Surdna Foundation Announces a Reorganization and Promotions
Release Date:
07/11/2023
In a Letter from Surdna President Don Chen, he shares news about a recent reorganization at Surdna and celebrates some of our people who have been promoted.
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Fair Futures: A Cross-Sector Partnership Transforming How New York City Supports Young People Impacted by Foster Care
Release Date:
06/28/2023
Explore how a well-funded, cross-sector partnership can achieve results on a large scale and what critical elements of success could be used to support similar efforts fueled by other funder collaboratives.
Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice
Release Date:
04/25/2023
Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) is an emergent practice that strives to rebalance power between funders and their grantees, drive insight and collaborative engagement around “wicked” problems and make efficient use of limited resources. Sounds...
Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE
Release Date:
12/06/2022
What does it mean to use a racial justice lens in your grantmaking? And what internal barriers need to be dismantled to advance racial justice?
What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/02/2022
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.
Insights from “A Fireside Chat on the ‘True Costs’ of Nonprofits”
Release Date:
08/03/2022
Have you heard of the “nonprofit starvation cycle"?
New Survey Report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy 2022
Release Date:
07/20/2022
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.
Insights from “Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don’t We Know About Intermediaries?”
Release Date:
06/28/2022
Philanthropic intermediaries play an important role, often serving as a liaison between foundations and nonprofits in re-granting foundation resources and providing important technical assistance and hands-on support to grantees.
Strengthening our Framework to Maximize Impact
Release Date:
06/01/2022
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...
Building Trust Through Practice: A Shared Journey Toward an Inclusive Economy - New Report from the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
04/13/2022
There’s a lot of talk in philanthropy about racial justice, trusting and centering grantees, sharing power, and enabling the risks necessary for innovative ideas to launch, succeed, or fail. But what does this look like in practice?
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