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Are Your Grantees Keeping Workers in Poverty?

Release Date: 
10/22/2014
... Would increasing wages lead to decreased need for services ? Do private funders that give mostly project ... and Allison Sesso, Executive Director of the Human Services Council of New York will be joined by the...
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PNY News

Partnering for Change: Learning Together to Make a Bigger Impact

Release Date: 
02/20/2014
PNY Executive Coordinator Nick Collins talks about the Service for Impact working group and the growing corporate commitment to long-term volunteer programs and partnerships with community-based nonprofits.

Foundation Communications Today: Findings from the Communications Network 2011 Survey of Foundation Communications Professionals

Publication date: 
06/2011
This survey of 155 foundation communicators shows that U.S. foundations are making use of all forms of digital communications, especially social media, a top priority. The survey results suggest the growth of social media and other emerging digital technologies is changing the way foundations communicate with target audiences and that the role of communications is becoming more central to forging and implementing foundation strategies.

Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field

Publication date: 
04/2012
GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 publication, with 15 new interviews, Scan 2.0 is filled with examples of scans that have helped funders find a strategic direction, hear from key constituencies, understand emerging issues, map the funding environment and synthesize information and find gaps.
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The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs

Publication date: 
09/2011
Over the past decade foundations have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. Data-driven forms of measurement have become more widely used to judge the results of programs, as part of a broader range of information used, as CEOs place great importance on assessing their foundations’ effectiveness.
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Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

The 2012 Election with MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Power Tools to Build a Better Democracy

Publication date: 
09/2012
The program focused on philanthropy’s role in enabling all U.S. citizens to engage more deeply in the information they need to participate in democracy. Chris Hayes, News Host at MSNBC, lead a dynamic discussion focusing on how foundations can support the creation of tools and knowledge that can strengthen the ability of citizens to perform their civic duties and the role philanthropy can play in creating the capacity for a more responsive political system.
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