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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 17/10/2024
How can funders approach grantee check-in meetings to foster productive relationships and glean impo...
POR
Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 15/10/2024
This guide outlines five common myths that underlie conventional philanthropy mindsets, with clear c...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 10/10/2024
As the key governing body, a foundation’s board of trustees supports executive leadership and ensu...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 08/10/2024
Historically, grantmaking systems and operations have been designed with a specific customer in mind...
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Instituto ACP; Plataforma Conjunta
EM 26/09/2024
Como colaborar ao mesmo tempo em que cada organização precisa conquistar seu próprio espaço? O T...
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Instituto ACP; Plataforma Conjunta
EM 24/09/2024
É possível ser verdadeiramente próximo e parceiro na relação entre quem doa e quem recebe? Doar...
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Instituto ACP; Plataforma Conjunta
EM 19/09/2024
Quando olhamos profundamente para a forma como tem sido feito o apoio ao desenvolvimento institucion...
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Instituto ACP; Plataforma Conjunta
EM 17/09/2024
Nos últimos anos, o fortalecimento institucional da sociedade civil tem estado cada vez mais nos pr...
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Technology association of grantmakers
EM 28/08/2024
This guide provides specific suggestions for a key element of trust-based structures: The grants man...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 20/08/2024
This report analyzes data from Trust-Based Philanthropy Project second annual grantmaker survey cond...
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Schwab Charitable and Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
EM 01/08/2024
Giving with Impact is a podcast created by Schwab Charitable and Stanford Social Innovation Review t...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Schwab Charitable
EM 11/07/2024
Generosity and innovation are fueling exponential progress in addressing the most complex and intrac...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 10/07/2024
While the exact pathways for becoming a trust-based foundation are not necessarily linear or identic...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) Brasil
EM 06/06/2024
Artigo apresenta e discute iniciativa de inclusão que prioriza os resultados da preparação emerge...
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Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS) and Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea)
EM 06/06/2024
“Futures Philanthropy: Anticipation for the Common Good” brings together two critical discipline...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Schwab Charitable
EM 16/05/2024
The landscape of modern philanthropy has changed dramatically in recent years, affecting the approac...
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Rideau Hall Foundation, The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and Nesta
EM 02/05/2024
In this report, the authors examine the case of charitable giving through the lens of behavioral sci...
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Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)
EM 08/04/2024
“Unrestricted funding is often regarded as the single most powerful support that funders can provi...
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Humboldt Foundation, Maecenata Foundation, Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) e GIFE
EM 26/03/2024
Para a construção de uma prática filantrópica baseada na confiança é essencial não apenas ouv...
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
EM 14/03/2024
Are philanthropic donors shifting from giving earmarked support for specific projects to providing u...
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Schwab Charitable and Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
EM 12/03/2024
In this episode of Giving with Impact, the bottom line is that gender matters in philanthropy, that ...
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Nonprofit Quarterly, Proximate e Philó
EM 08/03/2024
Conforme o campo filantrópico brasileiro se desenvolve, torna-se comum a procura de referências do...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)
EM 02/01/2024
This series, presented in partnership with the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP...
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Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS) e Coalizão pelos Fundos Filantrópicos
EM 02/01/2024
Esta é a segunda edição da iniciativa inédita que conta com informações de endowments brasilei...
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Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)
EM 12/12/2023
Giving in Numbers: 2023 Edition examines 2022 trends in corporate community investments and employee...
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Ashoka, McKinsey & Company e Movimento Bem Maior
EM 11/12/2023
Este relatório é o produto de uma colaboração entre três grupos que, na maior parte das vezes, ...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
EM 07/12/2023
The 2023 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index reveals sustained global generosity post-...
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Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS), Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) e Ipsos
EM 08/11/2023
Principais achados da terceira edição da Pesquisa Doação Brasil, o mais amplo estudo sobre a pr�...
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Comunitas e Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)
EM 20/10/2023
O volume total de Investimento Social Corporativo (ISC) mostrou redução em 2022, mas segue acima d...
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Instituto ACP e Plataforma Conjunta
EM 08/09/2023
Doar é, a princípio, sobre escolha. Quem doa tem o direito de escolher para quem doar. E, além di...
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Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE)
EM 03/08/2023
“Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide” provides grantmakers with reflection...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 13/07/2023
While two institutions may share the same mission, how they carry it out can vary widely. Trust-base...
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Movimento por uma Cultura de Doação
EM 11/07/2023
Integrantes do Movimento por uma Cultura de Doação destacam a importância das doações flexívei...
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Funding For Real Change, MilwayPLUS e Ford Foundation
EM 07/06/2023
Este guia de táticas, recursos, exemplos e pontos de partida se propõe a ajudar financiadores e OS...
