March 25, 2015
This is the little italicized thingy at the beginning.
Several weeks ago, Chris Oechsli, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ CEO, posted an online essay whose headline declared that Atlantic is “NOT spending down.” In no time, a couple of
Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society Posts
A lot of foundations automatically shun proposals for buildings. There are good reasons to reconsider.
Among all the possible uses for foundation grants, buildings don’t get much respect. Many foundations won’t accept proposals for buildings at all, and those that …
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Organizations need change periodically, and most of them think they’ve found the perfect one. The Ford Foundation isn’t so sure, but it’s open to suggestion.
At a recent session of Duke’s Foundation Impact Research Group, the Ford Foundation’s vice-president …
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Foundations hold troves of important research and evaluations. But how do they decide what parts of this to publicize, how, and for what audiences?
(Pedantry warning: The pidgin Latin in the headline of this post is a butchery of a …
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Last semester’s talk by John Ettinger, about foundations’ efforts to network their grantees, continues to draw a lot of thoughtful reaction. This guest post comes from an expert on the topic, Marty Kearns of Netcentric Campaigns.
In a recent post…
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January 13, 2015
Our Foundation Impact Research Group presentations will feature a compelling slate of speakers in Spring 2015. Please mark your calendars to attend these exciting events.
“Accelerating Impact – Giving While Living”
Christopher G. Oechsli
President & CEO