward to partnering closely […]
Welcome to the TNP Familia: Legacy Leadership Circle
Bienvenidos to the 2026 – 2027 Legacy Leadership Circle (LLC), TNP’s advisory council. This community is about showing up for the future we want to build together where leaders of color and allies have real access to opportunity, influence, and board leadership. If you know TNP, you know that we believe philanthropy is more than giving; it’s about justice, creating […]
Decision-makers Should Represent ALL of Us
We are thrilled to announce our New CREW MVP for 2026: Amanda Zamora. New CREW MVPs are amazing members of our monthly giving program helping us champion TNP’s work and share the impact it has had on their journey. You can learn more about The New CREW and help us make a difference through monthly giving here. In this Q&A, Ana […]
A Vision for TNP’s next chapter
This week, TNP in collaboration with Good Citizen hosted a Visioning Gathering to help shape the path forward as we search for our next Executive Director. We took this opportunity to come together as a community during an important moment for The New Philanthropists. We gathered with 20+ community members in the room, the conversation was grounded in a shared […]
Take the Lead with our 2026 Board Mentors
Right now, in a moment when our communities are being asked to show up for each other in real ways, board service can’t just be symbolic or performative, it has to be transformational and built with trust. That’s why I’m proud of this year’s Board Mentors of Color (BMOC) Mentors. This program is more than matching people with a mentor; […]
Que Rico! Join us for Tacos with TNP
Join us for a joyful night of tacos, comunidad, and good vibes featuring some of Austin’s favorite tacos—including our friends at. Veracruz All Natural. This is more than a taco night; it’s a celebration of community, culture, and collective impact. 🌮🌮🌮 Get tickets today! Enjoy música, live cooking, and time to connect with fellow changemakers while learning more about The […]
Announcement from TNP’s Board of Directors
Announcement from Paulina Artieda
The Power of Community Resilience with Journalist Maria Hinojosa
Last Fall, we hosted a meaningful and thought provoking conversation with Pulitzer-prize Journalist Maria Hinojosa. Given the growing challenges facing our communities—ongoing ICE raids, executive orders, program defunding—we were honored to convene a conversation on how leaders of color and our allies can stand together, support one another, and remain grounded in equity and justice. With the support from our […]
From Resistance to Renewal: How We Built in 2025
Standing Firm, Building Forward. 2025 brought challenges to the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion, but it also revealed what sustained commitment looks like. At The New Philanthropists, we doubled down on action: Resistance in Action. Real Talk. Real Change. captured our approach to convening honest conversations that lead to measurable outcomes rather than performative statements. Those conversations informed program […]