April 20, 2000 | Read Time: 1 minute
Community Foundations Initiative on Management Assistance: Phase One Evaluation, by Renee A. Berger, documents the initial findings of a project financed by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation geared to strengthening the ties between community foundations and local non-profit groups. In 1994 the Packard Foundation began awarding grants to eight community funds in northern California to enable the grant makers to provide management training and technical assistance to charities. This evaluation describes how the foundations have used the Packard money, and it reports success in improving the operations of local non-profit groups and in sharpening the public profiles of the community foundations. Publisher: Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy Program, Packard Foundation, 300 Second Street, Suite 200, Los Altos, Calif. 94022; (650) 948-7658; http://www.packfound.org; 23 pages; free.
