The 6 Practices of Donors Who Change the World
Leslie Crutchfield presents her latest study of high-impact family foundations and donors that have successfully catalyzed change. Read More
Keeping Grantmakers and Grant Seekers from Drowning in Paperwork
April 14, 2011 | Jessica Bearman, Kathy Reich
Inefficient grant application and reporting procedures make extra work for both grantmakers and grantseekers. A number of new tools and practices to ease the paperwork burden are now available thanks to Project Streamline, a collaboration of several organizations and managed by the Grants Managers Network. Read More
Measuring What Counts: Meaningful Evaluation for Family Foundations
April 4, 2011 | Anne Mackinnon
Family foundations are in business to make a difference. As one family foundation leader put it, creating a family foundation is a “powerful statement about wanting to achieve impact.” Yet family foundations often get painted unfairly as not having impact, perhaps because they aren’t always very good at understanding or describing the impact they have, even to themselves. Read More
Donor Legacy Statements, Values Statements, and Ethical Wills
March 15, 2011 | National Center for Family Philanthropy
I work for a small family foundation as their non-family executive director. The foundation has been in existence for 25 years. In the near term, I will be sitting down with the founder, who is preparing to write his legacy. I am wondering if you’re familiar with other founders who have shared excerpts concerning their vision for philanthropy that you thought to be Read More
The Art of Intuitive Grantmaking in Family Giving
March 10, 2011 | Chet Tchozewski
This teleconference explains how family philanthropists can quickly harness their semi-conscious knowledge and experience built over a lifetime to bring informed intelligence to their grant decisions. Read More
The Science and Art of Family Giving
February 10, 2011 | Cynthia Gibson, William M. Dietel
So what is the best way to balance the science and art of family giving? How do families make good decisions around issues and causes that are not easily measured by data, or where change takes many years to realize? Read More
Aging America and Why it Matters to Your Mission
January 13, 2011 | Carol Farquhar, Rob Mayer
Aging influences nearly every aspect of our communities and nation; regardless of your funding interests, older adults are increasingly relevant to your work. Read More
Travel and entertainment policy and reimbursement form (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation)
January 4, 2011 | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Shows travel and entertainment policies and and reimbursement procedures including expense guidelines, expense report preparation, and reimbursement. Read More
The David and Lucile Packard foundation commitment to inclusiveness and diversity
January 2, 2011 | David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Outlines The Packard Foundation’s promise of inclusiveness and diversity and includes the composition of the foundation’s board and staff. Read More
Conflict of interest statement (Andrus Family Philanthropy program)
January 2, 2011 | Andrus Family Philanthropy Program
The Andrus Family Fund’s conflict of interest statement provides the foundation’s definition of conflict, discusses possible conflicts and describes procedures to handle potential conflicts. Read More
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