Rockefeller, Arabella Advisors Collaborate on 'Risk Management for Philanthropy-a Toolkit'

Rockefeller, Arabella Advisors Collaborate on 'Risk Management for Philanthropy-a Toolkit'

An important new report has developed a framework for understanding and valuing the role of risk in contemporary philanthropy. The Open Road Alliance, The Rockefeller Foundation and Arabella Advisors collaborated on "Risk Management for Philanthropy-a Toolkit," which is described as "the first practical, comprehensive framework providing guidance to funders on how to implement best practices in risk-management."

Report findings are based in part on a survey of 200 donors and 200 nonprofits. The report looks at risk in philanthropy through two distinct lenses...