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Is Family Philanthropy Ready for “New Giving” Tools?
In: 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference| Donor Engagement| Media and Technology| Next Generation| Philanthropy
11 Dec 2012At next month’s Council on Foundations 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference, consultant Nathan James and I are hosting a session, “Is Family Philanthropy Ready for Adventures in New Giving?” We’ll be discussing potential intersections between family philanthropy and the new wave of giving tools enabled by technology and fueled by problem-solving approaches of millenials, entrepreneurs, and [...]
While at a food court for a late bite to eat, I overheard other diners talking about a young woman who had her unattended phone stolen. While some privately chided her for leaving it unattended, I started to think about how common it is for others to run into a similar situation. As a result, [...]
Building Assets & Wealth among Native Americans: Part Two, Opportunities in Urban Areas
In: Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
6 Dec 2012On one of the most storied streets in urban Native America, you can see a dynamic future taking shape. Colorful banners along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis proclaim the only Native American urban business district in the country. Established in 2010, the American Indian Cultural Corridor features five Native-owned businesses, including a [...]
Building Assets & Wealth Among Native Americans: Part One, Opportunities in Indian Country
In: Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
5 Dec 2012When the mainstream media pay attention to Native American communities at all, they most often tell stories of trauma and tragedy. There is truth in many of those stories, of course, but we at Northwest Area Foundation see a different reality that also is true. When we meet with people on [...]
Three Issues to Watch
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Dec
2012
Right now the debate on the fiscal cliff is consuming mainstream media and all conversations in Washington, D.C. Deficit reduction, the cliff, and tax reform all have major implications for philanthropy. Here are the three issues the Council on Foundations is watching and will continue to monitor for you in the days ahead.
1. Maintain the [...]
Investing in the Future of Young People Is Paying Off
In: Community Foundations| Education| My Giving Story| Philanthropy
30 Nov 2012In June, I had the pleasure of introducing four recent graduates of the Cleveland School District at the Cleveland Foundation’s annual meeting. We wanted to showcase top achievers to put a human face on the investment we’ve made in the future of Cleveland’s young people. These college-bound students are a fitting example of why philanthropy [...]
Improving Lives, Building Communities
In: 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Impact Investing| Philanthropy
29 Nov 2012Despite having a steady job, a mom in South Carolina, who hopes to help her daughter go to college, cannot afford to pay rent in the city in which she works. A promising entrepreneur in Wisconsin has a great idea to improve his community but cannot get the loan needed to get his business off [...]
The Northern Virginia region includes Loudoun County, a traditionally rural area that has seen drastic suburbanization and growth in the past two decades. The shift in its focus and population caused those of us at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia to ask an age-old question: How do we engage donors in this area to [...]
What Does Your Creativity Look Like?
27
Nov
2012
The Connecticut Council on Philanthropy recently hosted a Creative Place Making Funders Symposium in Hartford. The day was full of innovative examples of how communities are reborn through creative partnerships.
We heard from Carol Coletta, executive director of ArtPlace, who shared inspirational stories of success in using art to re-energize, remake, and rebirth the American city. [...]
The timing of the November 12 session, “A Look Forward on Tax Reform,” during the Public Policy Action Institute at Independent Sector’s annual conference could not have been more critical. It provided an important opportunity for attendees to get a clear sense of the urgency and potential impact our sector faces as the Obama Administration [...]
A Look at Community Leadership/Collective Impact in Northwest Arkansas
In: Community Foundations| Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Philanthropy
20 Nov 2012Two years ago, Endeavor Foundation’s board of directors challenged staff to think beyond providing fund services and facilitated grantmaking by expanding our mission. Through a strategic planning process, we determined Endeavor should be a long-term advocate for Northwest Arkansas. Many refer to that as “community leadership.” Many in our region of 500,000 believe we’ve already [...]
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Think Long Term, But Start in the Community
In: Community Foundations| Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Philanthropy
19 Nov 2012This year, Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) is celebrating its 10th anniversary operating as a community foundation serving “Indian Country”—generally defined as the land and communities within American Indian reservation boundaries as well as off-reservation trust lands. Since 2002, ILTF has invested nearly $20 million in grants and programs that support efforts to return control [...]
