Philanthropic &amp; Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Foundation Center's IssueLab

Publication date:

11/2012

The Foundation Center has launched the next generation of IssueLab, a website that provides free and open access to resources that analyze the world's most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges and their potential solutions. The platform contains more than 11,000 documents and represents one of the largest collections of social sector knowledge, spanning 40 issues areas, from agriculture to immigration to welfare.

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The Philanthropic Landscape: The State of General Operating Support

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11/2012

In The State of General Operating Support, NCRP notes that reported general operating support increased 34 percent in 2008-2010 compared to 2004-2006, but the share of such grants remained unchanged at 16 percent of total giving.

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The Philanthropic Landscape: The State of Multi-Year Funding

Publication date:

11/2012

Looking at data from 2004 to 2010, The State of Multi-Year Funding finds that multi-year grantmaking in 2009 fell 21 percent to $5.5 billion during a time when total grantmaking declined only by 13 percent. In September 2012, NCRP recalled a previous version of the study after learning of a programming error from the data source. This revised edition more accurately reflects recent trends.

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Understanding and Benchmarking Foundation Payout

Publication date:

09/2012

This report demystifies the concept of foundation payout while addressing common misperceptions. It also delivers first-ever trend information detailing the payout practices of the largest U.S. foundations.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Four Essentials for Evaluation

Publication date:

06/2012

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations created this guide to help grantmakers get to the next level in their evaluation efforts and embed evaluation practices more deeply in the work of their organizations. GEO pinpoints four essential steps —Lead, Plan, Organize and Share— and includes the stories of 13 GEO members who have demonstrated effective evaluation in action.

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Evaluation

Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy

Publication date:

04/2012

What is the role of corporate philanthropy in business and society? This guide offers original field research and provides clear and practical paths forward for the future of the field and the role of corporate foundations, including a five element agenda for leaders of corporate foundations and giving programs to advance their practice and profession.

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Corporate Funders

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Governance

Finance & Asset Management

Beyond the 990: Effective Nonprofit Financial Data Analysis - WEBINAR

Publication date:

04/2012

In this webinar, financial experts from the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) provided instruction on what to look for when reviewing nonprofit financials—imparting five steps for assessing financial health.

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Program Presentation

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Executive Leadership

Grants Managers

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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter? A National Study of Philanthropic Practice

Publication date:

03/2012

GEO's new national field survey of grantmaking practice (conducted by research partner TCC Group) examines the connection between listening to and learning with grantees and improving practices to achieve better results. In light of the global economic downturn, this survey also highlights some of the key shifts in grantmaking since 2008 and what they mean for supporting nonprofit resilience.

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Evaluation

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TCC Group

Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: 1970-2010

Publication date:

01/2012

Published on the occasion of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' 30th anniversary, this report documents the first 40 years of U.S. foundation support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. Among the report's findings: in total, 799 U.S. foundations have invested more than $771 million and nearly 36,000 grants in LGBTQ issues from 1970 to 2010, with the Arcus Foundation as the largest single foundation donor by dollar amount (the Ford and Tides foundations are also in the top ten).

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