Jan Jaffe

Jan Jaffe worked at the Ford Foundation for thirty years in a variety of positions– in program-related investments, as its first learning director and as a senior director improving grant-making strategies internally and in the field. She created GrantCraft to help foundations exchange tools and skills for supporting social change.  She was on the faculty of The William Alanson White Institute’s Organization Program where she taught the course on role in organizational life. Jan’s consulting practice focuses on helping nonprofits and foundations improve their work through capacity building, strategy exploration, learning tools and coaching. She is a senior partner with The Giving Practice at Philanthropy Northwest.