Publication Date: March, 2024
... momentum recently, but there are still some misconceptions about this approach and its ambitious goal of creating a ...
Publication Date: December, 2016
... Economy: Blueprint 2017 is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public ...
Publication Date: November, 2016
... leaders and their boards begin essential conversations about marginalized populations and determine the extent to ...
Publication Date: December, 2015
... Economy: Blueprint 2016 is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit. ...
Publication Date: August, 2015
... widespread and growing recognition in the nonprofit sector about the importance of evaluation — not only for measuring ...
Publication Date: February, 2015
... making to facilitate informed, thoughtful judgments about strengthening organizations. Supporting Grantee ...
... New Jersey and nationwide. In this interview Nina tells us about her work with the Council and also what things are on ...
... president of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, talks about the business of philanthropy and how companies can make ...
... is interviewed on "One on One with Steve Adubato" about the Council's work, including our 20th anniversary, the ...
... the quality of decision-making related to public policy about the state's most pressing issues. For over 50 years, ...
Publication Date: June, 2007
This includes insights and tips related to board governance, legal compliance, grantee communications, fiscal responsibility, public disclosure, and many other key areas of foundation governance and operations. It is intended to serve as a practical...
Publication Date: December, 2020
Publication Date: May, 2012
This report highlights three philanthropic efforts to build the capacity of local communities in the West - The Ford Family Foundation’s Ford Institute Leadership Program, the Northwest Area Foundation’s Horizons Program, and the Orton...
Publication Date: December, 2014
As a follow-up to our Giving in Indiana study (released earlier this year), Indiana Philanthropy Alliance is pleased to share this snapshot of promising practices for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in Indiana philanthropy. Throughout our...
Publication Date: November, 2014
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. It offers a pathway to greater inclusion of communities that are...
Publication Date: November, 2013
A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been to translate insight and learning from grantmaker intermediaries involved with the Social Innovation Fund and share them with the broader philanthropic community. The fifth guide in the...
Publication Date: January, 2013
The Ford Institute for Community Building, a program of The Ford Family Foundation, works to help community leaders ...
Publication Date: May, 2014
... outcomes for low-income individuals, most people think about providing access to good medical care and keeping the ... of that care as low as possible. What people rarely think about is the connection between good...
Publication Date: May, 2018
... ago it was home to half the of all Americans; today, only about 15 percent. As its population has gotten smaller, rural ... human right. Almost one quarter of all older Americans (about 10 million), call rural...
Publication Date: February, 2017
... The Foundation was interested in learning more about how foundations find knowledge and how it informs their ... knowledge, which the research team defined as anything about the effective practice of philanthropy...