Web Conference: Forty Ways to Maximize Fundraising Through Your Web Site Wednesday, July 8, 1:00-3:00 pm
Join us at the Foundation Center for this web conference on online fundraising presented by the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Learn more and register»
Evaluating Your Impact: Basics for Smaller Charities Wednesday, July 22, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Presented by the BBB Foundation in collaboration with the Foundation Center, this program focuses on the basics of conducting evaluation research to better understand your organization’s impact. Learn more and register»
Scholarships are now available to assist representatives of under-resourced nonprofits to attend Foundation Center full-day training seminars in 2009. If you represent a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a budget under $1,000,000, you are eligible to apply. Scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
A blog that spotlights grantmakers, their grants, and the work of the Foundation Center and other nonprofit organizations in the New York metro area and beyond.
Foundations Will Rely More on Non-Grantmaking Activities to Achieve Goals
Findings from the Foundation Center's most recent survey of the largest foundations in the country show that nearly two-thirds of the more than 1,200 respondents expect to give fewer or smaller grants in 2009. Survey responses also indicated that they expect to provide more technical assistance, emergency or bridge funding, and advocacy for the nonprofit organizations they support.
Philanthropy Chat: Bruno Manno Discusses Annie E. Casey Foundation's Investments in Education
May 21, 2009
Bruno Manno, Ph.D., senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, discusses the key role that schools play in advancing the foundation's efforts to improve outcomes for families and children.
Philanthropy Chat: How Donors Can Support Students' Educational Funding
May 21, 2009
Jonathan Bydlak, executive director of DiscoverScholars.org, discusses a new vehicle for scholarship awards tied closely to the varied interests of its donors.