Rising to Respond to the Opioid Addiction Crisis
GMA Foundations’ conversation with nonprofit leaders surfaced reasons for hope in responding to the opioid addiction crisis, and 3 focus areas for funders. read more
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Case Studies
Reflective Practice for a Small Foundation
For a small foundation's reflective practice, grantee stories are a valuable source of learning and inspiration, and thinking differently about the future.
Board diversity efforts strengthen foundation leadership
A foundation makes inclusion and diversity a priority for its own board, pioneering a fellowship program and a community advisory board.
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
Improving the Odds of Postsecondary Success
Seven nonprofit leaders' different approaches to postsecondary success: early exposure to college, responses to student poverty, and new ways of framing the experience 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.
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GMA funder community’s
trauma and resilience fund