How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... which was used for the Vice Lords' community-based small business development, including the African Lion, an .....
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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... fascinations and the CEOs often treated by the tech and business press as rock stars. But the largely positive wave ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... over 150 applicants by a distinguished committee of civic, business , and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn. ...
Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village
Release Date:
01/25/2017
Eva’s Village, a Paterson, NJ, anti-poverty, nonprofit organization, partners with local businesses and community groups to raise funds for its 20 integrated anti-poverty programs.
Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...
Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... Carolina market president, were part of a small group of business leaders who helped negotiate the bill that repealed ...
Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The tax overhaul promised by President Trump and Republican congressional leaders is lugging a remarkably heavy load. The goal is not only to reduce the tax bills of corporations and small businesses, but also to stimulate investment, create jobs,...
Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States
Release Date:
09/07/2017
The result is an Obamacare system that’s still vulnerable, but far from the ‘disaster’ Trump and his top health officials describe.
The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Communications strategy should be flexible, scrappy, and accessible to everyone on your team. This four-question framework, rooted in social science, can help organizations craft an effective strategy that drives real social change.
IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria
Release Date:
10/13/2017
The prospect of being audited by the IRS is as unsettling to nonprofit leaders as to individuals and for-profit businesses.
Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow
Release Date:
07/20/2018
Globally, a full one-third of all food produced goes uneaten.
Bank of America Awards Grant to Youth Career Development Program
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... that introduces Immokalee youth to potential occupations, business etiquette and networking, and matches students with ...
Listen: Commonwealth Fund President, Dr. David Blumenthal, on COVID-19 and the US Healthcare System
Release Date:
05/20/2020
... Commonwealth Fund, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Dr. David Blumenthal ...
Foundation Communications Today: Findings from the Communications Network 2011 Survey of Foundation Communications Professionals
Publication date:
06/2011
... foundation communicators shows that U.S. foundations are making use of all forms of digital communications, especially ...
Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices
Publication date:
02/2010
... and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of the ...
Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation
Publication date:
11/2008
Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it's the best option when you want to promote civic engagement and support lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its impact and effectiveness, hesitate to take up community organizing as a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community organizing unique and uniquely effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker's special role in fostering change.
Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation
"What are we doing, and why do we think 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 questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie their work, establish common language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the stage for evaluation by clarifying goals, strategies, and milestones.
Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact
Publication date:
12/2010
Three foundations — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges we face: civil rights, renewable energy sources, and wildlife protection. This case study provides an in-depth look at how these foundations cultivate an understanding of their fields and then turn that understanding into more effective grantmaking.
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust-fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust Chief Fiduciary Counsel James L. Kronenberg.
How to Build Strong Ties With Companies
Release Date:
10/08/2013
American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO Nancy Lublin participated in a Chronicle Live Discussion on how nonprofits can make themselves more attractive to a corporate benefactor.