Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Travis Baird, a Program Officer at the Maverick Capital Foundation, shares how his personal identity has guided his experiences and work within the philanthropic sector and names three tensions he's experienced while making funding decisions.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published its second biennial “ Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy ” report. This is the only global survey of philanthropy of its kind.

In a March 2022 report, the Bridgespan Group found that philanthropic funding to criminal legal reform efforts amounts to about $350 million. As the report points out, that number pales in comparison to the public and private investments in various...

Grants management professionals are strategically positioned to influence a funder’s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in three decades of working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen a pattern where people serving in these...