Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis
Release Date:
06/10/2020
... special funds, increased spending, repurposing existing grants to general operating support – all of which is ...
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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Names Andrew McMahon President
Release Date:
11/14/2019
... succession planning process and is effective January 1, 2020 . He will continue to report to Guardian Chief ... the following executive changes, also effective January 1, 2020 ... The Guardian Life Insurance...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Campaign for Greater Investments in Santa Clara County’s Youngest Residents
Release Date:
01/03/2020
... Youngest Residents Mountain View, California, January 3, 2020 – Silicon Valley Community Foundation today ... greater investments for the county’s children. “The 2020 election could be a defining moment for our...
Justin Garrett Moore Named Inaugural Program Officer for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Effort to Bring More Voices into Public Spaces
Release Date:
12/03/2020
... More Voices into Public Spaces NEW YORK, NY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced ... program area. He will join the Foundation on December 16, 2020 . In this role, Moore will lead...
Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners
Publication date:
01/2013
Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders together.
Learn and Let Learn
Publication date:
10/2012
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.
Coaching and Philanthropy, An Action Guide for Grantmakers
Publication date:
02/2010
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and its partners on the Coaching and Philanthropy Project took a deep dive into learning about the nonprofit sector’s support for and use of coaching, and consolidates that knowledge here into action guides and an online toolkit.
Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field
Publication date:
12/2009
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Council on Foundations explore how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).
On the Money
Publication date:
09/2009
This Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem.
Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times
Publication date:
05/2009
As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.
General Operating Support: A GEO Action Guide Vol. 1
Publication date:
07/2007
A report inspired by a spirited discussion on GEOList among Grantmakers for Effective Organizations members about general operating support, its limitations and its advantages.
Investing in Leadership Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Last Frontier
Publication date:
02/2006
A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication that explores a sampling of the leadership development being utilized now in the nonprofit sector. Also contains case studies about leadership development.
Racial Equity Resource Guide
Publication date:
05/2014
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation offers an online racial equity resource guide. The web-based, interactive solution provides individuals and organizations with access to extensive learning materials, tools and data on racial inequities, their impact on communities of color and the process for healing racial wounds so that communities can work together across differences.
New NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation
Release Date:
08/03/2017
The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health.
Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity
Release Date:
12/12/2013
Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler explains the inherent flaws of the “philanthrocapitalist” model and suggests ways of building a philanthropic strategy that emphasizes core values, morals and sustainable outcomes.
John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters
Release Date:
10/20/2015
... issues facing Americans as they age. Continuing fellowship grants also are being provided to allow 12 previous fellows ... generated by the program is available at http://www.geron. org /journalistfellows . The...
Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure
Release Date:
02/01/2016
David Biemesderfer, the new president of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, says the nation's largest philanthropic network will work more closely with national affinity groups.
U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/04/2015
... Through Nonprofits Those who work on Cuba-related grants emphasized that internal changes to economic and other ... Foundation, which has made $17.9 million in Cuba-related grants since 1988, largely to...
Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found that changes to a small stretch of DNA may circumvent the genetic defect behind sickle cell disease (SCD).
New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... to quash a heroin epidemic. Several of these new grants illustrate an important strand of The Trust’s ... says Pat Jenny, The Trust’s vice president of grants . For example, very young children in foster care...