Mission Investing for Community Foundations
In: Community Foundations| Impact Investing| Leadership| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
16 Nov 2012I first started working in the community foundation field more than 15 years ago. It goes without saying that I’m a big fan. I believe in this democratic model of philanthropy where the collective power of many creates powerful change. I’m also a fan because most community foundations understand that our work is constantly changing [...]
Embracing Short Attention Spans
In: Community Foundations| Media and Technology| Philanthropy
15 Nov 2012It’s Community Foundation Week, a time to focus on philanthropy as the giving season warms up and the temperature outside cools down. Many of us look forward to evenings spent snuggled up under a warm blanket, sipping a hot drink, and settling in to catch up on some reading. Any chance your reading list includes [...]
This past January, awards season wasn’t just in Hollywood. In west-central Minnesota, West Central Initiative (WCI) awarded a share of $75,000 to 15 of its component funds for successfully meeting WCI’s 25th Anniversary Endowment Challenge.
In the spring of 2011, WCI—a regional community foundation that serves nine Minnesota counties—launched the challenge to encourage its component [...]
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Helps Give Community an EDGE
In: Community Foundations| Community Revitalization| My Giving Story| Philanthropy
13 Nov 2012The city of Charleston, W.Va., is embarking on a new beginning as it molds a revolutionary program for young professionals: Early Dynamic Guided Engagement (EDGE). The three-year program offers recent college graduates the opportunity to live in the heart of downtown Charleston for a subsidized cost while they participate in charitable activities, meet current leaders [...]
Woods, Trees, and the Rise of African Philanthropy
In: Community Foundations| Global Philanthropy| Philanthropy
9 Nov 2012In the early 1990s, I spent a year living and working in Uganda. One day I was with some friends driving back from a trip to one of the beautiful game parks there. It was late afternoon and not long before darkness would set in. We decided to pitch our tents by the side of [...]
Stepping Boldly Into the Big, Bright Digital Age
In: Community Foundations| Media and Technology| Philanthropy
8 Nov 2012The Knight Digital Media Center is expanding its reach to help community foundations shape their strategies to inform and engage communities in the digital age.
To reflect this new emphasis, we have redesigned and refocused the KDMC website as a learning resource for community foundations and others seeking to develop and sustain local news and information.
On [...]
Hurricane Sandy has once again brought disasters—and the desire to help—to the forefront.
Media attention has been critical to the nation’s preparedness efforts and in bringing immediate relief to affected communities. But lives will be impacted long after the storm has passed and media attention has faded. This is where private philanthropy can do its best [...]
Designing an Infographic to Tell Your Story
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Nov
2012
Have you ever had to present a large amount of data to time-crunched colleagues? Instead of using tables or spreadsheets, think about using an infographic to tell your story. An infographic is a visual representation of data or information. Instead of making your audience do lots of reading or comb through tables full of numbers, [...]
Soft Power and the New Face of Philanthropy
In: Leadership| Philanthropy
26 Oct 2012One of my most memorable moments from college was when I sat in a sea of more than 500 college students in PoliSci 101. From the back of the auditorium, a very small man stood up on stage speaking to all of us about the strength of the U.S. president as “soft power.” According to [...]
Putting the Venture into Venture Philanthropy
In: Media and Technology| My Giving Story| Philanthropy| Workforce Development
25 Oct 2012Telluride, Colo., a picturesque historical mining town perched just below 9,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains, has a rich history of innovation, invention, and reinvention. The well-known collaboration between LL Nunn, Nikola Telsa, and George Westinghouse in 1891 forever changed the delivery of energy. The mining era transformed the region into an economic engine [...]
It Takes Dedicated Funding to Do Leadership Development Right
In: Leadership| Philanthropy
22 Oct 2012At the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, we believe strongly in the critical importance of unrestricted general operating support because it provides nonprofit leaders with the flexibility to direct spending toward strategic priorities facing their organizations. In 2011, two-thirds of the Fund’s grants were allocated for this purpose.
However, the [...]
