Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Instead, it encourages foundations to start fresh by reassessing how they best live up to their responsibility and promises made to invest private resources for the public good. foundation funding to HBCUs and exploring these schools’ relationship with institutional philanthropy.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Education Education 119

Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2022

You may be curious about which nonprofits are working on what initiatives, like voting access or rights, and who the funders are that support this work, along with civic participation, media access, or other democracy-related activities in the U.S. Our Foundation Funding for U.S. To explore Candid’s Foundation Funding for U.S.

Collaborations 98

Collaborations Foundations Governance Health 98

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson's Why Not You Foundation is in hot water after a story published in USA Today reported that only 25 cents of every dollar the foundation raised went to charitable activities. I don't know whether to condemn these foundations or apply for a job at one! ?

Altruism and Helping 130

Altruism and Helping Children Foundations Charitable Organizations 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Garfield Foundation offers a different example of how networks with capacity achieve systems change that evades individual groups. Embedding change into a system means philanthropic staff, trustees, organizational divisions, and funder collaborative members must buy into the process.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. The imperative to center youth also applies to funders.

Leadership 119

Leadership Foundations Activism Collaborations 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. While the foundation’s mission covers much more than just housing, it cannot achieve this mission without helping to ensure families have safe, stable, and affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative. All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. Resident fear abated. Image credit: Tim Fitzwater.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Many thoughtful authors have offered perspectives here at SSIR and elsewhere on how to think about scale— Jeff Bradach of Bridgespan , Kevin Starr of Mulago Foundation , and Irina Snissar Lobo and Maria Zapata of Ashoka , to name a few. And that is incredibly frustrating. Those are thought-provoking descriptions.

Collaborations 134

Collaborations Children Philanthropy Values 134

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 23, 2024

The ability of corporations and charitable organizations to collaborate to pool their resources, skills, and networks enables them to more effectively address complex social and environmental concerns than they could individually. ” – Mark McShane, Digital PR Agency Owner, Cupid PR 2.

Charitable Organizations 52

Charitable Organizations Collaborations Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Companies Taking Action B in Action was launched in 2022 by two initiatives of the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Each member company of B in Action commits to taking at least one actionable measure toward disability inclusion and assigning one individual to active involvement within the consortium.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 119

Candid

MAY 19, 2022

All tax-exempt organizations, including foundations, must file some version of Form 990 with the IRS each year to comply with federal regulations. Because of that, they’re chock full of vital information about a nonprofits’ and foundations’ finances and operations. . A private foundation's assets . Financial activities .

Finance 105

Finance Foundations Collaborations Activism 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, Independent Sector just filed an amicus brief with the Council on Foundations in support of the Fearless Fund, which is facing a baseless lawsuit filed by American Alliance for Equal Rights, an organization that has filed numerous anti-diversity lawsuits. We’ve also seen related lawsuits following the Court’s decision in June.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Winning the Lottery?

Finance 97

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 97

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nonprofits today are increasingly asked to collaborate. Despite these pressures, rarely does anyone define what is meant by “collaboration.” This dual role for our center operators gave us a window into the inner workings of creating authentic engagement or collaboration among nonprofits who are members or tenants of these centers.

Collaborations 48

Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Management 48

Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Community foundations, family foundations, and other private foundations make up a smaller portion of the sector. . Family and corporate foundations realized during the pandemic that it would be more efficient to support projects led by civil society organizations, rather than starting up their own.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Fineberg of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, lamenting philanthropy’s inability to join forces to amplify and expedite impact. We found that funders, particularly institutional foundations, were eager to advocate for their own ideas rather than put their trust in others.

Philanthropy 116

Philanthropy Collaborations Sociology Foundations 116

Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

Since we started impala, by far the most common feedback we’ve heard across hundreds of interviews with nonprofits and foundations alike is that they’re skeptical. million nonprofit and philanthropic foundation profiles on our platform. With impala, nonprofits and foundations are already enjoying free access to all the data they need.

Public and Nonprofit Management 116

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Philanthropy Foundations 116

Candid

MAY 23, 2024

The Bob Woodruff Foundation ’s (BWF) Got Your 6 Network organizations provide targeted services to over 20.6 Partnership and collaboration are also very important in any efforts to address root causes that limit some veterans’ access to supportive services,” she said. million veterans and military families across the United States.

