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Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together
In Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together, we look at how funders approach building capacity with grantees.
TRANSformational Impact
This report broadly covers funding for transgender communities by U.S. foundations between 2011 and 2013, some of which include funding specifically targeted towards transgender girls and women, transgender boys and men, and gender non-conforming and gender queer people.
Storytelling for Good
Storytelling for Good connects you to a suite of tools and a growing community that can help you leverage the power of narrative to increase reach, resources and impact for your social impact organization.
Charitable IRA Toolkit
The toolkit helps communicate the exciting giving opportunities available to donors.
Theory of Change for Funders
Growing numbers of charities are using the theory of change as a strategy and evaluation tool. This popularity is partly a symptom of funders asking charities to provide a theory of change in their application or evaluation.
Scanning the Landscape of Youth Philanthropy
Scanning the Landscape of Youth Philanthropy: Observations and Recommendations for Strengthening a Growing Field shares reflections on an in-depth examination of the story and needs of youth grantmaking (young people making monetary contributions to organizations through established
Grantmaking at the Crossroads: An Intersectional Approach
Grantmaking at the Crossroads is a workbook designed to provide foundations with a new grantmaking methodology that works at the intersection of place, population, and issue.
A Philanthropist's Guide to Working with Government and Local Communities
Whether your philanthropy quest is to end homelessness, fight poverty, enable gender and racial equality, lower teen pregnancy rates, or provide a path to college for disadvantaged youth, government funding and policy are bound to affect your results.
The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations
The report, “The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations & Government Agencies,” is the most comprehensive report on diversity in the environmental movement.
Permissible Activity During an Election Cycle
Nonprofits can and should play an active role during elections, particularly by educating and activating voters.
Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact
From the Collective Impact Forum and FSB, this report provides practical guidance for planning and implementing evaluations of collective impact initiatives. Leaders of collective impact initiatives need an approach to performance measurement and evaluation that is as multi-faceted, respons
Racial Equity Resource Guide
W.K. Kellogg Foundation has launched a web-based, racial equity resource guide.
What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Giving
To better understand how community foundations can best respond to the current environment, the Center for Effective Philanthropy asked donors about how satisfied they are with the community foundations with which they work. What matters most to them?
Vision and Voice: The Role of Leadership and Dialogue in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This includes findings from interviews with 23 regional foundation leaders and in-depth exploration of a unique peer cohort, consisting of 10 leaders who met on an ongoing basis to discuss and support each other in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organizations.
Next Gen Philanthropy: Finding the Path Between Tradition and Innovation
Next-Gen Philanthropy: Finding the Path Between Tradition and Innovation, consider a series of questions that every next-generation donor should carefully consider, as well as recommendations based on the past experiences of other next-generation donors.
Civic Foundations vs. Community Foundations
While civic foundations and community foundations share some similar characteristics, this document clarifies the primary differences between the two types of organizations.
Michigan Cultural Data Project
The Michigan Cultural Data Project (CDP) is a powerful, online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations. This unique system allows users to track their own financial and programmatic performance over time and to benchmark themselves against comparable organizat
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