Working at the intersection of meaningful giving and community results
Over the summer, I read a number of reports and articles that tracked trends in philanthropy. These “signals from the future” are the basis for a small series of blog posts. In June, the Monitor Institute released the What’s Next for Community Philanthropy toolkit for community foundations and their peers. The toolkit kicks off with [...]
I attended Grassroots Grantmakers' "On the Ground" event in Cleveland this past week. The Cleveland Foundation's Neighborhood Connections program served as a terrific case study for engaging everyday people in community improvement. Its approach draws heavily from the community engagement and network leadership practices developed by Bill Traynor and Frankie Blackburn of Trusted Space Partners. [...]
Foundation Source recently released its third annual report on the activities of private foundations. It is based on the transactions of 714 foundations that use Foundation Source's administrative services. Its 2012 report showed that its foundation clients were a pretty good proxy for the larger field of foundations under $50 million in assets. Fundraisers should pay [...]
I’m always interested in why donors choose different means of formalizing their giving and the ever-expanding set of options they have to do so. Because of that, I read the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s recent report What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Givingand related blog posts. In a [...]
Tony Macklin 