Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
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?
How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding
Release Date:
03/03/2022
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...
In Conversation: Phil Buchanan Interviews Dr. Beth Breeze, Author of ‘In Defence of Philanthropy’
Release Date:
11/18/2021
Philanthropy New York would like to share this extended interview between Phil Buchanan, President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Dr. Beth Breeze, Director of the Center for Philanthropy, University of Kent UK about Dr. Breeze’s newly...
Annie E. Casey Foundation and TCC Group Collaborate on Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from a National Foundation
Release Date:
10/26/2021
All family funders can still draw many lessons from larger funders about how to anchor their giving at the community level.
What does it mean for the Luce Foundation to support public knowledge?
Release Date:
10/21/2021
We have always believed that knowledge can make a difference in the world—and in order to do so, it must be in the world, in the hands of those who can make use of it. But we have also been prompted by our partners and by the work we’ve funded to...
For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap
Release Date:
10/14/2021
As funders we have the opportunity both to redistribute our wealth and to fuel the movement for reparations.
