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Flint’s crisis raises questions — and cautions — about the role of philanthropy
The public health crisis in Flint, Michigan, continues to unfold before the eyes of the world. For nearly eighteen months, water drawn from the Flint River was sent without proper treatment into the city’s infrastructure, …
Foundation Center: Measuring the state of disaster philanthropy
When a crisis strikes, whether it is a natural disaster, man-made accident or complex humanitarian emergency, philanthropy is key in helping those affected. Foundations – along with individuals, governments and NGOs – play an important …
Funding Indigenous Peoples: Strategies for Support
Funding Indigenous Peoples: Strategies for Support, looks at how funders collaborate with and bring support to indigenous communities around the world. Through examples from a diverse range of foundations, this guide explores how grantmakers work with indigenous …
5 Reasons the Public Is Losing Interest in Your Cause
What can you do when interest in your cause begins to wane? It’s a scary question, and one that many fundraisers and nonprofit marketers will face at some point. Perhaps you’re already familiar with this …
Disaster Philanthropy: What Matters
Few foundations think of themselves as disaster funders … until the next disaster strikes. Their desire to be strategic and have impact leads them to shun program areas and ways of working that are reactive …
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2016
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2016 is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit. Foundation Center is pleased to again partner with Lucy to offer the Blueprint as a GrantCraft guide. The Blueprint provides an …
Foundation Center: New data portal supports philanthropy and collaboration in Africa
For funders and others investing and working in Africa, having access to accurate and up-to-date information about philanthropic activity is critical. To meet this need, Foundation Center, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the King Baudouin Foundation recently …
How Foundations Are Supporting Voting Rights
As the battle rages on, nonprofits, think tanks, and universities have received substantial funding from foundations in support of their efforts to advance democracy in America. Foundation Center’s new tool, Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy, …
We’re There When You Need Us
Do you expect your street to be plowed after a big storm? Yep. Do you expect that bridge to remain standing as you drive over it? Of course. Do you expect the folks at the …
Foundation Center: New taxonomy provides a common language for 21st century philanthropy
Foundation Center’s Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) is a universal taxonomy that describes funders, grantees, and the philanthropic transactions between those entities, allowing organizations everywhere to communicate in a consistent way — to each other and …
