Articles Tagged With 'grants'
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| Spring 2003 | Business • Impact Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Features | When Time Isn’t Money Some argue that foundations should distribute at a faster rate because of the 'time value of money.' Their numbers are wrong. A cash flow discounting approach is not applicable to foundations. | |
| Spring 2003 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment • Nonprofits • Measuring Social Impact • Philanthropy • First Person | The Effectiveness Trap Millions of words have been written about the need to measure the effectiveness of nonprofits, and millions of dollars have been spent doing just that. It's time to ask: What has been the impact of this effectiveness movement? | |
| Spring 2003 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy • Features | Filling the Performance Gap The authors provide answers to three questions about the increasingly popular and controversial funding approach called high engagement, or venture philanthropy. What do grantees gain from it? How does it work? And should we encourage it? | |
| Spring 2003 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Philanthropy • Foundations • Q&A | 15 Minutes with Susan Berresford Susan V. Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation, discusses her approach to philanthropy. | |
| Spring 2003 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy • Research | Satisfaction Not Guaranteed Foundations are more likely to satisfy grantees by being responsive, approachable, and fair, rather than by giving more money. | |
| Summer 2003 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations | Is Foundation Grantmaking Biased? Social movement and grassroots organizations left in the cold. | |
| Summer 2003 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Social Enterprises |
Where Money Meets Mission
Breaking down the firewall between foundation investments and programming. |
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| Winter 2003 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Board Governance | Resisting Temptations Lessons on grantmaking. | |
| Winter 2003 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Smart Money [Free!]
General operating grants can be strategic – for nonprofits and foundations. |
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| Summer 2004 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations | Under Pressure Where the charitable response to 9/11 went wrong. | |
| Summer 2004 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations | Need to Know Guerrilla marketing surveys power Urban Peak. | |
| Fall 2004 | Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Organizations • Government • Social Policy • Government Programs • Global Issues • Poverty | Sticking Together A California mayor’s challenge leads to an innovative resource-pooling strategy. | |
| Winter 2004 | Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
Cashing In
Why nonprofits should raise the bar in corporate partnerships. |
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| Winter 2004 | Philanthropy • Foundations | Foundations’ Double Standard How funders flout their own rules. | |
| Winter 2004 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations | Creative Space How MacArthur’s no-strings-attached “genius” grants uncover exceptional people. | |
| Winter 2004 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Nonprofit Leadership | Leading Boldly [Free!] Foundations can move past traditional approaches to create social change through imaginative – and even controversial – leadership. | |
| Spring 2005 | Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Cause Marketing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations | Attracting Attention [Free!] The Taproot Foundation provides organized volunteers who deliver marketing expertise. | |
| Spring 2005 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management | The Reality Underneath the Buzz of Partnerships [Free!] The potentials and pitfalls of partnering. | |
| Spring 2005 | Philanthropy • Foundations | Polishing Up the Diamond [Free!] How did the Jacobs Foundation help revitalize a neighborhood? By listening to its residents. | |
| Fall 2005 | Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment • Government • Social Policy • Government Programs | Throwing Good Money After Bad A common error misleads foundations and policymakers. | |
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