The Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS) has appointed Soja Orlowski as Executive Director. With over 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including her tenure at the Worldwide Fistula Fund, Orlowski will oversee RDPFS’s $600,000 annual grantmaking and large print book distribution to 30,000 readers. She aims to enhance the Foundation’s impact through expanded partnerships and services for the blind and visually impaired community. RDPFS, celebrating 70 years in 2025, is committed to creating an inclusive world for individuals with visual impairments.
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November 14, 2024, 6:00 AM GMT
Mount Kisco, New York, USA, November 14, 2024 — AT-Newswire.com / TopTechTidbits.com — The Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS) announces that Soja Orlowski has been appointed Executive Director. The Foundation serves the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community with approximately $600,000 in grantmaking annually and by providing 30,000 people with large print best-selling books, Fiction Favorites Large Type. Orlowski comes to the Foundation after 20 years serving the nonprofit sector in leadership roles.
“I am honored for the opportunity to lead the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation with its distinguished reputation for funding pilot programs to build service capacity as well as support vitally needed direct services.”
“We’re so enthusiastic to have Soja leading our organization. She has the executive skills and nonprofit experience to help RDPFS build on our work to strengthen the blind and visually impaired community,” said Matthew Krieger, RDPFS Board Chair. Soja will guide the organization to increase the overall impact of RDPFS grantmaking and publication programs.
In 2025, the Foundation will celebrate 70 years of supporting and collaborating with the BVI community. “I am honored for the opportunity to lead the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation with its distinguished reputation for funding pilot programs to build service capacity as well as support vitally needed direct services,” said Orlowski, “Increasing Foundation impact translates to serving more people with a goal toward building more partnerships and collaborations.”
Orlowski most recently served for ten years as Executive Director of the Worldwide Fistula Fund (WFF), a global maternal health organization. Through deep partnerships in sub-Saharan African countries, WFF combines $550,000 in annual grantmaking with mentorship and leadership training for local partners on the ground. Prior to joining the WFF, Orlowski led a consulting business for nine years serving Chicago area nonprofits with best practice support in board governance, strategic planning, advancement and marketing. Originally working in corporate marketing, she shifted to the nonprofit sector in 2000. Based in suburban Chicago, Orlowski holds an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois. Connect with Soja at soja@partnersforsight.org 📧️.
About the Foundation: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is a public charity that fosters an accessible and inclusive world where people who are blind and visually impaired have the tools, resources and opportunities to lead independent and fulfilling lives. Through our support of nonprofit organizations that share this philosophy, Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is making the world easier to navigate for the blind and visually impaired every day.