317 Results for “youth philanthropy”

Focused Mission Statements Help Donors Decide Where to Direct Their Money

July 27, 2017 | Bruce DeBoskey

Creation of a good mission statement is a worthwhile endeavor. It involves and educates current and future stakeholders, enforces focus, clarifies decision-making, and provides valuable information to nonprofits and other donors alike. Read More

Blog | Voices from the Field

Strategic, Responsive, or Both?

October 14, 2016 | Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Responsive grantmaking is being open to receiving proposals and ideas from any nonprofit, and allowing the nonprofits to drive the agenda. Requests are initiated by the nonprofit, rather than by a funder seeking them out. This doesn’t mean that a foundation doesn’t have core areas of focus, but that within those areas is wishes to be responsive to the needs nonprofits feel most keenly. Read More

Knowledge Center | Sample

Giving Circles: Operations Plan & Member Manual (GiVE 365)

October 11, 2016 | Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

GiVE 365 Member Manual 2016 What is GiVE 365? The idea is simple. You give $365 – a dollar a day – to make our community better. You pool those daily dollars with others. Then you decide together which organizations you want to receive the money. Formed in 2010, GiVE 365 was created by a group of community leaders and the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis to encourage Read More

Blog | Voices from the Field

In 10 Years: More Foundations Aim to Sunset

September 23, 2016 | Philanthropy Northwest

We’ve been hearing more in recent years about foundations opting to give away all their money by a set year instead of existing in perpetuity. In this blog Philanthropy Northwest speaks with Erin Kahn of Raikes Foundation and June Wilson of Quixote Foundation about the trend of private foundations opting to sunset rather than exist in perpetuity. Read More

Blog | Voices from the Field

Community Foundations: Your First Stop when Shopping for a New Donor-Advised Fund?

September 16, 2016 | Mark Neithercut

Once a donor has decided that a DAF is the right giving vehicle, she has to make a very important decision: where is she going to house her fund? Mark Neithercut, a donor and philanthropic advisor with offices in Traverse City and Chicago, shares four reasons why he chose to house his DAF in his local community foundation. Read More

Knowledge Center | Article

Reflecting on Power and the Funder-Grantee Relationship

July 28, 2016 | Jonathan Raymond

A key factor, I realized, is the grantor-grantee power dynamic. For me, those with the real “power,” i.e. the knowledge and ability to make change happen, are the grantees and partners who do the work. Read More

Knowledge Center | Impact Story

Igniting the Spark: The Lawrence Welk Family Foundation

June 20, 2016 | Youth Philanthropy Connect

The Lawrence Welk Family Foundation is located in Santa Monica, California, with family geographically dispersed around the country. The foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations serving children and families living in poverty in three Southern California neighborhoods. In addition, a small portion of its funding goes to nonprofits promoting youth and family philanthropy. This next gen case study describes their Read More

Knowledge Center | Ask the Center

What are common mistakes family foundations make when trying to engage next gen?

June 8, 2016 | National Center for Family Philanthropy

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re already avoiding Mistake #1: thinking that you’ve got nothing left to learn about next gen engagement. The truth is, getting and keeping people engaged in your foundation’s work can be difficult, regardless of age. But, Biz Ghormley of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, Iris Brilliant of Resource Generation, and Mary Galeti of Nexus, sat Read More

Blog | Uncategorized

Are You Using Your Power, or Leaving it on the Table?

April 26, 2016 | Exponent Philanthropy, Andy Carroll

In spite of our laws and regulations, our checks and balances, our moral and social norms nurturing restraint and respect, people use power to bend rules, exclude and disenfranchise, distort facts and disseminate misinformation, manufacture fear, and secure preferential treatment. Read More

Knowledge Center | Article

Why the Raikes Foundation is Not a Perpetual Foundation

April 4, 2016 | Jeff and Tricia Raikes

People often ask me what we focus on at the Raikes Foundation (empowering young people to transform their lives) and how we do it (investing in capable people addressing under-resourced challenges where our dollars can have an outsized impact on the systems that serve youth.) Read More

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Focused Mission Statements Help Donors Decide Where to Direct Their Money

317 Results for “youth philanthropy”

Focused Mission Statements Help Donors Decide Where to Direct Their Money

Strategic, Responsive, or Both?

Giving Circles: Operations Plan & Member Manual (GiVE 365)

In 10 Years: More Foundations Aim to Sunset

Community Foundations: Your First Stop when Shopping for a New Donor-Advised Fund?

Reflecting on Power and the Funder-Grantee Relationship

Igniting the Spark: The Lawrence Welk Family Foundation

What are common mistakes family foundations make when trying to engage next gen?

Are You Using Your Power, or Leaving it on the Table?

Why the Raikes Foundation is Not a Perpetual Foundation

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