Perspective Webinar Explores the Casey Foundation’s Strategic Coinvestor Approach to Community Change 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. Jared Raynor March 28, 2021
Perspective Will foundations’ next crisis response be déjà vu all over again? 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... Steven Lawrence, Melinda Fine, Ed.D. March 25, 2021
Perspective The Evaluator as Facilitator: Considerations for Good Facilitation Practice TCC Group Evaluation Consultant Ijeoma Ezeofor shares a list of best practices and resources for evaluators looking to improve their facilitation skills. Ijeoma Ezeofor February 10, 2021
Perspective A Nonprofit Balancing Act: The Precipice or Solid Ground? The crisis facing the nonprofit sector in 2020 and beyond has prompted funders to think critically about how to better support the full cost of service delivery, and more effectively deploy financial capital to build strong and resilient organizations. Julie Simpson, Andrew Selcke November 11, 2020
Perspective Leading with Values: How Communicating Your Organization’s Values Will Help You Live Them Within the social sector, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders should live and model their organizational values, using them to guide their organization; they must be communicated clearly, credibly, and consistently to all stakeholders, both within and outside the organization. Susan Wolfson, Claire Schultz October 27, 2020