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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date: 
03/2016
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share with those audiences.However, foundation practice lags behind CEOs’ beliefs.
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Report
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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
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Center for Effective Philanthropy
26 Jun 2024

Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice - A New Series for Programming Staff

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 -
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Philanthropy New York is pleased to announce a new series, Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice , for programming and programming-adjacent staff. Our first session in this series will dive into the opportunities...

How to Fund in the Fog of War

Release Date: 
06/02/2016
... surveyed. Participants at the Philanthropy New York event surmised that counter-terrorism financing regulations ... employing a diversity of funding models to maximize each funder ’s resources and comparative...
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Insights
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Gender Justice
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MADRE
23 Mar 2017

Financial Series - Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 23, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Experienced grantmakers often use two financial documents to review potential and current grantees: financial statements and IRS Form 990. But how do the two documents differ and how can they best be used together to interpret the financial status...
02 Mar 2017

Financial Series - What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, March 2, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis. Walk through a set of sample financial statements, focusing on definitions and relationships of numbers. What are some “red flags...
30 Mar 2017

Financial Series - The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...
15 Feb 2017

Financial Series: Intro to Financial Statements

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:30am
In this Primer to the Financial Series, participants will get a peek into how a grantee assembles the financial statements and the stories they tell. It is a broad overview for all newcomers who must work with nonprofit organizations’ financial...
12 Nov 2015

I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With a Family Foundation

Thursday, November 12, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... law allows holding your foundation back? Join us for a discussion that will help demystify the law and inspire you ...
12 Jul 2023

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