Sooner Rather Than Later
Laurie Dachs offers concluding reflections on the Foundation and its spend down.
Stories
Education, STEM, Character, Education policy
Investing in the Promise of All Youth
Susan Harvey offers concluding reflections on the Foundation’s Education Program.
Water, Land, Environment
Supporting California’s Water and Land Future
Joya Banerjee offers concluding reflections on the Foundation’s Environment Program.
Effectiveness
Helping Colleagues Do More. Helping Philanthropy Do Better.
Barbara Kibbe offers concluding reflections on the Foundation’s Effectiveness work.
Resiliency, Effectiveness
Resilience in 2020: What Does It Take?
New research examines how nonprofits have experienced the crises of 2020 – and what this tells us about organizational resilience.
Effectiveness
Advancing Equity Through Consulting Partnerships
New resources offer guidance for funders and nonprofits on partnering with consultants in equitable ways, and engaging equity consultants successfully.
Foundation, Education, Environment
The Commonwealth Club’s 2020 Distinguished Citizens Award (Video)
Dr. Gloria Duffy of the Commonwealth Club interviews Lauren Dachs, Joya Banerjee, and Arron Jiron in this tribute to the Foundation, a recipient of the Club’s 2020 Distinguished Citizens Award.
Education, Character, Evaluation, Effectiveness
Using Data to Strengthen Out-of-School Time Programs
Just released! A new book, Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time, provides practical insights about how to use data to improve practice in youth-serving organizations.
Water, Environment
Tools to advance water trading in a new era of sustainable groundwater management
Environmental Defense Fund partnered with water managers and landowners in the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District to create the first open-source water accounting and trading platform in California’s Central Valley.
Evaluation, Effectiveness
Transforming Evaluation Practice Together
New resources, co-designed by funders and evaluators, take on urgent issues facing the field of philanthropic evaluation and offer actionable solutions for improving practice.