Topic: Collaboration - Page 5

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Ann Mulholland, Audrey Jacobs, Keith Swayne, Shelley Hoss, Tim Ober

Families have a special connection to the communities in which they live, and families engaged in philanthropy often have lasting relationships with their local community foundation. Community foundations play many roles – convener, advocate, strategic grantmaker, and donor advisor, to name just a few… Read More

Community Connections: Place-Based Family Philanthropy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Reginald Jones, Valerie Jacobs Hapke

While some families pay particular attention to the family’s legacy of giving, and some focus on a particular issue or cause, many choose to limit their grantmaking to a specific city, state or region. Hometown serves as both the family’s sense of place and commitment. Gratitude to a supportive community and a desire to give back mean developing giving interests along geographic lines… Read More

Advocacy and Family Philanthropy: Leveraging Limited Dollars for Impact

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Aaron Dorfman, Abby Levine, Ashley Smith Juarez, Jenny Straub Corrigan, Regina McGraw

Why do family foundations choose to invest in these strategies to advance their mission? What kinds of impacts are they achieving, and how do they measure success? What legal parameters guide their advocacy grantmaking?… Read More

Building Trust to Promote Community Collaboration

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dave Joseph, Elizabeth Jordan

Problems in a community can be hard to solve when the people involved don’t communicate with each other because of their conflicting values across religious, cultural, political, social and other divides. … Read More

Engaging Stakeholders for Better Grantmaking

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Courtney Bourns, Mary Walachy

We hear more and more these days about working with grantees as partners. But how is that really done? And does it truly make the work of your foundation more effective?… Read More

How Families with Family Foundations Work with Community Foundations

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Ellen Remmer, Stephen Johnson

Remmer and Johnson present their own experiences and address more generally how this can be an effective partnership - from the perspectives of the family, the family foundation and the community foundation… Read More

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Collaboration

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Ann Mulholland, Audrey Jacobs, Keith Swayne, Shelley Hoss, Tim Ober

Community Connections: Place-Based Family Philanthropy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Reginald Jones, Valerie Jacobs Hapke

Advocacy and Family Philanthropy: Leveraging Limited Dollars for Impact

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Aaron Dorfman, Abby Levine, Ashley Smith Juarez, Jenny Straub Corrigan, Regina McGraw

Building Trust to Promote Community Collaboration

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dave Joseph, Elizabeth Jordan

Engaging Stakeholders for Better Grantmaking

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Courtney Bourns, Mary Walachy

How Families with Family Foundations Work with Community Foundations

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Ellen Remmer, Stephen Johnson

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