Health 52

Health Medical Food Collaborations 52

Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

This strategic pivot meant that we had to make the difficult choice to stop actively seeking programmatic support that had, until that point, made up a chunk of our contributed revenue. Our first collaborative effort resulted in a joint report, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities Philanthropy 111

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Within just two months of graduating, 18 of the 22 graduates were invited to serve on a nonprofit board or were in active conversations with at least one organization about board service, while the remaining graduates were in longer-terms conversations with local nonprofits.

Nonprofit governance and management 246

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 246

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com Last month, Deepak Bhargava became president of the JPB Foundation, which has over $2.8 That is actually the mission statement of the foundation now. Foundations can also support public engagement, voter registration…voting rights work, election protection, and election administration work.

Philanthropy 108

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

It can mean supporting networking and collaboration across local entities rather than competitive funding mechanisms. For foundations and individuals who are reluctant to develop a national presence in the places where they are funding activities, creating an effective constellation of local organizations is especially difficult.

Collaborations 115

Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you give with your family or a family, whether through a donor-advised fund, a foundation, a giving circle, or anything in between, you are connected to family philanthropy. These two foundations exemplify not just expanded giving but a move away from default positions and toward more purpose-driven, problem-focused philanthropy.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Many we spoke with pointed out the obvious tension of the endowment corpus—95 percent of most foundations’ wealth is invested rather than distributed in grants. Below, we share how each of the components of repair might look for philanthropy and how one particular funder, the Bush Foundation, is trying to live into the cycle.

Philanthropy 145

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Culture Foundations 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

And where other partners were involved, CHAI still played a critical “quarterback” role: carrying out shuttle diplomacy and coordinating activities across all sides of the market. And global health experience shows how private market-shaping activity can multiply government funding or incentives.

Finance 116

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The children and grandchildren of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton have long embedded their interests, and, more importantly, their money, among industry groups, policymakers, academics, activists, and NGOs active in the future of food. The foundation board is legally independent of Walmart.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 117

NC Nonprofit

JUNE 13, 2023

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving North Carolina’s nonprofits and nonprofit sector since 1990, the Center is a member-based organization that specializes in capacity building and offers various programs and activities to enhance the skills, knowledge, and resources of 501(c)(3) nonprofits across the state.

Nonprofit governance and management 75

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity Collaborations 75

iMarketSmart

JUNE 7, 2023

Pack in more activity metrics! Yet fundraisers have told me stories about reprimands they received for failing to achieve the activity goals assigned to them while others got encouragement and praise. And this is the single biggest driver of the growth of donations flowing into donor-advised funds and family foundations.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma is an invisible unhealed wound caused by an overwhelming event, series of events, or enduring conditions that remains active in our bodies, our psyches, and our ways of relating to others. It’s everywhere. During a traumatic incident, part of the brain called the amygdala takes over, producing involuntary, reactive responses.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Advocacy Summit is on the first day of this two-day event and the second day will consist of our Day on the Hill activities. to collaborate, learn, shape and advance the nonprofit sector for the good of the communities we serve.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Governance Leadership 97

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Collaborations Production 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. The New York Women’s Foundation. Stonewall Community Foundation. New York Foundation. Maine Community Foundation. New Harvest Foundation.

Foundations 124

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Oklahoma City saw significant growth in bioscience between 2001 and 2020, with industry employment up 25 percent and R&D activity doubling. In 2020, TIL, with support from the Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family Foundation, created the first tech-led economic development strategy in the city’s history.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Manufacturing Governance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Foundations must apply a decolonial logic to funding strategies that support the field to emerge in more just, honest, and self-directed ways. Foundations lacking internal expertise can proactively cultivate relationships with narrative practitioners or move resources through funding collaboratives with those connections and capacities. (We

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Construction Collaborations Foundations 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 21, 2024

New futures-oriented organizations and associations, along with future-focused production studios , are emerging almost daily, and some foundations are hiring futurists in residence to inform their work. They also created support groups and collaborative projects to help them deal with the emergency. This is not surprising.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Governance Technology Activism 137

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 23, 2023

We need a new model for cross-sector collaboration that centers healing, lived experience, and community wisdom. We need trust-based governance and what Nonprofit Collaboration Expert Kaile Shilling calls “collaborative impact.” So, what does collaborative impact look like? Communities are experts and leaders in change.

Nonprofit governance and management 109

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Governance 109

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 20, 2024

Integration of external expertise is not merely an optional strategy but a foundational measure for fortification and dynamic response to the evolving ‘cyber-scape’—fielding adept specialists who bring crucial agility and cutting-edge defense mechanisms to an otherwise static internal IT landscape.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Technology Health Management 52