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Denise Gammal - The Nonprofit Accountability Trap

Why should a grantee invest $50,000 in computing infrastructure and add staff to comply with the reporting requirements of a $16,000 grant? The inherent tensions between the high resource costs of evaluation and the demands of service delivery are a challenge for nonprofits and foundations alike. In this audio lecture, Denise Gammal presents the results from Stanford Center for Social Innovation's large-scale study on nonprofit management to foundation professionals.

Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships

By Alana Conner Snibbe

An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.

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Kay Sprinkel Grace - Craigslist Boot Camp Keynote

Mission, vision, and values are the essential ingredients of a transformational process that brings philanthropists and organizations together to meet critical community needs. Kay Sprinkel Grace approaches fundraising with an attitude of pride and power. In this audio lecture, she explains how donors are inspired to invest in an organization that communicates shared beliefs by taking real action to benefit those in need.

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Darian Rodriguez Heyman - Bay Area Non Profit Boot Camp - Welcome

Nonprofit Boot Camp is Craigslist Foundation's premiere educational program, designed to empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders. In this opening keynote, Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Charlie Crystle kick off the 2006 San Francisco Bay Area Bootcamp with a warm welcome and an overview of the conference's nine educational tracks. The program is overflowing with practical wisdom to help budding social entrepreneurs succeed in their mission and manage their organizations more effectively.

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Strategic Philanthropy - Bridging the Gap Conference

A new generation of innovative philanthropists is helping to transform charitable giving. This panel discussion highlights the philosophy of three young, but outstanding, organizations in the strategic philanthropic field. Panelists emphasize the targeted use of wealth to address specific social challenges.

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Community Foundations - Bridging the Gap Conference

Community foundations have become an increasingly common outlet for charitable giving and activities in the United States. In this panel discussion, community foundation leaders discuss innovative models for turning dollars into social change, as well as challenges faced by this important sector of philanthropy.

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Luther Ragin, Jr. - Is Grantmaking Enough? A Case for Mission-Related Investing

Luther Ragin, Jr., Vice President of Investments for The F.B. Heron Foundation, explains how the mission-related investment approach can harness a foundation's financial power to maximize its social return. From the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford.

Foundations and Accountability

By Bruce Sievers 3

How accountable should foundations be?

War of Ideas - Why Conservative Foundations Are Winning

By Perla Ni 2

To be effective, progressive groups need to take the strategies of the right and apply them to worthy causes.

The Other 95 Percent

By Alessandra Bianchi

How a community foundation uses proxy voting to advance its mission.