Resources
on the Philanthropic Landscape
Associated Grant Makers
The Giving Report: Giving in Massachusetts
Understanding the Giving Landscape
Center on Wealth & Philanthropy
at Boston College
Provides a searchable database of articles, books, research.
Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy
Council on Foundations
News, research, and tools.
Family
Philanthropy Online (AGM members only)
Resources for family foundations.
Foundation Center:
Researching Philanthropy
Statistics, Grants Classification Scheme, Literature of Philanthropy
database.
Foundation
Center: PubHub
Research reports written by or with foundations.
The Future
of Philanthropy Global Business Network/Monitor Institute
This website provides resources that will assist your organization
in improving your philanthropic activities. It also is a window
on the larger landscape with discussions on the direction and
promise of philanthropy.
Giving Forum
The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (the Forum) is a national philanthropic leader and a network of 33 regional associations of grantmakers. It supports philanthropy by strengthening the ability of all regional associations to fulfill their missions; these associations promote the growth and effectiveness of philanthropy in order to improve life in their communities.
Grants Managers Network
The Grants Managers Network improves grantmaking by advancing the knowledge, skills and abilities of grants management professionals and leading grantmakers to adopt and incorporate effective practices that benefit the philanthropic community
Joseph
and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library
(Indiana-Purdue University). Provides access to such resources as PRO - Philanthropy Resources Online, a database of articles, essarys and monographs on philanthropy.
A
Map of the Craft (Grantcraft.org)
Grantcraft has complied input from hundreds of grantmakers on
their approaches to the seven challenges of grant making: Leading,
planning, grants management, finding allies, understanding the
role, working with grantees, and organizing for impact. The skills
and practices necessary to be successful in each of these areas
are provided on the website. This site in general, as well as
their publications are considered very useful tools for grantmakers.
National Commmittee for
Responsive Philanthropy
NCRP promotes philanthropy that serves the public good, is responsive to people and communities with the least wealth and opportunity, and is held accountable to the highest standards of integrity and openness.
Philanthropic
Studies Index
Philanthropic Studies Index (PSI) is a tool to locate information on voluntarism, nonprofit organizations, fundraising, and charitable giving. The bulk of citations currently indexed are from academic journals, dated 1940 to the present. Starting in November of 2003, we will begin to add dissertations, working papers, web sites and other information sources to the database
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