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Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations

Published: 
04/2019
With more than 30,000 new private foundations established in the U.S. in the past 20 years, it ... assets. Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations distills insights gleaned ... thriving grantmaking organizations that can best support nonprofits to achieve shared goals. While there is no ...
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Report
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Facts, Figures, Trends

Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer

Strong Foundations Housing Report
Published: 
01/2020
... families and for the 1 in 4 renters who spend 50% or more of their income on housing—and its effects ripple ... we have prepared a research brief and primer, “Strong Foundations: Financial security starts with affordable, stable housing.” Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, ...
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Affordable Housing/Housing and Shelter

COVID-19: Nelson Foundation's Grantee Communications

Published: 
04/2020
... communication with your grantees is essential during times of disaster. The organizations working most closely with ... and timeliness in response. Direct and open lines of communication are valued and your partnership with your ... The Nelson Foundation has kindly agreed to share some of their COVID-19 grantee email communications with ...

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector ... assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations. The study assessed the representation of women- ... investment firms used by the country’s top 50 charitable foundations. The study analyzed available endowment ...

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

Published: 
11/2019
... for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people ... DAPP Survey revealed a clear divide in the sector between foundations with a social justice focus and those with ...

Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies

... Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines the ... refine their strategies for working with anchors. In each of the profiled communities—Albuquerque, Baltimore, ... Denver and the Twin Cities—the report shares stories of how funders are extending beyond traditional grantmaking ...
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Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education

Cross Sector Collaborations for Education
Published: 
01/2020
 (209 pages, PDF) While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform show promise, they also often face ... that view collaboration as a distraction, to the expense of setting up effective data management systems, to engaging ...
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Sector Collaboration
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Education

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
... by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities ... Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is aimed at large foundations, social change grantmakers, and Black charitable ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States ... research had two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black ... of Black-led social change groups, and what are the major needs that institutional philan- thropic funding should ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018
... Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models of participatory grantmaking. Deciding Together: Shifting ...

Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

... Partnerships and Anchor Institutions  discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic ... or anchor collaboratives, to develop, implement, and support shared goals and initiatives that advance equitable ...
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Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to ... justice. This guide will be most useful to an audience of grantmakers who have already made or are close to making ...

Ten Ways for Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices

These guides are designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive practices ... by making their work more effective and more reflective of communities served. By highlighting 10 ways foundations can approach diversity, this guide seeks to spark ...

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