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European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights (Ariadne), Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Gender Funders CoLab
EM 05/03/2023
These principles are intended to help funders align their grantmaking practices with human rights va...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
EM 12/02/2023
Simple changes in mindset and behavior can break the cycle of strain and mistrust in grantor-grantee...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 20/01/2023
On a CEP blog post, Rodney Christopher made a controversial statement: that institutional funders do...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
EM 06/01/2023
This is the final of a series of three articles that share the work of a collaborative of 12 large p...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
EM 06/01/2023
A study found that crises like the COVID-19 pandemic to be one of five key accelerators propelling g...
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Funders for Real Cost, Real Change (FRC) and BDO USA
EM 06/01/2023
This guide provides a framework for determining and calculating an overall indirect cost (IDC) rate ...
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Humentum and Funders for Real Cost, Real Change
EM 05/01/2023
Humentum, in partnership with Funders for Real Cost, Real Change (FRC), released a groundbreaking re...
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The Partnering Initiative (TPI)
EM 04/01/2023
This report draws on a year of Partnering for Philanthropic Impact inquiry, in collaboration with Jo...
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Alliance magazine and Participatory Grantmakers Community
EM 03/01/2023
There was significant interest in Participatory Grantmaking at Philea’s Forum. But where will this...
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Rede de Filantropia para a Justiça Social (RFJS)
EM 09/12/2022
A publicação reúne um conjunto de 22 textos com diversas abordagens teóricas e práticas, aprese...
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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid
EM 09/12/2022
Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy note a drop in giving by large U.S. foundations from...
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Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
EM 19/05/2022
The report incorporates data from a national survey of 1,535 households, insights from focus groups ...
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International Journal on Human Rights
EM 10/05/2022
The New Migration Law of 2017 was a historic win for Brazil. This moment of victory was the result o...
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Stanford Social Innovation Review Brasil
EM 16/02/2022
Entrevistas com doadores millennials do universo das startups do Vale do Silício e conversas co...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF); Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS)
EM 16/02/2022
Esta quarta edição do “Brasil Giving Report” traça um panorama da doação no Brasil em 2020,...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
EM 22/12/2021
In its eighth COVID-19 survey conducted in August 2021, CAF America polled 436 charitable organizati...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 29/11/2021
Calls for changes in foundation practice have come for decades. The ways in which foundations respon...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
This guide outlines five common myths and misperceptions that come up in discussions about trust-bas...
POR
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
Trust-based philanthropy is not just about organizational policies and practices; it’s about how p...
POR
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
How can funders approach grantee check-in meetings to foster productive relationships and glean impo...
POR
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
Oftentimes in philanthropy, people tend to think of legal considerations in the context of complianc...
POR
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
This guide outlines the top ten most frequently asked questions about how foundations can adopt a tr...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
Trust-based philanthropy invites foundation board members to recognize their critically important ro...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
Too often, foundations get in the way of nonprofits doing the work they know best. This can slow dow...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
Trust-based philanthropy is a holistic approach that requires alignment in a grantmaking organizatio...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 03/11/2021
This guide is intended for grantmaking practitioners who are ready to live into their values to cult...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 03/11/2021
This report examines the state of practice in philanthropy regarding multiyear general operating sup...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 03/11/2021
This report features profiles of five foundations that provide more multiyear general operating sup...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 03/11/2021
This companion piece to “New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operati...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF); Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS)
EM 15/10/2021
Terceira edição da pesquisa Brasil Giving Report sobre o comportamento do doador individual brasil...
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Editora MOL; Movimento Bem Maior
EM 15/10/2021
O clima de nostalgia invadiu o estúdio! A primeira temporada do podcast “Aqui se faz, AQUI SE DOA...
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Editora MOL; Movimento Bem Maior
EM 07/10/2021
O ano de 2020 foi intenso para muitas pessoas, mas há muito o que se lembrar e comemorar no que diz...
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Editora MOL; Movimento Bem Maior
EM 07/10/2021
Há tempos dizem que as empresas podem e devem fazer mais: podem ser mais sustentáveis, mais justas...
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Editora MOL; Movimento Bem Maior
EM 07/10/2021
O universo da cultura de doação engloba uma quantidade enorme de termos que são, muitas vezes, es...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
EM 04/10/2021
In this episode of Giving Thought, a podcast by CAF, Rhod sat down with Gemma Bull and Tom Steinberg...
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Candid; Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP)
EM 27/09/2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities worldwide was swift, hard and devastating especia...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF); CyberGrants; The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP)
EM 27/09/2021
In its fourth COVID-19 survey, conducted from June 25 to July 10, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) of ...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 23/09/2021
Amid the compounded crises of COVID-19 and the long-standing structural inequities the pandemic is e...
