How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact
Publication date:
12/2014
Collective Impact Forum explores the relationship between public policy and collective impact.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Funders in Conflict
Publication date:
11/2014
The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) released a white paper on how funders can affect conflict.
Stories Worth Telling: A Guide to Strategic and Sustainable Nonprofit Storytelling
Publication date:
10/2014
The Meyer Foundation Releases Stories Worth Telling.
Philanthropy & Hurricane Sandy: A Report on the Foundation & Corporate Response
Publication date:
10/2014
A new report examines the response of foundations, corporations and other institutional donors to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
6/25/2014 - The Future of Finance - Livestream recording and Reports
Publication date:
07/2014
View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street.
Hurricane Sandy Activism Report
Publication date:
07/2014
Drawing on interviews with its grantee partners involved in Hurricane Sandy recovery work, this report from the North Star Fund presents the largely unacknowledged role that community-based organizations—especially activist groups—played in the immediate aftermath of the storm and includes recommendations and priorities for moving forward with recovery and building long-term resiliency.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion In the Philanthropic Sector
Publication date:
07/2014
The D5 Coalition annual report highlights tools and resources, recently completed research, and approaches that can help foundations and philanthropic organizations advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
7/30/2014 - Capacity Building in Isolated Neighborhoods Program - Reports
Publication date:
07/2014
View materials presented during the program "Building Capacity in Isolated Neighborhoods."
Boards as an Accountability Mechanism
Publication date:
06/2014
This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance . It discusses areas of board weakness and considers different approaches to improving them, including regulation, self-regulation, policy-oriented strategies, and management-oriented strategies.
Assessing the How of Grantmaking
Publication date:
04/2014
This GMN guide helps funders measure the effectiveness of current practices by assessing five core questions every grantmaker should be able to answer about how it makes grants.
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