Nonprofit News

Carol Thompson Cole honored as one of 10 winners of the SmartCEO Circle of Excellence awards -- "Carol took the reigns as President and CEO of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) over two years ago and has done a phenomenal job steering the organization into its next stage. Her combination of private, public and nonprofit experience, deep understanding of the communities we serve and the nonprofits with which we work, and the respect with which those in the community -- at many levels -- have for Carol and now as a result for VPP, make her the rarest of leaders in our region..." - Mario Morino, Chairman, VPP & Morino Institute