Since I became Council president and CEO, I have spent many hours talking with our members and other leaders engaged with philanthropic giving around the country. Many of you shared that the diversity of interests of Council members would be among my biggest challenges. I disagree; I think it’s our biggest [...]
Building Investor Readiness Through Skills-Based Volunteerism
In: Impact Investing| My Giving Story| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
17 Oct 2012As the practice of impact investing matures, evolving from a peripheral concept to a mainstream practice, the momentum around this nascent industry is growing. At a time when governments, foundations and donors look to do more with less, impact investing offers a means to generate social and environmental value with the potential for financial returns. [...]
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The Power of My Privilege
In: Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
11 Oct 2012Dear Philanthropy Community,
I’ve been thinking about our relationship for months. I wasn’t really sure how to bring this up, because I’m really worried about offending you. Making you angry has real consequences for the kids I serve. But, as I continue in this work, I realize I also have a role in making [...]
Telling Philanthropy’s Story
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Oct
2012
There are 717 community foundations in the United States making grants of about $4.6 billion in their communities. I know because it’s on the cover of a publication about community foundations.
What I don’t know is why anyone would care.
It’s not just that we should be talking about the impact that we have in our communities, [...]
The Next Generation of Philanthropy
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Oct
2012
For the next generation of philanthropists, I don’t think they’re going to ask themselves whether or not they should work in the private, public, or non-profit sector. They’re going to wake up each day and ask themselves what impact am I going to make today.
The traditional model of a successful career and life was divided [...]
I recently had an eye-opening experience that helped me realize that many organizations promote their content but do nothing to ensure that it is being utilized appropriately. While some nonprofits allow others to make use of their content with proper attribution, some content users decide to make use of content inappropriately. Specifically, I am referring [...]
Defend the Charitable Tax Deduction
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Sep
2012
America’s charities face a brewing crisis with the upcoming comprehensive tax reform debate that is almost certain to envelop our nation. As Congress searches for ways to close the growing national debt, the charitable tax deduction is included in the “everything” often mentioned in the phrase “everything is on the table.”
To continue reading this post [...]
September Campaign’s New Charity Model
27
Sep
2012
Nonprofit charity: water recently launched its innovative, annual September Campaign, seeking to raise $1.7 million in order to bring clean, safe water to nearly 26,000 people in Rwanda. Under the leadership of founder Scott Harrison, the organization is reinventing the nonprofit model by marketing itself like a tech company, guaranteeing 100 percent of donations to funding its water [...]
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Reflections from the Fall Conference
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Next Generation| Philanthropy
26 Sep 2012As a young professional and a newcomer to the field of philanthropy, the sessions at the Council on Foundations Fall Conference in New Orleans earlier this month offered a lot in the way of introduction. Not only an introduction to new colleagues from all over the map, but also to variations of the story of [...]
Showing the Heart of a Community Through Video
In: Community Revitalization| Media and Technology| My Giving Story| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Private Foundations| Workforce Development
24 Sep 2012Our world has become increasingly dependent upon content to attract people’s attention. This content ranges from blogs on the Internet to television shows. Due to global shifts in our economy, economic developers have to work harder to attract companies and individual entrepreneurs. What used to be local efforts to attract job creators from neighboring cities [...]
As a grantmaker, you may be familiar with the usual measures of impact for a program that you have helped fund. But have you ever thought about measuring the impact of the publications that may be produced as a result of your program work? If you are interested in learning more about measuring the spread [...]
The iPhone 5 Model for Charity Annual Reports
In: Nonprofits| Philanthropy
19 Sep 2012What if the once-a-year “reveals” of a charity’s impact had the hype of the iPhone 5? What if millions of people blogged about program and performance upgrades developed during the past year by the most dynamic charity in the world? What if people were making viral videos and sketching out projections for a charity’s outcomes [...]
How Two Community Foundations Balance Head and Heart While Navigating the Path to Impact
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Sep
2012
Having spent three days at the Fall Conference for Community Foundations last week in New Orleans, a port city where the line between land and sea is ever-shifting, I’m thinking a lot about balance. That may help me understand my colleagues who lead community foundations better, because balance between the tensions of being responsive or [...]
