Written by Diane Feeney
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Link to Archiving Simply: How the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Prioritized Sharing
Archiving Simply: How the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Prioritized Sharing
Former Director
French American Charitable Trust
Diane Feeney is the former Director of the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and President of FACT Services Co., Inc. - the Trust’s San Francisco-based administrative and service company. As FACT Services’ first staff person, she was instrumental in designing the Trust’s grantmaking program and strategy, and hiring the U.S. and French staff beginning in 1995. Over its lifetime, the French American Charitable Trust awarded $59 million to community-led and social justice advocacy organizations in the U.S. and France. In June 2012, after 18 years of grantmaking, the Directors of FACT chose to voluntarily sunset its grantmaking program.
Diane is a chair of the Development committee of the Center for Community Change (CCC), a national organizing and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. Diane’s specific interests include philanthropic reform, encouraging greater collaboration across sectors and between stakeholders, and increasing funding to community-led organizations and coalitions. Diane is currently directing a small grantmaking program to NGOs working to prevent sex trafficking in Central America.
