Current Practices in Family Foundations
A study in support of the pursuit of excellence assessment process by Susan Crites Price and Alice Buhl for the National Center for Family Philanthropy.
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Demystifying Corporate Social Responsibility: Four Key Steps to Success
This report from the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation offers four key steps to demystifying corporate social responsibility: Fit, return, simplicity, and promotion.
Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector
This study published by Duke University explores the immediate and longer-term implications of networked digital technologies for philanthropy.
Doing Good with Foundation Assets: An Updated Look at Program-related Investments
The use of program-related investments, or PRIs, is somewhat rare, but expanding.
Early Signals on Mobile Philanthropy
A joint study by Convio, Edge Research and Sea Change Strategies analyzing mobile trends and adoption rates across Gen Y, Gen X, Baby Boomers and Mature donors.
Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
This report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation calls for a renewed emphasis on reading success by outlining the challenges, issuing recommendations and providing state-level data to help stakeholders rally around this critical call to action.
Economic Scenario Planning Toolkit
The Economic Scenario Planning (ESP) Model, or "Stress Test," allows community foundations to create five-year forecasts to answer questions such as: What will be the impact of different investment
Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations
This report clarifies and broadens the definition of capacity building.
Embedded Philanthropy and Community Change
Chapin Hall's work on embedded philanthropy began in 2003, as an outgrowth of a long-standing research program on philanthropy and community change.
Employee Engagement: 5 Trends Shaping Employee Social Impact Programs
Employee engagement through cause is a vital means by which to strengthen employee relationships, enhance employee morale and even build critical skill sets and expertise.
Employee Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility
This report discusses how employees' perceptions of their organizations' concern for community and environment are linked to their level of organizational commitment.
Endowments Code of Conduct
The Investment Management Code of Conduct for Endowments, Foundations, and Charitable Organizations outlines ethical responsibilities for the sound management of longer-term financial assets.
Engaging the Family in Your Philanthropy
Read this blueprint for family engagement, providing strategies and approaches to involving the next generation.
Ensuring a Cross-Culturally Competent Evaluation
Ensuring a Cross-Culturally Competent Evaluation presents practical examples of how cross-cultural issues surface in evaluation and how to address the issues.
Essentials of Foundation Strategy
This report identifies defining elements of strategic foundation leaders; characteristics of their plans, communications, grantmaking, and assessments; need to back strategic plans with logic model
Evaluating the Charitable Deduction and Proposed Reforms
This report from the Urban Institute and the Tax Policy Center discusses how various reform proposals could have relatively similar impacts on the federal budget but quite different effects on nonp
Evaluation Principles and Practices: An Internal Working Paper
The purpose of this document is to advance the Hewlett Foundation’s existing work to make their evaluation practices more consistent across the organization.
Executive Transitions: Grantmaker and Nonprofits Leadership Change
What can grantmaker do to help their grantees manage executive transitions more effectively? Get tips and best practices from Grantcraft.
Expanding Minds and Opportunities
Expanding Minds and Opportunities is a collection of articles presenting examples of effective practices, programs and partnerships demonstrating the power of afterschool and summer learning opport
Family Involvement: The Spectrum of Options
An article by Alice Buhl introduces a wide range of models from which families can choose to determine how to compose board, staff or advisory committees.