Creative Disruption: Sabbaticals for Capacity Building and Leadership Development in the Nonprofit Sector January 2010 For a small investment, a funder can have a big impact on a nonprofit by providing its leader with time away to rejuvenate body, mind and spirit. Yet .......

Helpful Guide to Failure in Philanthropy January 2010 Larry Blumenthal, the Director of Social Media Strategy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation offers a handbook to failing at philanthropy. He explain.......

Dynamic Families: How Small Family Foundations Decide to Make Big Changes Through Public Policy January 2010 The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University released a new report,Dynamic Families: How Small Family Foundations D.......

Communications at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Turning Up the Volume, Adjusting the Frequency December 2009 The recently published 13th volume of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology series, To Improve Health and Health Care, contains a chapter writt.......

Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together December 2009 GrantCraft has released a new guide, Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together. "When it comes to funder collaboratives, is the whole t.......

Essentials of Foundation Strategy December 2009 In the Center for Effective Philanthropy's analyses of surveys of tens of thousands of nonprofit grantees of foundations, they have seen that clear co.......

Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation December 2009 The sharp dichotomy between profit-maximizing financial investment and “give-it-away” charity is gradually losing its edge. However, if we want to ens.......

High Expectations, High Opportunity: In a Time of Crisis, Engaged Americans Look to Foundations to Find Solutions, Speak Up, and Stand Apart December 2009 In a climate of economic uncertainty, engaged Americans are increasingly looking to foundations to find and fund new ways of solving society’s problem.......

Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector November 2009 According toConvergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector, "for the nonprofit sector to survive and thrive, everyone — nonprofits, funde.......

A Practical Guide for Engaging Stakeholders in Developing Evaluation Questions November 2009 Evaluation participants are more actively and meaningfully engaged in evaluation projects when they are involved early and often in framing the projec.......

"Intro to Philanthropy Day" Video October 2009 The Peery Foundation, a family foundation, recently produceda video(using iPhones and desktop editing software) that profiles their efforts to include.......

"On the Money," a new publication from GEO October 2009 As the nonprofit sector struggles to meet escalating service demands while at the same time addressing the underlying causes of social problems from p.......

New Book Released on Foundations and Social Justice September 2009 The recently released Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice, by Alicia Epstein Korten profiles .......

New Report Calls for Intergenerational Approach August 2009 In light of the rapidly changing demographics of American society, grantmakers should fund programs that cut across age divisions and look at the soci.......

Evaluation Kit for Trustees July 2009 FSG Social Impact Advisors and the James Irvine Foundationhave released an "Evaluation Kit for Trustees." It includes Let's Consider Evaluation: A Sel.......

Family Foundation Philanthropy 2009: UK, Germany, Italy, US July 2009 Susan Price, the National Center'sVice President, has contributed a section on Family Philanthropy in the United States to a new book released by Alli.......

Doing Good Today and Better Tomorrow: A Roadmap to High Impact Philanthropy Through Outcome-Focused Grantmaking July 2009 A new report describes Hewlett's experience with the outcome-focused grantmaking (OFG) process and presents itas a guide for identifying a portfolio o.......

The Strong Field Framework: A Guide and Toolkit for Funders and Nonprofits Committed to Large-Scale Impact July 2009 Many foundations have come to believe that their bold aspirations and far-reaching goals can only be realized through a critical mass of organizations.......

How Public is Private Philanthropy? Separating Reality from Myth June 2009 "Charitable funds are private, not public, and the relationship between philanthropy and government should remain limited, a new report says. Based on.......

Recently Released: Planning Guide for the Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations June 2009 National Center President Ginny Esposito calls the Planning Guide for the Law of tax-Exempt Organizations "a staple in the field." The Planning Guide.......

Women’s Philanthropy Grows 223 Percent June 2009 The Foundation Center and the Women’s Funding Network released a report yesterday called Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women’s .......

Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Times: Insights for Foundation Leaders June 2009 This eight-page toolkit "offers guidance on and considerations for grantmakers in deciding how best to support grantees as resources decline and deman.......

Women Shape Household Philanthropic Decisions, Survey Finds May 2009 "Women play a prominent role in their households and communities when it comes to philanthropy, a new report from the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund fi.......

Downturn Adds Risk to Charitable Annuities May 2009 "Charitable gift annuities, an increasingly popular financial tool for investors seeking a reliable stream of retirement income, are getting riskier a.......

Donors Turn To Giving Circles As Economy Drops May 2009 NPR covers newly published research on Giving Circles by the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana Uni.......

Beldon fund closes doors, offers guide to spend-out foundation and website to share strategies May 2009 As it ceases operations, the Beldon Fund, a national foundation dedicated to building public and policy support for environmental protection, has crea.......

Keep Donations Flexible Now to Avoid Conflict Tomorrow May 2009 According to the New York Times,"battles between dead donors and nonprofits are increasing as the economy worsens. 'The colleges are getting the publi.......

More Than a Third of Family Foundations Uncertain About Lifespan or Expect to Spend Down, Report Finds May 2009 "While existing in perpetuity continues to be the norm for the majority of family foundations, 25 percent say they are currently undecided about their.......

More Family Foundations Transferring Assets to Donor-Advised Funds April 2009 "Frustrated by the upkeep, time commitment, and costs involved, more and more philanthropists are closing their family foundations and transferring th.......

Foundations not compensating board members April 2009 Findings from a study titled “What Drives Foundation Expenses & Compensation?” were released recently.The Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and P.......

Resources on Nonprofit Mergers April 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts have assembled a number oflinks to articlesthat relate to funding nonprofit mergers. They write, "While it is clearly not the.......

Improving Grant Applications and Reporting April 2009 Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose, a new report commissioned by Project Streamline, a coalition of organizations representing both grantm.......

New: Advocacy Progress Planner April 2009 As a follow-up to ourApril Teleconference on logic models, we are pleased to announce that Continuous Progress Strategic Services has released a new, .......

How is Family Philanthropy Changing the World? April 2009 "BNP Paribas and Campden Research, in association with Changing Our World, have embarked on the first truly global study of family philanthropy. The p.......

The role of "American Friends of ..." organizations April 2009 The latest issue of Donor Associates in Israel's The Donors' Newsletter "focuses on the importance of exercising proper oversight when funding oversea.......

If At First You Don’t Succeed, Admit You Failed April 2009 "In its debut issue, the new peer-reviewed journal about philanthropy, Foundation Review, contains an insightful analysis of why publicly 'sharing and.......

Investing for Social and Environmental Impact April 2009 New research from the Monitor Institute and funded by Annie E. Casey Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, andW.K. Kellogg Fo.......

As Detroit Struggles, Foundations Shift Mission March 2009 The New York Times discusses new strategies and collaborations being developed by foundations in Detroit to cope with the recession. "The long economi.......

Asset Declines and Investment Strategy Changes Report March 2009 A new study of changes in investment strategies by family, independent, and public foundations shows how these foundations have reacted to the downtur.......

Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness March 2009 An article published in the March 21 issue of Science suggests that using your family funds for grantmaking and other philanthropic activity can make .......

Researchers Examine Foundation Expectations for Giving in 2009 March 2009 "The New York City-based Foundation Center has released a new research advisory that examines how foundations expect their 2009 giving to be affected .......

Half of Wealthy Americans Say Taxes Don't Affect Their Giving, Study Finds March 2009 "A majority of affluent Americans say their charitable giving would be unaffected by the elimination of federal tax provisions designed, in part, to e.......

Foundation Giving Forecast February 2009 "The global financial crisis continues to wreak havoc on foundation endowments and the broader economy, and nonprofits are understandably nervous. Usi.......

Downturn spurs some foundations to give more February 2009 "At a time when most foundations are cutting back or maintaining last year's spending, a few are doing what hedge fund manager Ken Nickerson of the Eo.......

Funder-provided aid seen as vital February 2009 "Though most large foundations believe it is important to provide grantees assistance beyond grantmaking, they know little about which types of assist.......

For Investing With Madoff, Private Foundations Could Face Tax Fines February 2009 "Foundations that lost billions of dollars investing with Bernard L. Madoff have another reason to fret: they could be socked with sizable fines for f.......

Gift Annuities Benefit Donors, Nonprofits February 2009 "Charitable annuities are the gifts that keep giving. These vehicles allow individuals to support a charity, reduce their tax bill and secure a steady.......

Asset Declines and Investment Strategy Changes by Family, Independent, and Public Foundations February 2009 "Survey results just released by the Council on Foundations at the Family Philanthropy Conference in Indianapolis showed that family, independent, and.......