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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 impacted communities rely on your foundation's transparency and timeliness in response. Direct and open ...

Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education

Cross Sector Collaborations for Education
Published: 
01/2020
... reform show promise, they also often face challenges. A new report from Teachers College, Columbia University commissioned by ... marginalized groups in the decision-making process. Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for ...
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Report
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Sector Collaboration
Funding Area 
Education

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

... Democracy Collaborative’s report  Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions ... and to revitalize local communities. The report focuses on the work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have joined ...
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Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations

Published: 
04/2019
... learn more about what it takes to effectively get a grantmaking organization off the ground, CEP interviewed 35 leaders — ... hold at least $350 million in assets. Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations distills ...
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Facts, Figures, Trends

Cybersecurity Essentials for Philanthropy Series: White Paper: Building a 360° Security

Published: 
08/2019
... Technology Affinity Group has released two new resources as a part of its Cybersecurity Essentials for Philanthropy series. The  White Paper: Building a 360° Security   is the second resource that is a part of the ... offer best practices and suggestions based on the collective on-the-ground knowledge and experience of philanthropic ...
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TechnologyInformation Technology

Nonprofit Impact Matters: How America’s Charitable Nonprofits Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives

[Report] Nonprofit Impact Matters
Published: 
09/2019
... has compiled in one convenient spot the latest data on the national scope and impact of charitable nonprofits. The report, ... tells the nonprofit story from the nonprofit perspective for a nonprofit audience. The free report can be found on a related microsite ...
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Nonprofit Staff
Topic(s) 
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations

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

Anchor institutions can play a vital role in strengthening and connecting local economies, and can serve as powerful drivers for building inclusive and equitable communities. This report by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines the potential these deeply ...
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Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving ... their work into more ambitious territory that includes power building and structural transformation. Through reflections and frameworks ...

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

Published: 
03/2017
... (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon ... largest foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure for Black-led social change. The case ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018
... by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models ...

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: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. ... two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in ...

Common Goals, Different Approaches: How Five Cities Reimagined Their Public Spaces

Common Goals, Different Approaches
Published: 
04/2019
BY AARON WIENER| A new report from JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION showcases how ... and Chicago) have reimagined their public spaces as part of a national initiative called Reimagining the Civic Commons . ...
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

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 worked in ... orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among ... aggregate form. The results of the DAPP Survey revealed a clear divide in the sector between foundations with a social justice focus ...

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019
... a set of three practitioner briefs designed to focus on elements of place-based impact investing that have surfaced in research and ... the concept, highlights practitioner examples, and elevates lessons from the field. Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for ...

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