Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-staffed Foundations
Publication date:
11/2015
Impact investing has the potential to enable every foundation, regardless of size, to pursue its philanthropic mission more effectively.
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Regulating Donor Advised Funds
Publication date:
10/2015
A donor-advised fund is a giving vehicle designed to manage donations on behalf of individuals, families or organizations. DAFs provide a flexible way for donors to give to charities—an alternative to direct giving or creating a private foundation. Donors to DAFs enjoy administrative convenience, tax advantages and cost savings compared to operating a private foundation.
What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?
Publication date:
08/2015
This report is the newest entry in GEO's Smarter Grantmaking Playbook.
Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition
Publication date:
04/2015
The Bridgespan Group offers important advice on how to survive a CEO transition.
Philanthropy Must Act Now — Vulnerable Communities Can’t Afford to “Wait and See”
Release Date:
04/01/2025
In their insights piece, Mark Foggin and Kerry Sesil of the Arab American Family Support Center encourage philanthropy to act swiftly in response to the immediate funding crisis faced by nonprofits. With vulnerable communities depending on services...
Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience
Release Date:
04/01/2025
Adam Liebowitz, Director of Community Food Funders, invites funders to apply to the third cohort of the Seeding Power Fellowship and shares the growth and learnings from the last two.
Insights from “Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC’s Nonprofit Crisis”
Release Date:
10/24/2024
Inefficient government contracting systems create recurring resource challenges for nonprofits, impacting funders, staff, and the communities they serve, highlighting the need for collective action between nonprofits and philanthropy to drive change.
Channeling the Power of Collaborative Funding for Good
Release Date:
03/29/2024
Funder collaboratives play a crucial role in the philanthropic ecosystem, channeling resources to impacted communities while fostering knowledge and shared understanding among funder groups.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Releases New Report: Mission Aligned Investing: How We Assess Our Progress
Release Date:
04/07/2022
Geraldine Watson shares insight on the Fund's new report and how they assess their progress.
How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding
Release Date:
03/03/2022
Grants management professionals are strategically positioned to influence a funder’s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in three decades of working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen a pattern where people serving in these...
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