Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/08/2020
Too often in philanthropy we achieve progress or a reform, but don’t think to look around the corner. We thereby create - or exacerbate - another problem. It’s whack-a-mole philanthropy.
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Philanthropy in Focus
Release Date:
10/07/2020
This time last year was drastically different for us all. Personally, I was just three months into my fellowship and quickly becoming aware of just how busy fall at PNY can be. Reflecting back on that time now often feels like a distant memory - a...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report
Release Date:
07/22/2020
This report is the third in Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Scaling Solutions initiative, which is a collaboration between RPA, Skoll and Ford foundations.
How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?
Release Date:
07/22/2020
In order for foundations to harness our collective capacity to respond to the life-threatening coronavirus pandemic and the humanitarian issues that have become more acute because of it, we must elevate entrepreneurship, multi-sectoral collaboration...
Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?
Release Date:
07/15/2020
While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support and capacity building, this funding practice has not been widely adopted. "Funding from a Place of Trust" sheds light on how the flow of general operating...
New Citi Foundation Report - Funding from a Place of Trust
Release Date:
06/30/2020
A new Citi Foundation commissioned report with Synergos: “Funding from a Place of Trust: Exploring the Value of General Operating Support and Capacity Building Grants”
Everyone Deserves a Fair Slice
Release Date:
06/30/2020
Most investors, smart investors want to build on the skilled competencies and professionalism of the organisations they fund. This is enlightened self-interest.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’
Release Date:
06/30/2020
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced today that it will increase its annual spending to allocate an additional $48 million over the next five years to address critical system failures that underlie both the COVID-19 pandemic and the enduring...
Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development Award
Release Date:
06/24/2020
Research to Prevent Blindness is increasing both the amount of funding and the number of awards funded through its flagship grant in order to better support early-career vision scientists.
To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together
Release Date:
06/23/2020
How a research project transformed a region - and the foundation that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 3 of their 3-part Insights series.
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