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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date: 
08/2015
Increasing numbers of grantmakers are opting for a spend-down strategy - meaning they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

Benchmarking Foundation Governance

On a typical foundation board, what are its members’ most common areas of expertise? How common ... or a family member — to sit on a board? To what extent are board members involved in grantmaking? There are lots of questions out there about foundation governance. ...
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Langeloth Foundation Grants $10 million to Support Urgent Initiatives to Get Out the Vote, Focusing on Communities of Color

Release Date: 
06/04/2020
... particularly Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities, are disproportionately targeted by voter suppression and ... Fund. “These generous funds will allow our grantees to think creatively and build...

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date: 
06/20/2023
... Risk Control Limited, and University of Leeds. The six grantees , which were selected to help increase efficiency and ... Framework (CAF) report , its three areas of focus are 1) developing a better...

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