Friday, November 21, 2014
Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million
A new, seven-foundation partnership created to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective today announced its first round of grants.
The Fund for Shared Insight has awarded 13 organizations a total of $5.26-million in 14 separate grants of one to three years, designed "to accelerate the culture of listening" among nonprofits, according to Melinda Tuan, a spokesman for the group.
The Fund for Shared Insight, created in July, is a collaboration among the Rita Allen, Ford, William and Flora Hewlett, JPB, W.K. Kellogg, and David and Lucile Packard Foundations, along with the charitable arm of Liquidnet, a financial trading company. Together, the organizations have committed $18-million over three years, with plans to give away at least $5-million to $6-million a year, or more if additional grant makers join....