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Effectiveness

Helping Colleagues Do More. Helping Philanthropy Do Better.

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?

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

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.

Evaluation, Effectiveness

Transforming Evaluation Practice Together

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.

Education, Character

Spotlight on Learning and Development Outside of School

Spotlight on Learning and Development Outside of School

Edutopia, with Foundation support, created 10 videos showcasing effective out-of-school practices as part of the How Learning Happens series.

Features, Resiliency, Effectiveness

Growing Resiliency: Turbulent Times Call for Dialogue Between Funders and Nonprofits

Growing Resiliency: Turbulent Times Call for Dialogue Between Funders and Nonprofits

An updated Resiliency Guide helps funders and grantees consider the complex environments nonprofits operate in, and explore ways to enhance their ability to adapt to shocks and disruptors.

Foundation, President's Updates

Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century

Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences convened a bipartisan Commission on Democratic Citizenship that developed recommendations to strengthen the nation’s institutions and civic culture.

Resiliency, Effectiveness

Resilience at Work

Resilience at Work

Timely independent research addresses how nonprofits adapt to disruption – and ways that funders can help.

Education, Character

Supporting the Youth Development Workforce

Supporting the Youth Development Workforce

Rebecca Goldberg and Alex Hooker contribute strategies and perspectives to the Journal of Youth Development.

Evaluation, Effectiveness

Strategy and Evaluation: The Twin Engines of Effective Philanthropy

Strategy and Evaluation: The Twin Engines of Effective Philanthropy

Barbara Kibbe writes about how the language, tools, and approaches of philanthropy have evolved across four decades, and envisions the future of practice.