Spotlighting our Supporters: Donor & Partner Profiles
Hirsch Senior Director, Adrienne Bousian, was featured in a recent newsletter on supporting Sandy Hook Promise during COVID-19. Read the excerpt below.
(Sandy Hook Promise) – At Sandy Hook Promise we are proud to receive support from a diverse group of major donors – individuals and event donors, community and family foundations, philanthropic advisories, and corporations. It is their partnership that allows us to sustain work during uncertain times such as these. Thanks to their generosity, we remain flexible and ready to support communities around the country in preventing violence and we are honored to highlight some of them in this newsletter.
Adrienne Bousian (Senior Director, Hirsch & Associates Philanthropic Advisors)
Longtime champions of SHP’s work, Hirsch & Associates is a Bay-Area based philanthropic advisory and foundation management firm passionate about gun violence prevention. When it comes to charitable donations in the age of COVID-19, Adrienne shares, “More than ever, we encourage philanthropists to be bold – give earlier, give more, and give flexible general operating support to trusted nonprofit organizations effectively responding and those working on long term transformation.”
As for the reason she sees SHP’s work as critical during this pandemic, Adrienne tells us, “With students home from school and all of us socially isolated, Sandy Hook Promise’s Say Something Anonymous Reporting System remains open 24/7 to expertly navigate the increase in life-threatening tips they’re receiving. And they remain unwavering in their mission and vision to change our culture and policies over the long run to save lives. Hirsch & Associates Philanthropic Advisors and many of our clients are proud to partner with Sandy Hook Promise to keep our kids, schools, and communities safe from gun violence.”