Environmental Action: Fresh Ideas & New Voices
We are inviting environment-facing nonprofit organizations formed in the past decade to join us for lunch and informal conversation. As staff to funders and as humans, we have questions. read more
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Case Studies
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.
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.
Field scan: dynamics of a funding ecosystem
By surveying its dynamic environment, the organization is able to consider its possible futures, including what to keep, what to change, and what new initiatives or collaborations would enhance its abiding mission.
News
2018 NPO Conversation series at GMA
Thank you for your interest in joining other Boston-area nonprofit leaders and GMA staff for a lunchtime discussion of issues that matter. read more
Resources
It’s Time to Review Your Foundation Bylaws
Bylaws are intended to exert a powerful influence on foundation board behavior. Prepare for reflection and renewal. read more
Grantmakers Re-group to Meet Shifting Public Policy
In response, many foundation leaders have tailored their strategies and tactics in continued pursuit of their missions. read more
