Community Foundations Seek Winning Ideas That Are Fresh and Bold
Some organizations say they want to provide incentives for smart thinking instead of supporting the same kinds of programs that haven’t succeeded in fixing stubborn problems.
By Suzanne Sataline
Contributor
Bay Area Grantees Learn What It’s Like to Be Grant Makers for a Day
A San Francisco nonprofit gives fundraisers a chance to be on the other side of “the ask.”
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Low-Interest Loans Make Up for Grant Cuts
While grants are always preferred, low-interest loans can help charities continue their work as endowments shrink in a volatile market.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Bloomberg’s Leadership May Hold Clues to His Future Giving, Suggests Fast Company
Fast Company magazine examines how Michael R. Bloomberg is likely to give away his fortune after his term as New York City mayor ends in 2013.
Grant Making Gets Personal for Employees of a Md. Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation helps staff members support causes dear to their hearts, like Parks & People Foundation.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Smooth Words and Savvy Research Can Help Grant Proposals Succeed
Foundation officials say nonprofits too often fail to understand a grant maker’s priorities and sometimes ask for too little to carry out a project effectively.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
An MBA Project Teaches Fund Raisers the Rigors of Awarding a Grant
Charity fund raisers studying for their MBA’s sample the rigors of giving away money.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Architects Help Nonprofits Build Their Missions
A new book shows 38 examples of how architects donated their design skills to help charities advance their missions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Focus on Signature Programs Can Help Charities Gain Grant Makers’ Support
Focusing on collaboration and signature programs can help charities gain grant makers’ support.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
How a Mississippi Charity Uses Bus Tours to Inform Donors
A closer look at how nonprofit groups can use guided tours as a way to tell their stories to supporters.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
History, Culture, and Justice Among the Stops on a Miss. Donor Trip
A Mississippi legal charity leads an annual bus trip for its supporters through the struggling Delta region, shedding light on the area’s history, its continuing needs, and how they intertwine.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundations Offer Operating Support to Help Arts Groups in Tough Times
A new fund provides no-strings-attached grants and consulting help to Atlanta charities.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Foundations Move to Fill Reporting Gap Left by Shrinking Newsrooms
As newsrooms lose staff members and other resources, foundations are stepping in to fill the gaps in health-care reporting.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Foundation-Financed Office in Liberia Seeks to Build and Guide Philanthropic Efforts
A group of American foundations has financed a government office in Liberia that works to coordinate philanthropic efforts in the African country.
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
New Exchange Seeks to Help Charities Expand
Many nonprofit groups with demonstrated results still struggle to raise money to spread their programs, despite plenty of talk in the philanthropic world over the past decade about focusing dollars on what works. That mixed record has prompted interest in a capital marketplace — not unlike the…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
How a Generous Donor Decides Where His Money Should Go
When it comes to multimillion-dollar gifts, Ronald O. Perelman, the head of the New York holding company MacAndrews & Forbes, and the chairman of Revlon, says he rarely seeks out charities to which he might like to give. Instead, he waits until a group approaches him with an idea, a need, or a…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor