Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo
Release Date:
09/05/2014
Rachel Leifer and Denis Udall discuss how philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.
Insights
The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside
Release Date:
09/03/2014
The Pinkerton Foundation's Laurie Dien discusses the importance of cultivating positive relationships at the beginning of the grantmaking process.
Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?
Release Date:
08/26/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Commonwealth Fund, examines the relationship between intramural spending and grant distribution.
The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids
Release Date:
08/25/2014
The Century Foundation's Clio Chang writes that the implementation of child allowances could go a long way toward reducing child poverty rates in the United States.
How Evaluations Make Programs Stronger
Release Date:
08/21/2014
Michael Smith, Director of the Social Innovation Fund, discusses how "tiered-evidence" evaluations can help funders increase the impact of their investments.
Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers
Release Date:
08/19/2014
Some 1.8 billion people work without the protection of regulations or other social nets like health care. The Rockefeller Foundation's Michael Myers offers thoughts on developing effective and durable approaches to serve the growing numbers of...
This is What Ford Foundation Does with its Resources
Release Date:
08/13/2014
Ford Foundation gets lots of questions about what it is and how it uses its money. And now it has a set of short, entertaining videos that makes it clear.
Are You a ‘Fatigued Fighter’? D5 Coalition Identifies Five Philanthropic Professional Types
Release Date:
08/08/2014
Davis Winslow, Strategic Philanthropy Intern, Foundation Center, reviews effective communications strategies for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in philanthropy.
Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”
Release Date:
08/06/2014
Tony Proscio writes that when The Atlantic Philanthropies makes its final round of grants, "they'll be bigger, in both size and the scope of their ambition, than in any comparable period before."
No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories
Release Date:
08/04/2014
Paul Connolly, Director of Advisory Services for Bessemer Trust, writes about how donors can give "smartly" or "more strategically" and produce both stories and numbers showing how they're making a difference through their grantmaking.
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