On May 22, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) released the latest fact sheets in their The Philanthropic Landscape series. NCRP released four factsheets: The State of Giving to Underserved Communities 2011, The State of Social Justice Philanthropy 2011, The State of General Operating Support 2011, The State of Multi-Year Funding 2011. These fact sheets highlight important data from a study on 1,121 grantmaking organizations’ […]
There are several important posts on the Markets for Good website that provide strong and compelling rationales for philanthropy’s efforts to collect, analyze and share robust data on the social sector’s work, impact and beneficiaries. Eric Henderson shares an update on the Reporting Commitment, a growing constellation of foundations who are committed to gathering and […]
Check out today’s Op-Ed in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Jasmine McGinnis, Assistant Professor at George Washington University. It poses a timely question, as President Obama is about to address the most diverse Congress in history: Will a more diverse Congress lead to more effective policymaking? And, does increasing diversity in our philanthropic institutions […]
D5 Coalition Request for Proposals Gathering data about diversity within foundations and philanthropy associations poses challenges. It can be a challenge to collect data about the makeup of foundation staffs and boards, to track the recipients of foundation grantmaking and establish who benefits from it, even to determine which questions about diversity are fair game […]
This 2013 report by Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and Common Counsel Foundation presents research on 146 nonprofit social change organizations led by Native Americans to benefits Native communities, the issues they address and the range of strategies they utilize. This research report, which includes recommendations for funders, informs NAP’s Native Voices Rising project that […]