Building California’s Future
In: Philanthropy
17 Sep 2012With fiscal crisis and a fragile economy the focus of concern in California, it is easy to overlook the state’s other challenges. But three troubling trends deserve attention because they threaten the well-being of Californians and the state’s prosperity for years to come. These threats also present opportunities—for state leaders and residents to step up [...]
What Matters for Philanthropy Right Now
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Sep
2012
Not a day has gone by since I joined the Council two months ago when I haven’t thought about the awesome responsibility and privilege I have to help make the Council an organization that fully reflects the promise of philanthropy and impact you generate.
With more than a thousand philanthropic leaders here at our Fall [...]
As a “newbie” to the community foundation field in 2007, the first thing I did was attend the ProNet annual meeting in San Francisco, where I met about 75 other program staff from across the country. I was amazed by the geographic diversity and the warm reception by the “ProNetters.” And I was relieved to [...]
A Healthy Shade of Jade
10
Sep
2012
My brother-in-law, Alfredo, is a trauma paramedic. He works in an emergency room every weekend from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. He shares his workday the way I might share mine. “Had some coffee, saved a life, did some paperwork, saved a life….” And yet he somehow remains connected enough to his work to persevere [...]
Non-Superstitious Use of Data: The Missing Link Between Your Revenue Model and Your Business Model
10
Sep
2012
At this morning’s opening plenary, Grant Oliphant talked about the difference between a revenue model and a business model. A revenue model is how you make money, such as providing services to donors and charging a fee. A business model, on the other hand, is how you add value—for example, helping to identify community priorities [...]
Getting the Most Out of the Fall Conference
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Media and Technology| Philanthropy
10 Sep 2012In preparation for the conference, I scanned the event schedule a few times for the sessions most relevant to my involvement in the community foundation world. The conference has a breadth of participants, and technology is making it easier than ever to explore resources and connect with people who share an interest in civic engagement. [...]
Let’s Talk about Impact Investing
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Sep
2012
Do you ever wish that your foundation had more money to solve social problems and transform your community? As need grows faster than grant dollars, many foundations are making mission and impact investments in order to unlock new capital for social good. Community foundations are investing discretionary and donor-advised assets to produce social and financial [...]
Anyone Can—and Everyone Should—Make Facilitative Contributions
In: Leadership| Philanthropy
7 Sep 2012Many people believe facilitation is a role that only designated individuals can play in meetings or planning sessions. But just as leadership is more about how you behave than what your title is, so is facilitation about the contributions you make regardless of your role.
Break down the word facilitation and you find two components: facile, which [...]
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When is Recovery Over?
In: Community Revitalization| Disaster Grantmaking| Philanthropy
6 Sep 2012On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. Within hours, it became one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. As a Southern funder, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation recognized that while Katrina was an equal opportunity destroyer, it was not going to be an equal opportunity [...]
As our colleagues head to New Orleans this week for the Council on Foundation’s fall conference, the city’s community foundation is serving as a great example of investing in ways to keep residents informed about local issues.
In recent years, the Greater New Orleans Foundation invested in a local news site called The Lens and helped [...]
Exploring a Platform for Collaboration
In: Corporate Philanthropy| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
4 Sep 2012As I continue to reflect on the Council’s recent publication, Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Corporate Philanthropy, I am reminded of author Chris Pinney’s suggestion that this is a leadership moment for corporate philanthropy. There are at least three reasons for this:
First, society is increasingly looking to [...]
Despite coming from different backgrounds and experiences, it was clear the hundreds of attendees at the Multicultural Oral Health Summit all shared a common vision of increased access to quality oral health services and improvement of oral health for all.
The first-ever joint convention of the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA), the National Dental Association (NDA), and the [...]
Looking to Accommodate More of Your Foundation’s Mobile Website Visitors? Here Are Four Points to Consider
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Aug
2012
As the current chair and webmaster for an affinity group, I decided to create a Flash-based website because I believed it would be more aesthetically pleasing than a site coded in regular HTML. I have been pleased with the results, but recently found out that Android’s new mobile operating system, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), would [...]
