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New Web Site Strengthens Black Male Achievement Field

3/28/2013 10:03 AM EST
Foundation Center and Open Society Foundations Launch BMAfunders.org
New York, NY — March 28, 2013. The Foundation Center and the Open Society Foundations have launched the web portal BMAfunders.org to facilitate engagement, collaboration, and strategic decision making among funders, nonprofits, and policymakers working to promote positive outcomes for black men and boys in America....

Amid Decline in Georgia Foundation Giving, the State's Grantmakers and Charities...

2/21/2013 11:04 AM EST
General Operating Support Grants Rank as Highest Priority
Atlanta, GA — February 21, 2013. Georgia saw a decline in the number of its grantmaking foundations and their giving in 2010, according to the Foundation Center's Key Facts on Georgia Foundations. The dollar value of grants awarded by the state's foundations fell from $874 million to $778 million in 2010, and the number of active foundations shrank for...

Online Resource of Mexican Philanthropy Launched

1/31/2013 12:54 PM EST
Searchable Database of Donors Strengthens Mexico's Social Sector
(Lealo en español) Mexico City, Mexico, and New York, NY, USA — January 30, 2013. A new searchable database of more than 22,000 Mexican philanthropies, Fondos a la Vista, has been launched by the Foundation Center in New York in partnership with the...

Chinese-language Resources for Funders Now Available

1/16/2013 10:17 AM EST
Translated Guides Improve the Practice of Philanthropy Worldwide
New York, NY — January 16, 2013. Thanks to a partnership between the Foundation Center in New York City and the Beijing-based China Foundation Center, 31 guides widely used by grantmakers in the U.S. have been translated into Chinese....
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Data Are Transforming Philanthropy and the Social Economy

1/7/2013 10:09 AM EST
Lucy Bernholz Joins Forces With GrantCraft, Predicts Big Shifts in 2013
New York, NY — January 7, 2013. A GrantCraft publication released today, Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013, written by leading philanthropy scholar Lucy Bernholz, captures the changing landscape of what it means to use private resources for...

Foundation Center Aligns With World Bank Institute, Endorses Open Aid Partnershi...

11/14/2012 9:54 AM EST
New York, NY — November 14, 2012. The Foundation Center, the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide, has endorsed the Open Aid Partnership (OAP) and its efforts to improve the openness and effectiveness of development assistance worldwide. The Foundation Center's expertise in knowledge management, its role as a driver of transparency, and its...

Foundation Center's IssueLab Provides Comprehensive Access to Third Sector Resea...

11/8/2012 9:45 AM EST
Knowledge Sharing Platform Now Contains 11,000 Resources
New York, NY — November 8, 2012. The Foundation Center has launched the next generation of IssueLab, a web site that provides free and open access to resources that analyze the world's most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges and their potential solutions. The platform contains more than 11,000 documents and...

New Reports Shed Light on Payout Practices and Expense Patterns of U.S. Foundati...

10/23/2012 10:34 AM EST
New York, NY — October 23, 2012. The Foundation Center, the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, has released new reports that examine the payout practices and spending patterns of more than 1,000 larger U.S. independent foundations. These reports provide an authoritative, unbiased source of knowledge to help the public and policymakers better understand foundation practice and to help foundations benchmark...

Foundation Center and TechSoup Global Form Strategic Alliance

10/18/2012 10:53 AM EST
New York, NY — October 18, 2012. The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a strategic alliance that will leverage their expertise in data management, analysis, and visualization to unlock the power of information for the social sector worldwide. Together, the two organizations possess sets of nonprofit data that are among the largest in the world. Their extensive and complementary networks of...

GuideStar and Foundation Center Offer New Benefits to Charitable Organizations

10/16/2012 9:27 AM EST
New Partnership Promotes Knowledge Sharing; Strengthens Nonprofit and Grantmaking Sectors
Washington, DC — October 16, 2012. GuideStar, the leading source of nonprofit information, and the Foundation Center, the leading authority on philanthropy, today announced the launch...

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