A Checklist of Potential Actions: Incorporating DEI into Your Grantmaking Process – Arabella Advisors

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Nancy Chan, Pam Fischer

The checklist below, provided by Arabella Advisors is intended to provide actionable ideas on how to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in grant-making processes. They gathered these ideas based on Arabella Advisors’ own experiences with grant making, as well as research posted on the D5 Coalition website, feedback from many philanthropists (such as members of EPIP, AAPIP, HIP, and BAPIP), and other resources (including the Bay… Read More

Essentials of Impact Investing: a Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Arabella Advisors

Impact investing has the potential to enable every foundation, regardless of size, to pursue its philanthropic mission more effectively. It can help individual donors, families, foundations with few or no staff, and all sorts of giving entities put more and different types of capital to work for social good. Even better, it can deliver philanthropic impact alongside financial returns—which can enable reinvestment of those funds in… Read More