Data Science for Social Impact
Adriaza Paz examines the growing number of foundations and individual philanthropists investing in data scientists and data-informed decision making.
Category: Grantmakers & Donors
Beyond Transaction and Prescription: An Inclusive Approach to Giving Nets Greater Impact
Bosch Community Fund President Kathleen Owsley describes how the organization has moved beyond a prescriptive model when it comes to grantmaking and relationships with grantees to a process which emphasizes community engagement and feedback as the driver of the work.
Colleges and Universities Could Do More to Tap Their Nontraditional Alumni Base. Here’s How.
Colleges and universities are facing academic, financial, and social pressures like never before, and these institutions need to increase the philanthropic participation of their nontraditional alumni to support their ongoing financial health and success. Author and professor Gaetan Giannini offers insights and recommendations in this guest blog post.
Philanthropy Will Be On the Front Lines of Climate Change
As the effects of climate change grow, nonprofits and funders will play key roles in disaster response, mitigation, prevention, and policy.
The Grantmaking School: Rethinking Professional Development for Donors and Grantmakers in the Midst of Change
We’ve redesigned The Grantmaking School’s entire curriculum to better embed equity and inclusion within each of our professional development courses for donors and grantmakers.
How Grants Management Teams Can Advocate for Equity and Themselves
PEAK Grantmaking’s Melissa Sines shares resources to help grants management professionals and others advance change toward greater equity.
Context Matters
Volume 12, issue 2 of The Foundation Review explores context and the importance of understanding the bigger picture in philanthropy.
Collaboration and Consolidation in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure
More and more, philanthropic infrastructure organizations are collaborating and combining efforts, but we must acknowledge both the pros and cons of this shift.
Why Do Foundations Struggle With Evaluation?
In this post originally published by PEAK Grantmaking, Teri Behrens explores the difficulties in getting high quality, useful grantmaking evaluations.
How the Johnson Center Has Been Affected by COVID-19: A Perspective From One Learning Services Team Member
Johnson Center team member Emily Brenner reflects on the many ways her work has changed since the onset of COVID-19, and shares some of the self-care practices she has implemented since working from home.