Events What Makes an Effective Action Coalition? TCC Group Offers Its Findings Hear evaluators from TCC Group explore our findings on the effectiveness of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. TCC presented this summary at the Campaign’s annual Summit in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2015; this webinar is for those who did not attend. Use the TCC Coalition Capacity Checklist to…
Events A Framework for Developing High-Impact Corporate Programs Successful high-impact corporate philanthropy programs generate numerous positive, measurable results for both businesses and society. Thomas Knowlton, partner and director of the corporate practice at TCC Group, and Erica Weinberg, senior consultant at TCC Group, will share a new framework for thinking about how to assess, develop, and execute successful…
Events Pulled Two Ways: Finding the Balance Between Strategic and Reactive Grantmaking What’s the right balance of proactive vs. responsive philanthropy for your community foundation? On the one hand, community foundations are entrusted to respond to the broad needs of the communities they serve. On the other, without a focused strategy, they are unable to move the needle on critical community needs.…
Insights & Perspectives A Statement of Values to Guide Philanthropic Collaboration For the past two years, a number of the leading organizations supporting and facilitating nonprofit and philanthropic collaborations have been coming together to share experiences and perspectives. Called the Collaboration Champions, this group has collectively published dozens of papers on the topic and worked with hundreds of different collaborations. Through work…
Resources Strategic Planning—Is Your Board Ready? When considering whether to embark on a strategic planning project, there are a number of questions for an organization to consider. Have you done planning previously and, if so, how did it turn out? Will you do this yourselves or might you need an outside consultant? If the latter, do…
Insights & Perspectives Why Companies Invest in Social Enterprises When President Trump recently announced that the US was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, over 100 major US businesses announced their intention to continue their efforts to address climate change. This is a prime example of how companies are responding to stakeholder pressure by developing new approaches and…
Insights & Perspectives Illustrate Your Impact Goals with Logic Model Heat Mapping The work you do in the social sector is likely unique in its mission and programs. As unique as it is, social sector organizations like yours share the common goal to “move the needle.” No matter your mission, it is important to ensure your activities are clearly aligned with your…
Insights & Perspectives 5 Things Foundations Say About Their Capacity Nearly 60 foundations – of all shapes and sizes – recently took the Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), a self-assessment measure for foundations, to better understand their strengths and challenges. Based on the recent summary report, we break down the top five noteworthy things foundations had to say.
Resources The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity A rapidly changing, global socio-political environment requires foundations to be nimble in maximizing opportunities to advance their agendas. At the same time, grantmakers are establishing ever more ambitious goals that often require grantees to function at peak capacity. Why, then, have more foundations not assessed their own institutional capacity? This…
Insights & Perspectives Be SMART: Designing Effective Media Campaigns (Stage 1) There are four key stages in the use of media. These stages include design, development, distribution and reflection. In this piece, we discuss the importance of design and the impact evaluation can have in this stage in creating a successful campaign, and subsequently detail the process.