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.
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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.
Findings from the 2011 Survey of Foundation Communications Professionals
This report presents findings from the Communications Network 2011 Survey of Foundation Communications Professionals, a comprehensive exploration of the field of foundation communications practice.
Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Giving
Since 2005, U.S. grantmakers committed more than $1 billion for relief, recovery, and rebuilding in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Foundation Effectiveness: Definitions and Challenges
What does effectiveness mean to foundations? Explore definitions, challenges, and tips for evaluating foundation effectiveness.
Foundation Expenses & Compensation: How Operating Characteristics Influence Spending
How much is appropriate to spend on administrative expenses?
Foundation Giving Trends 2010
An executive summary of the Foundation Center's 2010 edition of Foundation Giving Trends: Update on Funding Priorities.
Foundation Leaders Divided on Legislation: Supportive of Field-Building Efforts
The Foundation Center has documented the opinions of foundation executives about the legislative efforts in California and Florida regarding the public disclosure of private foundation practices re
Founder Transitions: Creating Good Endings and New Beginnings
Why are founder transitions particular complex for leaders and their organizations? Find out how founders and their boards can address departure issues from the Annie E Casey Foundation.
From Big Ideas to Big Change
Foundations are committing more resources than ever before to communicating about their work and missions -- yet grantees continue to give funders low marks when it comes to fostering a clear under
Fueling Impact: A Fresh Look at Business Model Innovation and New Revenue Sources
Fueling Impact describes how community foundations are finding new sources of support and diversifying their revenue base
Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together
In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're
Getting Started With Data- Driven Decision Making: A Workbook
This workbook from Idealware and NTEN addresses the disconnect between the tactical work of collecting and tracking data and the strategic work of defining and using the data for the organization's
GIA's National Capitalization Project
This report from Grantmakers in the Arts discusses practices that arts funders have adopted which have inadvertently contributed to the chronic undercapitalization of the sector and suggests practi
Giving in Numbers
Based on corporate contributions data from 137 of the country's leading companies, Giving in Numbers is a comprehensive study of 2008 corporate giving.
Good in Theory, Problems in Practice
Good in Theory, Problems in Practice presents young professionals' views on popular leadership development strategies and recommendations for funders, emerging leaders and nonprofits.
Google Webmaster Central
Find out how to ensure that search engines can easily index your organization's Web site and access Google's webmaster tools.
Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes
This report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that grantees do not view the reporting and evaluation requirements of grantmakers of particular value in strengthening their organizati
Grantees' Limited Engagement with Foundations' Social Media
This report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy collects survey responses from more than 6,000 grantees about their experiences with foundations' social media.