How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be
Release Date:
06/25/2014
Some suggestions for foundations that want to promote innovation through their grantmaking.
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing
Release Date:
06/25/2014
In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip Henderson talks about aligning program with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation's recent launch into the impact investing world.
Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns
Release Date:
06/19/2014
An evaluation has found that The Rockefeller Foundation's Program Related Investments have contributed to the financial sustainability of its investees and are helping them accomplish social goals and achieve impact.
New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Open Society Foundations will fund nine nonprofits—from the U.S. to Ghana—to help their new leaders implement their vision.
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response
Release Date:
05/23/2014
[Ford Foundation] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict.
Private Citizen Bloomberg on Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/25/2014
When it comes to giving away his fortune, Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, says he seeks causes others may have overlooked and ways to test new ideas.
Declare Overhead Dead
Release Date:
03/18/2014
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President and CEO Melissa Berman served as the keynote speaker at the recent BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, where one of the opportunities she touched on for 21st-century philanthropy was changing the language...
Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.
Partnering for Change: Learning Together to Make a Bigger Impact
Release Date:
02/20/2014
PNY Executive Coordinator Nick Collins talks about the Service for Impact working group and the growing corporate commitment to long-term volunteer programs and partnerships with community-based nonprofits.
Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs
Release Date:
10/22/2013
New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman was one of the presenters at our recent program on the debate over whether foundations should fund grantee overhead costs. NYSHealth doesn’t provide grants for general operating...
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