You Can't Hack Trust
Release Date:
06/17/2019
Trust is the foundation on which every philanthropic relationship rests. And individual and family philanthropy is no different.
Insights
What Does Affordable Mean in an Unaffordable City?
Release Date:
06/11/2019
New York City is consistently at or near the top of the list when it comes to determining the nation’s most unaffordable cities. Foundations and other organizations that seek to combat poverty and inequality require a thorough understanding of who...
What Is Effective Philanthropy?
Release Date:
06/05/2019
Jessica Johansen, Director of Special Projects at the Siegel Family Endowment writes, "Creating the connective tissue between grantee work and this wider world is part of the grantmaking philosophy around Effective Philanthropy."
Evaluating a Culture
Release Date:
05/22/2019
This past September, the Howard Gilman Foundation received its first Grantee Perception Report (GPR) results from CEP, which included a few recommendations for next steps based on grantee feedback. As a team, we found the first of the...
A Terrible Time for De Blasio to Cut Library Funding
Release Date:
05/15/2019
The census has always been the bedrock of our democracy. However, unlike any time in this country’s history, this bedrock is at risk. The odds are stacked against a successful census. It’s going to be largely online for the first time ever, it’s...
Putting Buzzwords to Practice: How to Build a Sustainable Collaborative
Release Date:
05/08/2019
In the philanthropic sector, we often get lost in the latest buzzwords about how to rethink our strategies and maximize impact, individually and collectively. Over the last couple of years, the buzzword of the moment has been collaboration and...
Don't Overthink It
Release Date:
04/30/2019
Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, systemic change, and solving problems at the root rather than placing bandages. And detailed analysis and research have their place in evaluating grant...
Measuring What Matters
Release Date:
04/24/2019
My early career as a nonprofit development professional included some fairly unforgettable moments. One such moment included downloading the interim report for a particularly generous funder of my nonprofit organization. The printer jumped to life,...
A Long Overdue Guide for New Philanthropic Organizations
Release Date:
04/17/2019
This year marks the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s tenth year as an active grantmaker. During these last 10 years, we have discovered that when it comes to ramping up a new foundation or grantmaking organization, there is no single “how-to guide” or...
A Consequential Myth
Release Date:
04/09/2019
Race is a fictive idea that holds real-life consequences. As a black man, who has a six-foot-and-three-inch-tall presence, I am intimately familiar with the tangibility of the myth. Although many anthropologist and geneticists have disproved any...
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