Four Essentials for Evaluation
Publication date:
06/2012
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations created this guide to help grantmakers get to the next level in their evaluation efforts ...
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The Philanthropic Landscape: The State of Multi-Year Funding
Publication date:
11/2012
Looking at data from 2004 to 2010, The State of Multi-Year Funding finds that multi-year grantmaking in 2009 fell 21 percent to $5.5 billion during a time when total grantmaking declined only by 13 percent. In September 2012, NCRP recalled a previous version of the study after learning of a programming error from the data source. This revised edition more accurately reflects recent trends.
Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation
... it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ask evaluation questions like these of their ... grantees and themselves. This brief guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their .....
Working with the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good with Private Partners
Publication date:
06/2004
How can grantmakers cross the divide between philanthropy and ... efforts to partner with and influence the business world. Grantmakers weigh the case for engaging business, share ...
Good Jobs, Good Pay: How JPMorgan Chase Seeks to Boost Youth Employment in the South Bronx
Release Date:
05/18/2017
With grantmaking topping $200 million last year, there's a reason JPMorgan Chase's philanthropy is watched closely. Another reason: Its grantmaking in low-income communities has been rising fast.
The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City
Release Date:
06/04/2015
These grants address a range of issues including economic security, anti-violence and safety, health, sexual rights, and reproductive justice.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts
Release Date:
10/30/2014
... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awards up to $ 1 million in grants annually in support of national projects in the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting arts, and/or theater ... that strengthen...
Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance
Release Date:
12/12/2012
... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...
4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/20/2017
In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role
Release Date:
11/02/2018
... of investments, came during a conference on responsible investing in San Francisco on Tuesday. Panelists, including ...
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2012
Embracing the Power of Education - GFE 16th Annual Conference
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:30pm
Join Grantmakers for Education and the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers at their annual conference, which offers ... Explore Concurrent learning sessions hosted by grantmakers...
ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff
Release Date:
10/29/2014
... and one of the nation’s largest animal welfare grantmakers , contacted Mike and BUB in 2013 to see how we can ... Grants Managers Network, a membership organization of over 1 ,200 grantmaking organizations...
Lilien Leaves Charities Bureau to Join Zuckerman Spaeder
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... Spaeder LLP. Lilien will be leading the firm's new Nonprofit Organizations Practice based in it NYC office. ... in the country, will represent clients throughout the nonprofit sector in corporate...
Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk
Release Date:
05/13/2020
... Climate Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help smallholder farmers survive ... the impacts of climate change. Open Society’s impact investing arm, the Soros Economic...
Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?
Release Date:
04/14/2014
... to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is investing heavily in agricultural development in Africa. ...
Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... are at odds with: fear of the other, lack of empathy and understanding , and sheer invisibility. As director of ...
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2017
The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... dramatic change. Central to this change, however, must be understanding the importance of race in the incarceration ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Fellows Tackling Inequality and Climate Change
Release Date:
06/27/2017
Three innovators combatting issues of inequality and climate change were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows, and each will have up to $150,000 and 18-months to turn an inspired idea in the field of social justice into a world-changing reality.
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2020
Bearing Witness: Philanthropy's Role in Responding to COVID-19
Thursday, April 16, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Join us to discuss how our sense of urgency can cause us to replicate, both in our personal and professional lives, the structures that we are committed to examining and dismantling. Explore how we can use this moment as an opportunity to invest in...
Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields
Release Date:
05/11/2022
Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister foundation, Simons Foundation International