Sharpening Our Pencils, Sharpening Our Impact
In: Advocacy| Community Foundations| Philanthropy| Public Policy
23 Aug 2012Though the scalding heat of summer is likely to last for at least another month in Arkansas, the summer season is ending for many students as they prepare to return to school. As these students soon will do, funders and government staff recently gathered with sharpened pencils to learn together at Foundations 101.
Cosponsored by the [...]
Mobilizing Business Champions for Children
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Education| Philanthropy
22 Aug 2012What do Texas preschooler Owen Hernandez and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have in common? As you’ll see during the Learning Lab, “Business Champions for Young Children,” at next month’s Fall Conference for Community Foundations in New Orleans, they both believe in the power of quality early learning to help children succeed in school and [...]
The Land of Enchantment and Public Policy
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Aug
2012
This fall’s CCFE public policy seminar for community foundations will be hosted in New Mexico. The seminar is intended to provide community foundation leaders with the necessary skills and tools to advocate and engage in public policy on behalf of the philanthropic sector. As a faculty member facilitating the CCFE course, it will be my [...]
Most Latin American countries continue with high GDP growth rates amid the global financial crisis. While the nonprofit sector in these countries is among the smallest in the world, these nations are on the cusp of significant philanthropic transformation. This is due, in part, to a rising middle class, technology connecting more citizens and Next [...]
So, Four Investment Geeks Share a Rental Car…
17
Aug
2012
For those unfamiliar with the term “impact investing,” it refers to investments intended to generate both measurable social or environmental impact along with financial return. Think of it simply as aligning an investor’s portfolio with his or her personal values and ideals. Impact investing was the subject of a recent industry conference focused on investable [...]
Funder Tools for a More Efficient Marketplace
In: Education| Media and Technology| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
16 Aug 2012Two years ago, the Foundation Registry i3 was a lifesaver for me.
I was working as a philanthropic advisor and was looking for an opportunity to lead a group of emerging philanthropists interested in education reform from talking about collaboration to taking action. The U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) competitive [...]
It’s the time of year when we begin to think about the new Congress and our legislative agenda at the Council on Foundations. To help us get started, I am asking for your support by filling out the Philanthropic Policy Priorities Survey. The responses to the survey will allow the Public Policy Committee and government [...]
Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Philanthropy
14 Aug 2012In recent years, I’ve witnessed two interesting trends in philanthropy that are particularly resonant with community foundations. First, there has been a backlash against “strategic philanthropy” and accusations that foundations have become too focused on measurement and planning, using top-down approaches instead of nimbly responding to emergent and changing community needs. I wrote about this [...]
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Learn More About Leadership at the Edge
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy
13 Aug 2012Twelve years ago, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation tried what it thought was an unconventional move. Anxious to jump-start the downtown area, the foundation convened community and political leaders to devise a strategy for reclaiming the area where our city was born.
More than $2 billion has been invested in public and private ventures since then. [...]
Older Adults Can Lead Change in Your Community
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Philanthropy
8 Aug 2012More than 30 U.S. community foundations have taken a fresh look at aging in recent years. And they are bringing a new view to their communities—one that considers older adults to be a vast, untapped resource for social change.
As part of the Community Experience Partnership, an initiative of The Atlantic Philanthropies, these community foundations assessed [...]
Building Communities Is as Easy as P.I.E.!
In: 2012 Fall Conference| Community Foundations| Philanthropy
7 Aug 2012Passion, integrity, and engagement: These are the key ingredients to successful outcomes or growth in a community (well, everywhere, really). It takes passion to get involved and make changes. It takes integrity be steadfast and do what you say you are going to do, especially when facing the extraordinary challenges we see today in communities, [...]
Welcome to RE: Philanthropy! In this blog, guest and Council bloggers share ideas and insights on the most pressing issues in philanthropy. If you want to contribute, please contact Lana Williams at lana.williams@cof.org.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Council on Foundations.
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- The IRS and Nonprofit Media
- Where’s the Faith? The Space for Possibility and the Need for Certainty in Philanthropy
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