This paper is based upon the comments, thoughts and ideas of over 35 foundation representatives brought together in Heidelberg, Germany, as part of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy. It is not a comprehensive review of issues related to philanthropic effectiveness, but rather a reflection of how some of those involved in philanthropy approach a question that is viewed with increasing importance, namely: How should we best pursue efforts to maximise the effectiveness of philanthropy
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This paper seeks to answer the question, “What model of philanthropy has the most positive impacts o...
Our research shows that only 52 percent of nonprofit leaders believe that their foundation funders a...
The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions. ...
Offers a model suggesting how foundations can most effectively think about, do the work of, and lear...
Generosity doesn't always translate into results. The reality is that not all grantmaking is effecti...
Philanthropy promotion has become a subject of increasing interest within civil society over the las...
Many people look at getting people to give more. Giving Evidence and the Social Enterprise Initiativ...
All too often, foundations have failed to institutionalize a process to establish standards of effec...
Over the last decade "strategic philanthropy" has dominated the thinking of many big and ambitious f...
This paper outlines a framework for increasing the philanthropic performance of an organization by f...
As different approaches to philanthropy have surfaced and collided, an important debate has emerged...
American foundations must do a better job of demonstrating the impact of their work, according to a ...
Philanthropies of all types seek to improve communities—for lots of reasons, and in lots of differen...
Reviews research on foundations -- efficacy, grantee needs, and public perception. Explores the impl...
In response to declining investment returns, many foundations are implementing across-the-board cuts...
This paper seeks to answer the question, “What model of philanthropy has the most positive impacts o...
Our research shows that only 52 percent of nonprofit leaders believe that their foundation funders a...
The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions. ...
Offers a model suggesting how foundations can most effectively think about, do the work of, and lear...