1900 Results for “community”

Blog | From NCFP

Looking for the Helpers
September 7, 2016 | Virginia M. Esposito
My moments of reassurance come when a family funder tells me about a grant or project they’ve launched to restore and reinvigorate community. Often, these are efforts to ameliorate suffering but also to get at root circumstances and causes Read More
Blog | Featured Article

Gratitude and Humility in Philanthropy; from a Story, to a Value, to Action
September 6, 2016 | Julie Fisher Cummings, Doug Bitonti Stewart
Authors and leaders throughout the field have published articles and tools (e.g. Grandparent Legacy Project) aimed to help families ask questions to elicit the core values of our founders. When we are able to connect our founders’ values to real-life stories, it can have a profound impact on our families and those we serve. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Confronting the 4 Myths of Impact Investing
August 26, 2016 | Jean Case
At the Case Foundation, we work hard at being active listeners in order to be better advocates for change. And as we continue efforts to take the impact investing movement into the mainstream, I want to review some of the myths that we’re hearing, which may be posing barriers to taking impact investing to the next level. Read More
Knowledge Center | Article

Putting Grantees at the Center of Philanthropy (GEO and SSIR Blog Series)
July 28, 2016 | Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Research shows that grantmakers that are more connected to their grantees—those that have an ear to the ground—are more likely to provide the support that nonprofits need to be successful; they are five times as likely to offer capacity-building support and two times as likely to offer multiyear support. We also know that tapping the knowledge and perspective of grantees Read More

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