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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.  |
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Helen Monroe |
Vision, Values & Verbalization New foundations completing first distributions, as well as foundations with a mature grantmaking program in place, should set aside time for in-depth conversations about their work.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 Diane Feeney |
Strengthening Grantees to Better Evaluate Them Foundations need to help strengthen their grantees so the grantees can provide them with the outcome data they need.  |
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.  |
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.  |
AFP eWire May 17, 2004 |
Report Reveals What Grantees Value in Foundations A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy has identified several key areas that charity grantees most value in the foundations that fund their programs.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 McCracken & Roth |
Funding Success Foundations can follow the lead of the healthcare industry toward better evidence-based practice grantmaking.  |
AFP eWire January 31, 2012 |
What to Do When Foundations Have Walled Themselves Off From Your Organization What can you do when you come face to face with a wall built by a foundation to keep organizations like yours out?  |
AFP eWire August 18, 2008 |
Shift in Grantee Evaluation Calls for Proactive Approach As foundations slowly shift to mid-game progress reports and play-by-play performance metrics for the programs they fund, grantees would be well-advised to help build the scorecards.  |
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.  |
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.  |
AFP eWire November 23, 2010 |
Foundations Likely to Increase Giving in 2011 It may take several years for giving to match the peak level recorded in 2008, according to estimates reported by the Foundation Center.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Heather Peeler |
Arlington Group Here's no-pressure assistance sorting out your grants management software issues.  |
AFP eWire October 7, 2014 |
REPORT: New Data Shows Canada's Largest Foundations Give over $1 Billion Annually to Canadian Charities Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Imagine Canada recently released a first-ever report about the assets and giving trends of Canada's largest grantmaking foundations.  |
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?  |
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Francie Ostrower |
Staying the Course A new study of community foundation effectiveness generates suggestions for increasing grantmaking impact.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Jane C. Nober |
Discretionary Grants Foundations reviewing an existing or proposed discretionary grant program should keep some of these basic legal principles and operational guidelines in mind.  |
AFP eWire October 8, 2007 |
Canadian Funders Placing Huge Burdens on Charities The entire grant/funding process in Canada is becoming increasingly burdensome, time-consuming and complicated, according to a new report by the Wellesley Institute.  |
AFP eWire June 12, 2012 |
Growth in U.S. Foundation Giving Fails to Keep Pace With Inflation Giving by U.S. foundations showed a modest increase in 2011, totaling an estimated $46.9 billion and up 2.2 percent from the year before. After accounting for inflation, however, contributions by U.S. foundations were down slightly from 2010.  |
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.  |
AFP eWire April 28, 2009 |
Foundations Plan to Shrink Grants The number and size of foundation grants will likely decrease this year, and grants for upstart organizations will be hard to come by, according to a study by the Foundation Center.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Peeler, Stuart & Goldstein |
Inducing Information Integration Here, a fictitious foundation provides the opportunity to highlight technology issues many non-profits face along with some possible solutions.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Arthur M. Sussman |
Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Weaver & Fernley |
Tips for Getting Your Educational Technology Projects Funded Two points are important no matter what grant or source of funding you are looking at.  |
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.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2004 Lee Draper |
The Philanthropy Afterlife: What Does A Career in Philanthropy Prepare You For? In this era of diminished assets and administrative budget reductions, a traditional pattern of turnover - coupled with a slower pace of foundation formation - has made the philanthropy job market tighter and far more competitive.  |
AFP eWire August 15, 2005 |
Matching Foundation Payout Rates to Mission A new report argues that foundations would be better served by matching their payout rate to the specific needs and programs of their mission as opposed to an arbitrary, government-set limit.  |
AFP eWire March 29, 2004 |
Foundations Focused on Missions in 2002 Foundations have made adjustments reflecting the economic climate. "Given declining endowments, foundations shied away from making as many major capital commitments and tried to shore up grantees with increased operating support," Renz said.  |
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.  |
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?  |
AskMen.com Gregory Batts |
Get A Great Performance Evaluation Performance evaluations; some guys love them, some hate them, but at some point, your performance will be formally reviewed by your boss.  |
AFP eWire October 21, 2004 |
Community Foundations See Strong Gains in 2003 Two new surveys by the Columbus Foundation and the Council on Foundations show that the community foundation field had a strong year in 2003, primarily because of the steadily improving economy.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Susan McLester |
Where's the Money? Four Places to Find Tech Funding We point the way to four distinct areas to take your search.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Richard F. Larkin |
Time for a Financial Checkup This checklist can help foundations spot problems with internal financial controls.  |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Rebecca Pomering |
Building The Dream Team A performance management system is critical to the health and success of any financial advisory firm. A well-designed performance management system helps managers meet the need for individual challenge and motivation that aligns with the firm's strategic direction.  |
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.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Deborah S. Hechinger |
Building Better Boards Congress has focused on compliance, but effective governance requires strong leadership. Foundation boards must step up to the task of working with chief executives to empower foundations to identify critical needs and to fund strong and effective programs.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor February 2010 Eric L. Reiner |
Shaking The Foundation Donor-advised funds report droves of conversions from private foundations.  |
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.  |
Information Today September 9, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
The Knight Foundation Welcomes Ideas to Strengthen Libraries' Roles in the Digital Age People from around the country can submit entries for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's latest Knight News Challenge: "How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?"  |
AFP eWire May 21, 2007 |
Foundations Don't Support Overhead Costs, Do They? A new study suggests that foundations are more likely to support overhead expenses and award unrestricted gifts than most nonprofits realize.  |
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  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Douglas Brooks |
How to Write GRANTS: The Best Kept Secret in the School Business How do school districts, buildings or classroom teachers fund the products they need to improve student learning? The answer is through external grants. Here are some vital skills that will help when it comes to writing and applying for grants.  |
AFP eWire April 11, 2005 |
Foundation Giving Declines, Key Issues Gain Support in 2003 Despite the decrease in giving across most fields, funding of specific issues, including arms control, disaster preparedness, national security and voter education, grew substantially.  |
AFP eWire April 24, 2006 |
Slow, Steady Foundation Growth Seen in 2005, Expected in 2006 A new report shows steady, but unremarkable growth for the foundation sector in 2005 and forecasts much of the same for 2006.  |