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Who Cares About How Foundation Boards Govern Themselves? I Do, and You Should Too.
Anne Wallestad Former CEO, BoardSource

Nov 5, 2015 | Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Optimizing Governance

This post originally appeared on HuffPost Impact. This week, the Center for Effective Philanthropy released a new study on the practices of foundation boards — a project on which BoardSource had the opportunity to collaborate. The report is a straightforward...

With the Nonprofit Community, Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Crystal Hayling Executive Director, Libra Foundation

Nov 3, 2015 | Guest Author Guest Author

This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. I just returned to the U.S. after five years of living in Singapore and working with philanthropists and NGOs across Asia. As I resettle and reconnect, friends ask how I’ve changed since I left. While there are many...

Facilitating Executive Transitions through Effective Philanthropy
Patricia J. Kozu Interim Executive Director, New York Chinese Cultural Center

Sep 29, 2015 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

There have been predictions for years that there will be wholesale nonprofit executive turnover as the baby boomer generation of nonprofit founders and leaders reach retirement age. The Great Recession and its aftermath postponed many planned exits due to the...

The Music of Philanthropy
Maggie Gunther Osborn President, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Sep 22, 2015 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

These past few months have marked my third summer living in Connecticut. After far too long, I decided it was finally time to take advantage of New England’s incredible music scene. And so I spent an amazing evening at the Newport Jazz Festival and another, a few...

Where Does Good Strategy Start? Listen Up.
Crystal Hayling Executive Director, Libra Foundation

Sep 17, 2015 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

This post, part of our Blog Rewind series, originally appeared in December 2010. When I was fresh-faced and just starting to work in philanthropy at a women-focused community foundation, I made lists. I would write down the problem or issue I wanted to tackle, then...

Addressing Nasty, Widespread Problems: Lessons for Philanthropic Practice in Social Change
David C. Colby Former Vice President for Policy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sep 15, 2015 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

Organized American philanthropy was born with bold and audacious goals. Andrew Carnegie challenged philanthropy to “do real and permanent good in this world.” In a similar vein, John D. Rockefeller wrote that “The best philanthropy…is not what is usually called...

Philanthropy in Chile: Moving Forward to Public Good
Magdalena Aninat Founder and Director, The Center for Philanthropy and Social Investments, School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Aug 18, 2015 | Guest Author Guest Author

For the past few decades, a large and narrow country in South America has been calling international attention for its political and economic progress. Chile has shown democratic stability and the highest degree of social progress in Latin America in areas like...

How Come This Foundation’s Grantees Love Its Reporting Process So Much?
Caroline Fiennes Director, Giving Evidence

Aug 4, 2015 | Guest Author Assessing Performance, Guest Author Assessment Tools, Guest Author Guest Author

This post originally appeared on the blog of Giving Evidence, which encourages and enables charitable giving based on sound evidence. Most charities hate the reporting which funders make them do. Notionally a learning process, it’s often just compliance,...

8 Tips for Effective Introductory Conversations with Grantees
Caroline Altman Smith Deputy Director of Education, The Kresge Foundation

Jul 30, 2015 | Guest Author Funder/Grantee Relationships, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Rewind

One of the recent trends in philanthropy we’ve been most excited about is the growing conversation about the importance of looking to history to inform decisions of the present and future. HistPhil has emerged as an engaging space providing thoughtful commentary and...

Alternatives to the Fiery Furnace: Thoughtful Reporting Requirements
Jessica Bearman Principal, Bearman Consulting

Jul 28, 2015 | Guest Author Administration, Guest Author Funder/Grantee Relationships, Guest Author Guest Author

“We assume that they feed everything to a giant fiery furnace.” This was the best guess of a frustrated nonprofit executive in the first round of Project Streamline research when I asked what foundations did with the reports he wrote for them. Over the years, I’ve...

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