Category: Voices from the Field - Page 41

The Organizational Effectiveness Knowledge Center: It’s Waiting There for You

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Linda Baker

As we go about our work supporting our nonprofit partners, we encounter a wealth of useful resources and learning on capacity building – and we believe that there is no reason for us to keep that to ourselves. Enter the Organizational Effectiveness Knowledge Center. … Read More

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Getting Back to the Basics: Lessons from Youth Giving

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Kylie Musolf

Confession: I thought I knew everything there was to know about youth in philanthropy… Read More

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A Little Mission Creep Can Be a Good Thing

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Richard Marker

There are lots of practical and conceptual reasons to resist mission creep. So then, how can a little mission creep ever be a smart move?… Read More

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Honoring Legacy, Recognizing Promise: How Southern Millennial Philanthropists Are Increasing Engagement

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Betsey Russell

Think of millennial philanthropists and you may think instantly of tech royalty like Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Pierre and Pam Omidyar, or Sean Parker, who are very publicly pushing traditional forms of philanthropy aside in favor of new approaches… Read More

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Four Scary Things About Spending Everything

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Quixote Foundation

Exactly two months from now, Quixote Foundation will have spent its whole endowment other than a few funds needed to wrap up operations. Parts of this process have been pretty scary. Here are four fears we’ve faced and the reasons we’re still stoked, not spooked, about spending everything… Read More

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Six Years, Six Important Lessons About Philanthropy

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Bruce DeBoskey

Throughout this process, I have learned many lessons about what works best. As I launch the seventh year of this practice and these columns, I would like to share six key lessons… Read More

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Putting the Giving in Thanksgiving

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Jamie Forbes

This might hurt my mother’s feeling, but I can live without the creamed onions and the sweet potatoes covered with melted marshmallows. Despite their stubborn presence at our annual gathering, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s all about the things that I love: family, food, appreciation and giving… Read More

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Learn Foundation Law: Working with Government Officials

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Learn Foundation Law

Our Working with Government Officials course provides an excellent overview of both the tax and ethics rules involved to help family foundation leaders to stay in compliance with the law. … Read More

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Hey Foundation Trustees, Come Get a Beer with Us

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Vu Le

We nonprofits work with program officers, and despite many of them being really nice and down-to-earth people, the power differential can make them intimidating and scary. This is how we nonprofit professionals imagine a meeting of (even scarier) foundation trustees:… Read More

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Strategic, Responsive, or Both?

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Responsive grantmaking is being open to receiving proposals and ideas from any nonprofit, and allowing the nonprofits to drive the agenda. Requests are initiated by the nonprofit, rather than by a funder seeking them out. This doesn’t mean that a foundation doesn’t have core areas of focus, but that within those areas is wishes to be responsive to the needs nonprofits feel most keenly… Read More

The Organizational Effectiveness Knowledge Center: It’s Waiting There for You

Voices from the Field

The Organizational Effectiveness Knowledge Center: It’s Waiting There for You

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Linda Baker

Getting Back to the Basics: Lessons from Youth Giving

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Kylie Musolf

A Little Mission Creep Can Be a Good Thing

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Richard Marker

Honoring Legacy, Recognizing Promise: How Southern Millennial Philanthropists Are Increasing Engagement

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Betsey Russell

Four Scary Things About Spending Everything

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Quixote Foundation

Six Years, Six Important Lessons About Philanthropy

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Bruce DeBoskey

Putting the Giving in Thanksgiving

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Jamie Forbes

Learn Foundation Law: Working with Government Officials

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Learn Foundation Law

Hey Foundation Trustees, Come Get a Beer with Us

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Vu Le

Strategic, Responsive, or Both?

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Kris Putnam-Walkerly

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