Grant Reporting Guidelines
Posted on November 6, 2012
Guidelines for grant reporting… Read More
Grantmaking Strategy and Evaluation
Environment Grantee Recipient Financial & Narrative Report Outline
Posted on November 6, 2012
Outline of a narrative report on the Grantee Environment… Read More
Preparing for a Sabbatical: Advice From Former Durfee Sabbatical Recipients
Posted on September 23, 2012 by The Durfee Foundation
A list of recommendations solicited from former Sabbatical recipients on how to prepare for and what to expect from a Durfee Foundation Sabbatical… 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
Impact Investing and Family Philanthropy: a One-Two Punch
Posted on July 12, 2012 by Julia Balandina Jaquier
Interest in impact investing among wealth holders, their foundations, and family offices continues to grow. As a means for providing capital to for-profit ventures with a social mission, impact investing is increasingly viewed as an effective solution for combining the philanthropic aspirations of wealthy families with their financial objectives… Read More
Great Grants: Cook Family Foundation
Posted on June 25, 2012
Tom Cook of the Cook Family Foundation shares his great grant story that sparked the foundation’s strong commitment to early childhood programs. Thanks to the Council of Michigan Foundations for sharing this video from their “Great Grants” member profile series. … Read More
Celebrating Milestones in Family Philanthropy: Inspiration for the future
Posted on June 20, 2012 by Jason Born
These celebrations may have the added benefits of inspiring the personal philanthropy and volunteer efforts of younger family members and other families, and of providing public attention and recognition of the work of your grantees and other nonprofits in your community. … Read More
Policy Central: Investing, Impact Investing, and Spending Policies
Posted on April 15, 2012
Sample investment, impact investing and spending policies and practices. … Read More
Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters: Lessons Learned at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Posted on March 10, 2012 by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
This report looks at lessons learned from two decades of disaster relief and recovery grantmaking at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Between 1989 and 2011, the Foundation awarded more than $21 million to support relief and recovery programs across the United States and around the world… Read More
Spending Policy (The Wallace Foundation, 2012)
Posted on January 13, 2012 by The Wallace Foundation
The Foundation’s policy is to target spending on grants and qualifying distributions at an average 5.0% of assets over long periods of time. The Foundation’s Board may elect to exceed that spending rate for a limited period of time if: There is a compelling opportunity in a programmatic area that cannot be met by reallocating funds from other areas without… Read More