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Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Heather Peeler |
Cybergrants, Inc. Here's no-pressure assistance sorting out your grants management software issues.   |
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. |
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. |
AFP eWire
April 28, 2009 |
Foundations Plan to Shrink Grants The number and size of foundation grants will likely decrease this year, and grants for upstart organizations will be hard to come by, according to a study by the Foundation Center. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2005
Cole Wilbur |
Self-evaluation Periodic self-evaluation can renew the vitality of any foundation. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Heather Peeler |
The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI)--www.tpi.org Here's an organization that offers no-pressure assistance in sorting out your philanthropic strategic planning. |
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. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Peeler, Stuart & Goldstein |
Inducing Information Integration Here, a fictitious foundation provides the opportunity to highlight technology issues many non-profits face along with some possible solutions. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Jane C. Nober |
Discretionary Grants Foundations reviewing an existing or proposed discretionary grant program should keep some of these basic legal principles and operational guidelines in mind. |
Information Today
December 2000 |
Foundation Center Releases Foundation Grants to Individuals on CD-ROM The Foundation Center has announced that, for the first time, individuals seeking assistance for a wide variety of purposes can locate important information on funding sources that is unavailable in other print or electronic resources... |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Lee Draper |
Managing the Workload How do grantmakers meet the demands of a skyrocketing workload? Many foundations are turning to technology to help provide solutions to streamline the workload. |
AFP eWire
October 21, 2004 |
Community Foundations See Strong Gains in 2003 Two new surveys by the Columbus Foundation and the Council on Foundations show that the community foundation field had a strong year in 2003, primarily because of the steadily improving economy. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Kasper, Nielsen & Chao |
Democracy in Action Focus funds, the next wave of community philanthropy, are responding to the needs of both marginalized groups and new donor bases. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Lee Draper |
Where the Money is: Tapping Overlooked Sources of Support for Nonprofits Where will the funding come from to enable nonprofits to serve more people? How can nonprofits find the capital to reorganize for greater efficiency and economies of scale or to invest in new ways to address growing social needs? |
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. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Andras Kosaras |
Self-Regulation An Overview of Principles and Standards Work at the Council on Foundations that provides the opportunity, leadership and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2004
Lee Draper |
The Philanthropy Afterlife: What Does A Career in Philanthropy Prepare You For? In this era of diminished assets and administrative budget reductions, a traditional pattern of turnover - coupled with a slower pace of foundation formation - has made the philanthropy job market tighter and far more competitive. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Linda A. Long |
Family Matters At least two-thirds of the more than 60,000 U.S. private foundations are controlled by families. If the next two decades mirror present trends, family foundations will boast more than $500 billion in combined assets. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005 |
Community Knowledge at Work A preview of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Robin S. Tryloff |
New Year, New Plan, New Directions The Council on Foundations is kicking off 2005 with a new strategic plan and framework for leadership in the sector. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Francie Ostrower |
Staying the Course A new study of community foundation effectiveness generates suggestions for increasing grantmaking impact. |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Heather Peeler |
MicroEdge Compliance and international grantmaking issues are the most prevalent topics on the agenda at the MicroEdge Solutions Conference, followed by strategies to maximize online technologies and issues specific to community foundations. |
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. |
AFP eWire
September 18, 2006 |
New Standards for Community Foundations More than 260 community foundations recently earned the National Standards Seal, which was created by the council and leaders of the community foundation field. Nearly 300 more organizations are in the process of either compiling materials for their record book or are currently under review. |
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. |
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. |
Information Today
November 2000 |
Baker & Taylor Announces E-Book Partnerships Baker & Taylor, Inc. has announced the selection of two key technology partners by Informata.com, its new business-to-business e-commerce venture... |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Arthur M. Sussman |
Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform. |
Information Today
August 3, 2009 |
IMLS Preservation Grant Guidelines Available Bank of America is partnering with the Institute of Museum and Library Services to provide grants to small museums, libraries, and archives. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Simone & Venkat |
Planning for Consistency Corporate grantmakers can achieve stability through creating endowments, quasi-endowments and reserves. Here's how. |
Searcher
Jul/Aug 2009
Nancy K. Herther |
Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers |
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. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Jane C. Nober |
Military Aid Grantmakers can support military personnel. Here's how. |
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. |
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. |
AFP eWire
October 8, 2007 |
Canadian Funders Placing Huge Burdens on Charities The entire grant/funding process in Canada is becoming increasingly burdensome, time-consuming and complicated, according to a new report by the Wellesley Institute. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Kelly Shipp Simone |
Legal FAQs on Disaster Grantmaking Qualified disasters offer corporate grantmakers flexibility in response -- within legal parameters. Here are some. |
AFP eWire
April 11, 2005 |
Foundation Giving Declines, Key Issues Gain Support in 2003 Despite the decrease in giving across most fields, funding of specific issues, including arms control, disaster preparedness, national security and voter education, grew substantially. |