POR
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 23/09/2021
The disproportionate public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on certain communit...
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 23/09/2021
Nonprofits and funders alike have long called on foundations to be more flexible and responsive, to ...
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Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS); Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 23/09/2021
Esta publicação integra a coleção “Philanthropy Roadmap”, iniciativa da Rockfeller Philanthr...
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Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS)
EM 23/09/2021
A Pesquisa Doação Brasil surgiu para suprir uma lacuna de dados sobre os hábitos e pensamentos da...
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Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
EM 23/09/2021
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has been producing its World Giving Index for more than a decade....
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Movimento por uma Cultura de Doação
EM 17/09/2021
Como promover a cultura de doação no Brasil? Como engajar novos atores e articular este ecossistem...
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Eden Stiffman, Maria Di Mento, Emily Haynes, Debra E. Blum, Michael Theis
EM 18/08/2020
As Covid-19 continues to impact the world in unprecedented ways, the nonprofit sector has quickly ad...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 11/06/2020
This guide is part of the Philanthropy Roadmap series and is expressly written for donors who may wi...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 10/05/2020
The nonprofit perspective is an essential one for philanthropic funders to consider when it comes to...
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TCC Group|California Endowment, The
EM 03/05/2020
In an effort to develop frameworks and methodologies to be able to meaningfully evaluate policy chan...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 02/05/2020
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has released The Philanthropy Framework, a tool for analysis and p...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 02/05/2020
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) surveyed private and community foundation leaders regard...
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Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)|Powered by Data
EM 02/05/2020
This brief is the first in a series of learning materials on data and evidence-based grantmaking cre...
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Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)
EM 02/05/2020
This Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC) publication explores the potential opportunities for p...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 02/05/2020
CEP’s research shows that program officers can be the distinguishing factor between a foundation t...
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National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers
EM 02/05/2020
This toolkit consists of key resources recommended by leading experts whose work focuses on diversit...
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Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC)
EM 02/05/2020
As a first step to assisting foundations with their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) journey, P...
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Foundation Strategy Group (FSG)|Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 02/05/2020
Effecting social change in a rapidly changing political environment and an increasingly interconnect...
POR
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
EM 02/05/2020
This article critically discusses the practice of foundation collaboration in Canada and describes t...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 02/05/2020
Many people come to philanthropy with their focus fully formed. They know what issues they want to t...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 02/05/2020
In 2008, in the wake of the global financial crisis, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) publis...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 02/05/2020
Planning for a philanthropic journey starts with identifying the destination. In other words, donors...
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 15/04/2020
As a community of grantmakers advocating for philanthropy to put nonprofits and communities at the c...
POR
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 14/04/2020
What does good leadership in crisis look like? In this time of unprecedented challenge related to CO...
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Tech Impact Idealware|Grantbook|Peak Grantmaking
EM 10/04/2020
This fifth edition of the <em>Consumers Guide</em> reviews 14 of the most widely used gr...
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 10/04/2020
This publication focuses on the internal conditions and environments that enable successful projects...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 10/04/2020
Philanthropy can take on pressing challenges that other actors in society cannot, or will not. Given...
POR
GrantCraft | Foundation Center
EM 10/04/2020
In this study, the autors look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and ...
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GrantCraft|Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
EM 10/04/2020
Philanthropy is evolving more quickly than ever with new societal challenges, new players, and new s...
POR
GrantCraft|Foundation Center|International Funders for Indigenous People
EM 10/04/2020
This guide looks at how funders collaborate with and bring support to indigenous communities around ...
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Rockefeller Foundation|Monitor Institute|Monitor Deloitte
EM 10/04/2020
This guidebook by The Rockefeller Foundation is organized around the most common building blocks of ...
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Women's Funding Network|True Child|Public Interest Projects
EM 10/04/2020
Why should donors support gender transformative programming? This report makes the case that support...
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 10/04/2020
To document changes in the practice of philanthropy that support nonprofit success, every few years ...
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GrantCraft|Foundation Center|The Governance Lab (The GovLab)
EM 10/04/2020
Innovations in Open Grantmaking seeks to provide inspiration and early proof of concept regarding in...
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Wyncote Foundation|Media Impact Funders
EM 10/04/2020
This booklet is a starter guide for foundations interested in exploring how to make impactful journa...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 10/04/2020
This publication takes an in-depth look at what it means to open our learning and evaluation practic...
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Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS)
EM 10/04/2020
Este guia destina-se a todos os financiadores – institutos, fundações, empresas e filantropos ...
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Rosov Consulting|Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative
EM 10/04/2020
The formation of the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative was the result of a p...
