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Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Lee Draper
Managing Expectations, Coping With Realities Newcomers to philanthropy often find acclimation difficult. Here, ten interviewees discuss their beginnings and offer recommendations from their experience. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Lee Draper
Where the Money is: Tapping Overlooked Sources of Support for Nonprofits Where will the funding come from to enable nonprofits to serve more people? How can nonprofits find the capital to reorganize for greater efficiency and economies of scale or to invest in new ways to address growing social needs? mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Lee Draper
Achieving Impact Without Giving Cash Grantmakers are trying to stretch dollars, but there are limits to their budgets' elasticity. How can we achieve broader impact with limited dollars? mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Kathleen P. Enright
Philanthropy's Greatest Asset Grantmakers' success depends on the performance of nonprofit leaders. Committed people are at the heart of every innovation and every bit of progress the nonprofit sector makes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Gwen I. Walden
Shaping the Course of our Democracy Here are six trends foundations should watch and use to increase their influence over the next 25 years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Allison H. Fine
Blending the Bottom Line Nonprofits and grantmakers must meet each other halfway to move toward outcomes-focused approaches to collaboration. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Heather Peeler
The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI)--www.tpi.org Here's an organization that offers no-pressure assistance in sorting out your philanthropic strategic planning. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Kasper, Nielsen & Chao
Democracy in Action Focus funds, the next wave of community philanthropy, are responding to the needs of both marginalized groups and new donor bases. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Lee Draper
Funder's Little Shop of Horrors Grantees look to funders for support in overcoming entrenched financial and management challenges, but they also want to be acknowledged for their expertise in running organizations, delivering services and relating to their constituencies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Kathleen P. Enright
Philanthropy's New Clothes New study results represent the most comprehensive look at how foundations view their own effectiveness to date. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Millesen & Hedge
Achieving Balance and Maintaining Accountability Findings from a recent study on the decision-making abilities of community foundation boards identify some challenges and offer some lessons learned. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
January 15, 2013
New Study Questions Level of Fundraising Skills, Organizational Support for Philanthropy A new study of American charities and fundraisers raises strong concerns about the number of skilled professionals available for jobs and the lack of infrastructure in most nonprofits to support effective fundraising and philanthropy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Sharna Goldseker
Beyond Duty and Obligation The more a family can see that "involving the kids" does not merely mean adding children to an existing foundation system but shifting the paradigm to become multigenerational philanthropy, the better prepared they will be for the next phase of their foundation's evolution. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Lee Draper
Managing the Workload How do grantmakers meet the demands of a skyrocketing workload? Many foundations are turning to technology to help provide solutions to streamline the workload. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Suzanne McGee
The New Philanthropy Betsy Dickey was startled and dismayed to realize how much she had to learn about what is involved in becoming a hands-on philanthropist rather than just a checkbook donor. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 20, 2010
2009 Saw Record Decline in Foundation Giving The recent economic crisis caused the more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations in the United States to cut their 2009 giving by an estimated 8.4 percent -- by far the largest decline ever tracked by the Foundation Center. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Gwen I. Walden
What are NPIOs and Why Can't Foundations Succeed Without Them? Nonprofit infrastructure organizations are the frontline capacity builders for grantees. mark for My Articles similar articles
Job Journal
November 23, 2008
Shelly Cryer
A New Day in the Nonprofit Sector The dynamic, evolving, and rapidly expanding nonprofit sector offers abundant career opportunities -- and plenty of jobs providing a livable salary. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Allan R. Clyde
Rien van Gendt The first international winner of the Council on Foundations' Distinguished Grantmaker Award discusses his cross-sector approach. mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Donna Fenn
Shaking the Foundations Sanjay Chopra is an astute donor. The founder of two technology companies recently joined 59 other fledgling philanthropists to give $50,000 to KidsVoice, a Pittsburgh nonprofit that provides legal services to children in juvenile court... mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Community Knowledge at Work A preview of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Jed Emerson
Shifting into Foundation Overdrive Grantmakers' singular focus on payout as usual won't take the sector where it needs to go. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Egbert & Hoechstetter
Mission Possible: Evaluating Advocacy Grants In an effort to more accurately reflect the outcomes of policy-related grants and promote more support for nonprofit advocacy, the Alliance for Justice teamed with The George Gund Foundation and Mosaica to fashion tools for grantmakers that show the effectiveness of nonprofit advocacy work. mark for My Articles similar articles
Job Journal
November 30, 2008
First Steps on a Nonprofit Career Path Inside insights on how to be in the right place at the right cause. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
December 17, 2014
Top Ten (Week of December 17, 2014): You Need Data Nerds! Here are some of the top items, articles and ideas you need to know so you can keep up-to-date and help your charity succeed. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
December 20, 2011
Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households, but Nonprofits Must Work for Their Trust, Study Finds In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
February 2007
Cecilia Hogan
Philanthropy -- Not Just for Rock Stars: "Real People" and Digital Donations A look at trends in online giving, the impact of disasters, being effective in your philanthropy, and resources for researching charities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
November 13, 2012
AFP, Mackenzie Investments Partner to Strengthen Training and Education for Charities, Fundraisers Mackenzie Investments will help champion education by funding a new Canadian Web Conference series for AFP's 16 chapters across the country. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Jan Fitzpatrick
Who Wants To Be A Philanthropist? High school girls who become grantmakers deepen their understanding of community needs, help their peers and begin thinking about careers in the nonprofit world. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Francie Ostrower
Staying the Course A new study of community foundation effectiveness generates suggestions for increasing grantmaking impact. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Wing et al.
