Meeting the Future with a New Approach to Readiness: Part II June 29, 2022 By Judy Ney The unpredictability and overt inequity unmasked during the past two years are only the most recent impetus for TCC Group to articulate how we see the concept of “readiness” evolving in ways that can generate new solutions and ensure equitable outcomes. To help advance this transition from static notions of preparedness to a dynamic process … Continued
Our Culture of Continuous Learning: Retooling our Evaluation Tools June 22, 2022 By Judy Ney At TCC Group, we believe in building the evaluation & learning capacity of our clients from across the nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate sectors to allow them to respond to the shifting normal. This practice was put to the test for many of our clients, and TCC itself, in 2020. In this blog, we profile a … Continued
At the Social Sector Crossroads: A Different, More Enlightened Path April 6, 2022 By Judy Ney What must we do when the walls of our communal house crumble, revealing the weakness of its foundations and infrastructure? The need for repair and renovation becomes urgent. We at TCC Group show up with our values and our skills, ready to re-examine the status quo, orchestrate consensus, and catalyze change. As habitual processes camouflage … Continued
Meeting the Future with a New Approach to Readiness May 4, 2022 By Judy Ney Historically, readiness was considered a state, a set of conditions one could reach, at which point an organization would be deemed fit to work successfully for a predictable period of time. Such an approach to readiness wasn’t without problems, including significant equity issues. But in today’s world, this approach has been rejected, wrestled with, and … Continued
Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from the Annie E. Casey Foundation October 27, 2021 By Hillary (Published by the National Center for Family Philanthropy) Family funders are regularly seeking opportunities to amplify their impact in the communities in which they live, work, and serve. Although they may not always have the scale or scope of larger national foundations, all family funders can still draw many lessons from larger funders about how … Continued
How Can We Be Better Funders? Let’s Do the Homework May 26, 2021 By Claire Schultz TCC Group Senior Philanthropy Consultant Maritza Guzmán shares tips for how funders can do their part to minimize the financial burden on the nonprofits they seek to work with.
Lessons From Casey’s Strategic Coinvestor Approach to Community Change August 19, 2020 By Claire Schultz A two-page infographic describes the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s strategic coinvesting approach to joining local partnerships in three communities through its Family-Centered Community Change™ (FCCC) initiative.
Will foundations’ next crisis response be déjà vu all over again? March 25, 2021 By Claire Schultz In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and national movement against police brutality and racism, the philanthropy sector appears motivated to embrace new approaches to transformational change—and yet is also moving cautiously and at times hesitantly toward undertaking the types of fundamental institutional realignment approaches that will deliver real systemic equity and justice.
Webinar Explores the Casey Foundation’s Strategic Coinvestor Approach to Community Change March 28, 2021 By Claire Schultz View a webinar recording about the Casey Foundation’s strategic coinvestor grantmaking approach to support local partnerships in three high-poverty neighborhoods as they developed a more integrated set of services to help parents and children succeed together in what is known as a two-generation approach.
The Evaluator as Facilitator: Considerations for Good Facilitation Practice February 10, 2021 By Claire Schultz TCC Group Evaluation Consultant Ijeoma Ezeofor shares a list of best practices and resources for evaluators looking to improve their facilitation skills.