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GrantCraft; Foundation Center
EM 10/04/2020
Most funders review more proposals than they can recommend for funding. Decision making about what t...
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Jim Joseph Foundation|The William Davidson Foundation|Lewis J. Bernstein and Associates
EM 10/04/2020
This report is the result of a co-investment and includes a provocative set of recommendations for t...
POR
GrantCraft; Foundation Center
EM 10/04/2020
The report discusses how funders approach building capacity with grantees through examples from foun...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
EM 31/03/2020
As Covid-19 disrupts every aspect of our lives, the demands on foundations and nonprofits are alread...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 25/03/2020
Last week, over 200 foundations signed a pledge calling upon philanthropy to loosen restrictions on ...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
EM 11/03/2020
Most economists believe the U.S. economy will enter the next recession by the end of 2021. Though th...
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National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP)
EM 01/01/2020
In the past few weeks, we have been inundated with information about how philanthropy can respond to...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 10/07/2019
To learn more about what it takes to effectively get a grantmaking organization off the ground, CEP ...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 10/02/2019
Based on survey responses from 170 nonprofit CEOs on CEP’s Grantee Voice panel and 187 foundation...
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 01/01/2019
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project reimagines traditional funder-grantee relationships. They work ...
POR
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 10/09/2018
Various institutions have published articles and reports on topics such as the barriers to achieving...
POR
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/08/2018
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has collected candid, anonymous feedback over 15 years f...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 02/07/2018
After more than 15 years promoting grantmaker practices that support nonprofit results, GEO is convi...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/01/2018
<em>Staying Connected: How Five Foundations Understand Those They Seek to Help</em> pro...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/01/2018
Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success sheds light on what const...
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project
EM 01/01/2018
It’s time to address power in philanthropy The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project reimagines traditi...
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Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/08/2017
The role of the program officer at foundations is one of great importance. This is not news to the ...
POR
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
EM 27/06/2017
Social sector organizations need a “healthy diet” of funding to achieve maximum impact, a concep...
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Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University
EM 11/06/2016
There is little dispute that philanthropy is undergoing a profound change. Traditional foundation gr...
POR
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/02/2016
To better understand transparency in philanthropy — both its meaning and the current state of ...
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GrantCraft|Candid|Stanford Social Innovation Review|Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS)
EM 11/12/2015
“Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2016” is an annual industry forecast abo...
POR
Grupo de Institutos, Fundações e Empresas (GIFE)
EM 11/09/2014
A oportunidade de realização da pesquisa surge em um momento ricopara ambas as organizações. O G...
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 18/07/2014
Throughout history, social change has been possible only through the contributions and dedication of...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 07/03/2014
Grantmakers of all kinds care about tangible progress on tough problems, but we also seek harder-to-...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 05/03/2014
In the nonprofit sector there are various forms of collaboration, ranging in formality, actors and p...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 05/03/2014
Today, many grantmakers recognize the role of social movements in advancing opportunity, well-being ...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 05/03/2014
Grantmakers can take a number of steps to ensure that the support we provide to grantees, and the po...
POR
Foundation Strategy Group (FSG)
EM 11/08/2012
The philanthropic sector has been experimenting with innovative grantmaking in the hopes of triggeri...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 11/01/2012
Identifies opportunities to strengthen grantmaking practices and extend grantee impact. Emphasizes a...
POR
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
EM 11/01/2012
Describes Hewlett’s experience with implementing the outcome-focused grantmaking (OFG) process...
POR
National Center for Family Philanthropy
EM 11/01/2012
Analyzes survey results on family foundation practices in their legacy, vision, mission, governance,...
POR
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), The
EM 11/01/2012
This report identifies defining elements of strategic foundation leaders; characteristics of their p...
POR
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
EM 11/01/2012
This report advocates for improving the supply of and demand for information and strengthening inter...
POR
Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
EM 11/01/2012
Offers guidance for private foundations on supporting grantees’ policy and civic engagement ac...
POR
Foundation Strategy Group (FSG)
EM 11/10/2010
Over the last decade, growing numbers of nonprofit organizations and grantmakers have recognized the...
POR
National Center for Family Philanthropy
EM 11/10/2010
Based on two years of research, this new report from the National Center for Family Philanthropy is ...
POR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
EM 11/09/2010
Informed by the work of the 2005 Evaluation Roundtable, this report examines current topics in phila...
POR
Foundation Strategy Group (FSG)
EM 11/03/2009
Whether prompted by venture philanthropy, high engagement grantmaking, or a growing interest in nonp...
POR
Stanford Social Innovation Review
EM 11/11/2007
A growing number of foundations are offering low-interest loans, buying into green business ventures...