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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
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Cole Wilbur
Self-evaluation Periodic self-evaluation can renew the vitality of any foundation. 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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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
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
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. 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
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
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009
Khoo, Buchanan & Cunningham
JCDL 2009 Workshop Report Lightweight user-friendly evaluation knowledge for digital librarians. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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
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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Emmett D. Carson
Standing at the Crossroads Community foundations worldwide are at a critical juncture where they must decide between being a field or a movement. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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
AFP eWire
April 12, 2004
U.S. Foundation Giving Declines Slightly in 2003 Grantmaking foundations in the United States gave slightly less in 2003 campared to the previous year. 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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 9, 2007
Foundation Giving Rises to $40 Million Foundation giving in the United States grew to $40.7 billion in 2006, an 11.7% increase from the previous year, according to a new study. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
August 8, 2005
Foundation Giving Rises in 2004 A new study reports that giving by the United State's grantmaking foundations rose 7 percent to an estimated $32.4 billion in 2004, reversing the declines of the previous two years. mark for My Articles similar articles
D-Lib
March 2003
Paloma Diaz
Usability of Hypermedia Educational e-Books This article presents a number of evaluation criteria for hypermedia educational e-books and describes how they are embedded into an evaluation procedure. 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
National Defense
August 2011
Jim O'Bryon
Improving the Pentagon's Test and Evaluation Processes Some key leaders within the Defense Department believe that testing is too expensive, takes too long and slows down the fielding of urgently needed capabilities. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
H. Art Taylor
Building a More Accountable Sector There is a leadership role for grantmakers to play in helping nonprofits demonstrate their accountability. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Betsy Martin
Shifting Focus Canadian community foundations aim to change systems, institutions and attitudes through social justice grantmaking. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Bernholz, Fulton & Kasper
Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve Here's how the latest technology trends could help community foundations serve their communities better. 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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
November 20, 2012
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 20, 2012) What Do Donors, Foundations Want to Know about Nonprofits?... Direct Mail -- The Exquisite Corpse... How High-Profile Causes Like `Movember' Push Less `Sexy' Ones Aside... mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004
John Bailey
Making the Case: Research Efforts on Educational Technology The U.S. Department of Education is investing more than $56 million to study the conditions and practices under which technology is used to document its impact on student performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
August 1, 2005
Operating Style Key Factor in Foundation Expenses A new study of the expense and compensation patterns of the 10,000 largest grantmaking foundations in the U.S. suggests not only that there are vast differences among these entities, but also operating style may be the most critical factor in determining and explaining such expenditures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Excerpt: Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations Grantmakers can be more effective and strategic in addressing disasters by following these eight principles of good disaster management. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Ira Apfel
Respect the Public Trust Stewardship principles and concrete practices for corporate grantmakers. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004
State-Level Studies The U.S. Education Department made grant awards to 10 State Education Agencies who met the criteria to increase the capacity of states to design, conduct and procure high-quality evaluations of educational technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
February 22, 2005
Lack of Standards, Assessment Hindering Foundation Effectiveness Many foundations do not have specific goals or standards of effectiveness, or ways of measuring their effectiveness, according to a study by the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. 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
AFP eWire
July 20, 2010
Four Steps to Training Your Colleagues, Board and Supporters as Powerful Messengers Training your staff and supporters is a highly-effective, low- investment nonprofit marketing tactic, but one simply overlooked by most organizations. Here's how to do it. 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
Mar/Apr 2005
Paula J. Kelly
Nancy Latimer The 2005 recipient of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking reflects on her longtime involvement in protecting children's welfare. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Jim Grote
Foundations for Renown Assets in domestic private foundations are growing and donors are demanding more customized service from advisory firms. mark for My Articles similar articles