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Topic: “Grantmaking”

How Lean Funders Incorporate Racial Equity Into Their Work

October 14, 2021 Afia Amobeaa-Sakyi Brendan McCormick / Benchmarking Data, Grantmaking, Racial Equity

Exponent Philanthropy recently launched, Mind the Gap: Exploring the Role of Diversity and Racial Equity in Leanly Staffed Foundations. To develop this publication, we talked with members about how their foundations incorporate racial equity into their work. buy propecia online https://www.sossingaporemedevac.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jpg/propecia.html no prescription pharmacy We learned a lot from these one-on-one conversations. Moreover, hearing members... Read More

Understanding Brains: Funding Basic Medical Research

October 13, 2021 Solna Braude / Family Philanthropy, Grantmaking

My brother, Laurence Braude, was an ophthalmologist, cornea specialist, surgeon and researcher. At 47, he complained of fatigue and weakness in his left arm and leg. His internist referred him to a neurologist who said he had Parkinson’s. Laurence retired from his ophthalmology practice to care for his health. He also set up a foundation... Read More

Why Invest in Volunteer Engagement?

October 5, 2021 Jane Leighty Justis / Family Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Investments

Foundations are always looking for leverage. Where and how can we invest our limited assets to get the best returns? Will our grantees survive these times of shrinking resources and growing needs? As investors in the nonprofit sector who look for innovative ways to maximize our efforts, we must challenge ourselves to better support and... Read More

Funder Collaboration: It’s Not Always What You Think

August 26, 2021 Allistair Mallillin / Grantmaking, Leadership

At Common Counsel Foundation, we support, advise and manage donor advised funds and family foundations. It’s clear that an individual funder (and a small-staffed one no less!) won’t solve the world’s intractable problems alone. buy prednisolone online https://nursingabroad.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/png/prednisolone.html no prescription pharmacy In fact, it will take a whole network of funders at the same table... Read More

Moving From Idea to Initiative

August 16, 2021 John Amoroso Christina Rossetti / Grantmaking, Impact and Evaluation

How do you move from a board table vision to a broad-based collaboration? After more than 20 years funding individual programs in its mission areas, The David and Lura Lovell Foundation began to focus on broad-based community, regional and national initiatives to change systems, address root causes, and build capacity in organizations focused on these... Read More

Community and Collaboration Drive Family Foundation’s Grantmaking

August 5, 2021 Henry Rael / Family Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Selecting a Giving Structure

Through community and collaboration, the people of New Mexico have survived harsh conditions to thrive for hundreds of years. As a foundation that funds exclusively in the state, we continue to see the power of these values in our philanthropic work. Our most recent strategic plan states, “If we co-create a more aligned, collaborative and... Read More