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As Hurricane Florence affects residents of North Carolina, funders are preparing for the support needed to repair and recover from this hurricane. We are sharing information and resources related
The Silicon Valley Out-of-School-Time Collaborative invested in a cohort of regional nonprofit organizations to sustain and strengthen their ability to serve more students with stronger academic and social-emotional programming. A midcourse evaluation of the collaborative showed that grantees were stronger, programs were better and are reaching more students, and funders had adopted new, collaborative grantmaking practices. A second phase of the work was committed to more flexibility –– letting grantees drive the group’s planning and learning efforts, and manage consultants, budgeting and group communications. Grantees also opted to redirect the focus of the collaborative from capacity building to program development and evaluation, with the added goal of sharing effective afterschool and summer program models with others, both inside and outside the region.
For small, community-based nonprofits, applying for foundation grants can seem insurmountably difficult, when there are few people on staff who have expertise in writing grants.
If your company contributes to safety-net organizations, here is useful context. Each year, the Salvation Army and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy partner to produce the
The Investing in Professional Artists program, a shared commitment of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, has awarded $215,000 in total to 15 local artists and organization