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.
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners
Release Date:
06/22/2020
The Ford Foundation announced last week that it would roughly double its grantmaking in each of the next two years. This is terrific as the immense challenges of the present moment require this type of outside the box thinking by foundations.
Ford, Mellon, Doris Duke, Kellogg, and MacArthur Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/11/2020
The Ford Foundation and four others plan to substantially increase their spending, a splurge financed in part by issuing debt.
Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis
Release Date:
06/10/2020
Our national crisis of disparity and despair will not be healed through what has somehow become a normative disaster response in philanthropy, where foundations spend a little more and nonprofits struggle to meet a surge in demand.
A Letter from Surdna President Don Chen on Solidarity and Support to Grantees
Release Date:
05/13/2020
In a letter from Surdna President, Don Chen reaffirms the foundation's commitment to their grantees, shares an update about their COVID-19 response, and offers resolve for the years ahead.
Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself.
Release Date:
05/05/2020
To move a $2.6 billion infrastructure project, in the face of strong opposition, takes a daunting amount of power. How is a regional foundation to tap so much force?
Getting Out of our Comfort Zone in Response to COVID-19
Release Date:
04/07/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages New York, we know that these are precisely those difficult times. Our commitment to supporting grassroots organizations led by communities of color is as essential as ever.
How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis
Release Date:
03/30/2020
COVID-19 has pulled back the curtain on so much that is wrong in our society. For the Groundswell community, what is behind the curtain is not new.
Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/24/2020
In October 2019, the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund travelled to the U.S. South for a deep dive into our Democratic Practice portfolio.
Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders
Release Date:
03/17/2020
We are in the midst of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our lives are evolving on an almost daily basis.
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