Collective Impact: The Missing Link
Three ways to create an environment where interdependent stakeholders can perform their individual roles optimally and collaborate with each other effectively.
Foundations - Articles
New and innovative ideas for leaders of foundations (more)
Like the Vacuuming, Nonprofit Work Is Women’s Work
If we want the nonprofit sector to innovate, we need to acknowledge the gender gap between nonprofits and the private sector.
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.
A “Watch-Out” for Private Foundations Offering Prizes
No-strings-attached prizes incentivize innovation, but private foundations need to structure them carefully to avoid prohibitive penalty taxes.
Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy
By embracing a more-inclusive outreach approach, effective philanthropy advocates can attract more funders.
Investing in Networks Grows Impact
Participation in a network allows foundations to leverage their individual investment by surfacing multiple, ongoing opportunities for collaborative grantmaking.
Working with Story
How to use oral histories to capture the past and communicate in the future.
Alignment Is Not a Luxury
To pursue its environmental mission, Tiffany & Co. balances corporate leadership with traditional philanthropic grantmaking.
Who’s Afraid of DAFs?
Critics of donor-advised funds miss the real story of why they have grown so fast, argues a longtime community foundation leader.
Emergent Strategy in Action
A look at how one organization is using emergent philanthropy on a local level to improve early childhood education.