Paul Connolly

Education: BA: Harvard, MPPM: Yale School of Management
Service Expertise: organizational capacity building, strategic planning, grantmaking, cultural participation, and social enterprise

Publications:

• Foundation Review, "Technocratic vs. Humanistic: Why the Best Work in Philanthropy Requires Multiple Intelligences
• Chronicle of Philanthropy, "Why Grant Makers Must Lead With Their Hearts as Well as Their Heads"
• "Maximizing Foundation Effectiveness: Aligning Program Strategy, Organizational Capacity, Strategic Planning, and Performance Assessment to Achieve Success," TCC Group, 2008.
• "Deeper Capacity Building for Greater Impact: Designing a long-term Initiative to Strengthen a set of Non-Profit Organizations," TCC Group, 2007.
• "Smarter Outsourcing for Grantmakers," TCC Group, 2005.
• Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder's Guide to Capacity Building, Wilder Foundation and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. 2002. (Co-authored with Carol Lukas.)
• Increasing Cultural Participation: An Audience Development Planning Handbook for Presenters, Producers, and Their Collaborators, Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds. 2001. (Co-authored with Marcelle Hinand Cady.)
• Navigating the Organizational Lifecycle: A Capacity-Building Guide for Nonprofit Leaders, BoardSource. 2005.

Presentations & Speeches:

• Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, Association of Philanthropic Counsel, Chicago Donors Forum, Minnesota Council on Foundations, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, Northern California Grantmakers, South Florida Donor's Forum
• Boardsource (2010)
• Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (2006)
• Council on Foundations annual conference (2002, 2003, and 2005)
• Grantmakers in the Arts (2005)
• Association of Small Foundations (2005-06 and 2010)
• Northern California Grantmakers, Philanthropy Incubator
• Alliance for Nonprofit Management (2001-2006)
• Northern California Consultants Network (2004 and 2006)

Paul Connolly is Senior Partner and Chief Client Services Officer at TCC Group. He is a seasoned consultant, manager, trainer, and writer. He is especially knowledgeable about and experienced in strategy, grantmaking, evaluation, organizational capacity building, cultural participation, and social enterprise. His current and recent clients include: Arts Council Silicon Valley, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, First Five LA, The Foundation Center, The Ford Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Henry Street Settlement, Habitat for Humanity, The James Irvine Foundation, The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, National Center for Learning Disabilities, and The Weingart Foundation. Before joining the firm, he was Associate Director of Nonprofit Facilities Fund (NFF), a community development organization which provides loans and management assistance to nonprofit groups nationally.

He has been a presenter at the Council on Foundations annual convening and other national conferences, a trainer and facilitator for numerous regional grantmaker and nonprofit associations, and a lecturer at universities. He is on the board of directors of the Nathaniel Wharton Fund and the San Francisco Advisory Committee of The Foundation Center and has served on the boards of a community health center, a local community board, and an artists' credit union.

Connolly received his Master's Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale School of Management, where he was awarded the Jess Morrow Johns Memorial Scholarship, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Harvard University.

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