Improving the Odds of Post-Secondary Success
GMA invites leaders of Boston-area nonprofit organizations that work to improve the odds of post-secondary success for a lunchtime NPO Conversation read more
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Case Studies
A Grantmaker’s Impact Assessment: Yes, and…
Our client had evidence that their grants had led to major policy changes and benefits for communities, but they wanted to know more - to learn and adjust.
Nonprofit-Funder Relationships, Confident Grantmaking
Recently we witnessed a grant application from a small charter elementary school in an economically struggling port city spark a private foundation board’s enthusiasm in an unusual way.
A Family’s Donor-Advised Fund Finds Strategic Focus
A field-building approach helped the Rudolph Family Fund achieve greater strategic clarity and increased impact.
Advisory board guides collaborative conservation grants
A regional environment funder conducts research and consults with an advisory board to help conserve more land at a faster rate.
News
Parker Foundation Board Names Three Lowell Residents as Advisors
Theodore Edson Parker Foundation announces the appointment of three new Lowell advisors— residents who serve in an advisory capacity for a two-year term. read more
Resources
Ready to Add Non-Family Board Members?
Before acting to diversify your family foundation board, assess your readiness to add non-family members. read more
Right-sized Evaluation for Small Foundations
GMA's preferred approach to evaluation can be framed as monitoring, assessment, and learning — processes embedded in small foundations’ grantmaking. read more
Chronic poverty changes a child’s brain;
adverse effects can last into adulthood.
Learn about
GMA funder community’s
trauma and resilience fund