Strong leaders are essential to strong nonprofits, and your foundation’s impact depends on their success. Our Investing in Nonprofit Leaders primer explores practical ways funders can identify and support emerging leaders in the sector. Inside, you’ll: Learn about the challenges nonprofits face in recruiting and retaining leaders. Discover how to create space for grantees to... Read More
Suki O’Kane of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund said: Our foundation is in the middle of a participatory grantmaking pilot for our education grants: staff + 10 public school youth + 10 adults from the classroom, school leadership, and education-serving CBOs. Candid just came out with an insightful blog post: Participatory grantmaking in a... Read More
Our Great Funder–Nonprofit Relationships Toolkit is designed to help funders recognize the aspects of great relationships with nonprofit partners, assess competencies, and consider ways to improve how to work with one another. It walks through: The hallmarks of great relationships. A self-diagnostic that can help you identify opportunities for improvement. Two key skills that can... Read More
Exponent Philanthropy is working on a list of books, resources and trainings, but here are some suggestions to start: “Allyship” workshop from Service Never Sleeps Anti-Racism Project resources “Beyond Lists: On White Allyship and Reparations” by Karen Pittelman BU Center for Antiracist Research DIA: Building Equitable and Inclusive Organizations How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve Racial... Read More
Yes! Learn from foundations and other organizations by checking out our Impact Investing Resources, and see our sample investment policy statements with impact investing components. Read More
Small foundations tend to tailor their budgets to match their unique combination of characteristics. In our resource, The ‘Typical’ Small Foundation Budget, we take a comparative look at two different foundation budgets—one from each coast—to see similarities and differences, and glean some valuable information for your budgeting process. Read More