GMA Foundations Launches CEO Search
GMA is ready for a new CEO to re-imagine the firm’s role in the changing philanthropy environment, ripe with opportunity. read more
News & Resources
Environmental Justice Fund Recognizes People-Centered Work
Participants in the pooled giving fund considered local responses to the global threat of climate change, focusing on people and resilient communities. read more
Deep community relationships drive strong philanthropy
The Miller Foundation is a testament to the value of deep engagement in philanthropy. So - how does one go about building community relationships? read more
Job Opening: Program Officer
GMA Foundations (GMA) provides grantmaking, administrative, financial management, and consulting services to foundations, philanthropic families, and giving programs that support a wide range read more
Grantmaking due diligence: organizational budget size
Using organizational budget size as a proxy indicator in grantmaking can reinforce funding inequities and lead to lost opportunity. read more
Funding climate-resilient communities
Philanthropy’s traditional orientation toward people, rather than their ecosystems, may in fact be instrumental to building climate-resilient communities. read more
Staff Directs GMA’s Annual Giving
In longstanding GMA tradition, a group of three volunteers sifts through employee nominations, and selects the recipients of our year-end corporate giving. There read more
Prepare for ethical dilemmas on family boards
How does a family board find a common lens through which to identify and resolve ethical dilemmas? We recommend taking the values statement a step further read more
Ten ways to plan for board succession and continuity
This outline is meant as a springboard. Which of these steps is a priority, which will lead to productive conversation with your family board? read more
Three Questions to Sharpen Your Foundation’s Focus
In philanthropy, our generosity and desire to say yes work against our desire to narrow our goals and sharpen our strategy. read more