Paying for Not Paying for Overhead Many nonprofits are sacrificing organizational infrastructure needs to tell foundations what they want to hear about overhead costs. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 6, 2004
Urban Institute Releases Study on Foundation Practices, Attitudes Urban Institute study reveals a wealth of data about the attitudes and practices of different types of foundations, including how they view effective philanthropy and the monitoring and evaluation processes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
Jul/Aug 2009
Nancy K. Herther
Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 28, 2008
New Study Recommends Ways to Address Flaws in Grant Application and Reporting Nonprofit organizations and foundations alike are beginning to stagger under the weight of a grant application and reporting system that needs fixing. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
December 14, 2011
Julia Hanna
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance Alnoor S. Ebrahim and philanthropist Mario Marino discuss the differences and similarities between performance measurement in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Allan R. Clyde
Q&A with New Council on Foundations President and CEO Steve Gunderson The former congressman talks about his career path, entering the nonprofit sector, the sector's challenges and how his public service experience will translate into added benefits to the nonprofit community. mark for My Articles similar articles
Job Journal
April 11, 2004
Jennifer Corkery
Fundraisers & Grant Writers Fundraisers and grant writers prove indispensible to nonprofits. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
February 2004
Hazel Cameron
The Nonprofit Phenomenon Internet resources for nonprofit organizations mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Steve Gunderson
Suiting Up for Social Change Grant managers must assure a return on America's growing charitable investment that the philanthropic sector can earn the public's continued trust. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2009
Dune Thorne
Charitable Connection American women are poised to become major influencers in the world of philanthropy, shaping social policy around the globe for future generations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Miller et al.
Beyond Diversity The Denver Foundation's Expanding Nonprofit Inclusiveness Initiative is working to move past racial diversity to inclusiveness. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Allan R. Clyde
Sherece West An interview with the CEO of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation about the charity and the recovery, relief, and rebuilding of Louisiana. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 12, 2008
Mixed Results on Growth in Foundation Diversity A new report reveals that foundation diversity has increased significantly in some areas, including board and staff composition, but there continues to be problems in others, such as funding to diverse organizations. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
October 20, 2008
AFP Think Tank Addresses Leadership, Governance and Giving How do nonprofits convey to the public that they are accountable and diligent with funds? mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
March 27, 2006
Nonprofit Executives Burning Out, Planning to Leave Jobs A survey of almost 2,000 nonprofit executives found that 75 percent are planning on leaving their jobs within five years, while another 10 percent are already in the process of switching job. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Caroline D. Avery
Is Early Engagement Always Best? It seems the accepted wisdom these days is that the earlier children are involved in their family's philanthropy, the better. But there are many paths to long-term satisfaction with family philanthropy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
James A. Joseph
Redefining Accountability On the international stage, philanthropic accountability must refer not only to enforceable rules and regulations, but also the unenforceable laws of ethics and respect for culture. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Off the Cuff, On the Record As grantmakers, we think we know what can be done and our boards are so very anxious to be able to do our thing consistently and coherently, we don't look to see whether or not all of the work that we're doing adds up to an infrastructure for change. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2004
Paula J. Kelly
Spreading Your Wings With a Sabbatical Sabbaticals create time for grantmakers and their grantees to rest, recharge and return to work with a new sense of purpose. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Marcia Sharp
Navigating the Board/CEO Relationship Regular communication with all board members -- not just the chair -- can help foundation CEOs steer clear of moving in wrong directions and becoming imbalanced with outside commitments. mark for My Articles similar articles