This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Finance Fund recently released survey results that detailed nonprofit leaders responses, including the hardships of navigating funding and organizational health. • How should funders respond…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our recent survey of CEP’s Grantee Voice Panel, nearly 20 percent of nonprofit leaders identify opportunity for funders to improve aspects of their grantmaking approach and strategy, making it the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost all respondents (97 percent) agreed that their mood disorder has had a lifelong impact; however, the impact on an acute scale is particularly profound, with 72 percent of respondents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many nonprofit leaders point to the importance of consistent, long-term, and flexible funding for their ability to do effective work, while also frequently describing challenges that result from short and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fifth most common suggestion for what nonprofit leaders would like from their foundation funders, mentioned by 12 percent of respondents on our Grantee Voice Panel, is for stronger relationships between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a vast chasm between the perspectives of foundation and nonprofit leaders when it comes to the state of investing in the people who make up grantee organizations. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The value of philanthropy goes well beyond that of dollars and cents. Non-financial assistance can impact nonprofits in profound ways. The third most common suggestion from nonprofit leaders — from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jeffrey C. Walker addresses the changes taking place in the world of philanthropy and explains how philanthropic funding can increase its impact by taking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Innovative philanthropists can fund social change through big bets in philanthropy. The authors use the example of One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that was able to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • William Foster, writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, discusses the potential benefits of unleashing big bets in philanthropy for greater social change. • How can donors understand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is growing global interest in capacity building for nonprofits. In the last year alone there have been at least a dozen reports on the subject published by Rockefeller Philanthropic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors discuss how big bets for nonprofits that serve people of color can help make philanthropic funding practices more equitable. • How can you support equity…