New book explores practical ways of building and maintaining family legacies October 2010 How can families build enduring legacies and preserve their wealth during challenging times? Amidst the rising complexities in the financial world bro.......

Foundations: Fleas or Elephants? September 2010 "Philanthropy could be a smart flea on the government elephant, biting it to move a little this way or that. The problem is when philanthropy forgets .......

Pledging for what? September 2010 In this editorial for the September issue of Alliance Magazine, Caroline Hartnell examines the famous Gates pledge. If it is to have the radical world.......

From fragments to a mosaic: a profession in search of standards September 2010 Melissa Berman, the President of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, offers her thoughts on the professionalization of philanthropy advisors in this ar.......

A Philanthropist's Case for Restoring the Estate Tax August 2010 Abigail Disney, philanthropist and heiress to the Magic Kingdom's fortune, has a request for the US government: "Tax me!" She made the case for reinst.......

Highlighting the “Why?” of Donor Intent August 2010 In this article for The Philanthropic Initiative's blog, Deep Social Impact, Amy Zell Ellsworth reflects on her own family experience with discerning .......

Nation's Third Largest Charity Sees Revival in Giving August 2010 The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently reported that Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund raised 67% more in the first six months of 2010 compared to the fir.......

Values to Vision to Action: The Hill-Snowdon Foundation Journey July 2010 To commemorate its 50th anniversary since its founding, 10th anniversary of its strategic grantmaking program, and 5th anniversary of becoming an inde.......

Social Outcomes: Lifting Sights, Changing Norms July 2010 Mario Morino, chairman of the board of Venture Philanthropy Partners, has written the fourth in a series of columns about "managing to outcomes." He b.......

Alliance Magazine Interview with Mott Foundation President William S. White July 2010 Thisinterview with Mott Foundation President William S. White focuses on the foundation's relationship with it's hometown of Flint, Michigan and the.......

One In Four Financial Advisors Expects Clients Will Increase Charitable Giving To Offset Predicted Tax Hikes July 2010 Based on their 2010 "Advice & Giving" survey, the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund has just released new statistics on projected charitable giving and th.......

What’s Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting Better in a Networked World July 2010 The world around philanthropy is changing much, much faster than philanthropy itself. An intimidating range of forces—globalization, shifting sectoral.......

Volunteerism Rising Even in Slumping Economy July 2010 During times of economic hardship, more Americans set out to lend a helping hand. Instead of turning off the outside world when life gets tough, Ame.......

New in the Field: The Power of Coaching July 2010 The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund has created a series of freely available one- to two-minute videoswhere nonprofit leaders, a coach, and an evalua.......

The 2011 Collaboration Prize: Application Deadline is July 16th July 2010 The 2011 Collaboration Prize is a national award presented to nonprofit organizations that collaborate effectively to gain greater impact. In 2011, .......

Women, Wealth & Giving: The Virtuous Legacy of the Boom Generation June 2010 The recently published Women, Wealth, and Giving draws from the combined experiences of Margaret May Damen’s career as a Certified Financial Planner®,.......

Moving Beyond the Money: A Story that Captures the Risk-Taking Role June 2010 In 2006, a study of how the news media covered foundations found that the vast majority of articles about foundations were transactional—foundation X .......

Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector June 2010 This monograph explores the immediate and longer-term implications of networked digital technologies for philanthropy. The authors' claim is that info.......

Turning Passion into Action: Giving While Living June 2010 Like their founder, Charles "Chuck" Feeney, The Atlantic Philanthropies believes that wemust address the urgent social inequitiesand injustices of our.......

Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Fate of the Commons May 2010 The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently highlighted Bruce R. Siever's new book, Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Fate of the Commons. "Foundations .......

Working With Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program Officers Who Exemplify Them May 2010 In this report, a follow-up to its 2004 study, Listening to Grantees: What Nonprofts Value in their Foundation Funders, and its 2006 report, Foundatio.......

A Growing Tradition? Examining the African American Family Foundation May 2010 African American family foundations have grown in number and in popularity, at least in part due to the fact that African Americans expressly prefer g.......

A Guide to Actionable Measurement May 2010 A Guide to Actionable Measurement grew out of a year-long cross-foundation effort to develop common principles, approaches, and taxonomies to guide re.......

Early Signals on Mobile Philanthropy April 2010 Mobile technology and text messaging have introduced a new channel for charities to engage with current and prospective donors, advocates and voluntee.......

Career Pathways to Philanthropic Leadership: Conversation on Diversity and Inclusive Practices April 2010 This report features highlights from a convening the Council on Foundations (Council) hosted, with support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, a.......

Inspire Grant: An Uncommon Approach to Grantmaking April 2010 The job of a nonprofit leader is to inspire confidence and motivation to help an organization realize its full potential. But who inspires the leader.......

Interview - Geraldine Kunstadter April 2010 Geraldine Kunstadter, now 82, runs the Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation and visits all their projects each year, at home and abroad. But she’s unha.......

Wealth and Values Survey: The Affluent and Philanthropy March 2010 A study from PNC Bank about the giving habits of its wealthier clients indicates that 28 percent of those polled were planning to cut back on their ch.......

Fidelity’s Charitable Gift Fund Shows Well in Recession March 2010 "When the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund was established in 1991, its entrance onto the philanthropic scene was met with much consternation by communit.......

Philanthropy's Awareness Defecit March 2010 Foundations are isolated from many citizens on the front lines of local, regional and national efforts to improve American society, according to a new.......

Coaching and Philanthropy: An Action Guide for Grantmakers March 2010 The focus of this guide is one-on-one coaching of organizational leaders — with the coach providing customized support to improve the effectiveness of.......

Trading Power February 2010 Next Gen leaders eyeing future opportunities and current foundation executives looking for tomorrow’s leaders will be interested in “Trading Power,” a.......

The Power of Now February 2010 While most trusts and foundations in the UK and the USA are still established in perpetuity and maintain endowments, the limited life option is beginn.......

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.......

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.......

"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 .......