Philanthropy
Education and Support of Donors
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Washington, DC
For education of executives and staff at foundations
$800,000
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Washington, DC
For general support of the Pursuit of Excellence program
250,000
Synergos Institute
New York, NY
For the Senior Fellows Program (Collaboration with Global Development)
200,000
Knowledge about Philanthropy
Decision Research
Eugene, OR
For the research of Paul Slovic et al. on people's response to large-scale humanitarian problems and personal tragedy as it relates to humanitarian response
Collaboration with Special Projects
Duke University
Durham, NC
For costs associated with the publication of The Foundation: A Great American Secret
55,000
Foundation Strategy Group [now FSG Social Impact Advisors]
Boston, MA
For a study of evaluation practices in philanthropy
450,000
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability
London, United Kingdom
For the creation and field trials of a learning and evaluation methodology for nonprofits and donors
500,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
For general support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
600,000
Marketplace for Effective Philanthropy
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Kansas City, MO
For the DonorEdge National Center, an online database of information about nonprofits
600,000
Innovation Network
Washington, DC
For online tools for nonprofit planning and evaluation
50,000
Network for Good
Bethesda, MD
For providing "Make a Donation" links on GuideStar's charity information page
50,000
One Economy
Washington, DC
For the enhancement of the 2-1-1 Beehives to allow clients to rate and review social service providers
75,000
Sustainable Northwest
Portland, OR
For strategic plan development of the Values Market program
75,000
Organizational Effectiveness
Action Canada for Population and Development
Ottawa, Canada
For a project to expand and diversify sources of funding (Collaboration with Population)
25,000
African Population and Health Research Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
For improving the overall effectiveness of the Centre (Collaboration with Population)
25,000
Arts Council Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
For theory-of-change consultant services for the Artsopolis Marketing Partnership
Collaboration with Performing Arts
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Berkeley, CA
For executive transition and strategic planning (Collaboration with Performing Arts)
50,000
CARE
Atlanta, GA
For an integrated programmatic, fundraising, strategic, and communications plan (Collaboration with Population and Global Development)
50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights
New York, NY
For support of a brand and communications audit (Collaboration with Population)
32,500
Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
San Francisco, CA
For communications strategic planning for the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (Collaboration with Environment)
40,000
Communications Leadership Institute
Washington, DC
For the 2006 Leadership Development program
65,500
For the planning phase of the California Policymaker Outreach Project
35,000
EngenderHealth
New York, NY
For strategic planning activities (Collaboration with Population)
30,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Chicago, IL
For support of a strategic assessment of a Great Plains expansion program (Collaboration with Environment)
40,000
Equal Access
San Francisco, CA
For strategic and fund development planning (Collaboration with Education)
50,000
Family Care International
New York, NY
For an institutional evaluation process (Collaboration with Population)
25,000
Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
For an organizational effectiveness grant to support technical assistance providers during an executive leadership transition (Collaboration with Performing Arts)
25,000
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Washington, DC
For planning on grantmaker education
9,000
High Country News
Paonia, CO
For strategic planning to increase diversity (Collaboration with Environment)
7,500
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
For job search services to hire a director of the Philanthropy Incubator
37,087
Innovation Network
Washington, DC
For training of prospective grantees
40,000
International Rescue Committee
New York, NY
For developing a communications strategy for the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (Collaboration with Population)
30,000
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Paris, France
For planning activities of three International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Scientific Panels (Collaboration with Population)
30,000
Jefferson Union High School District
Daly City, CA
For strategic planning for the Daly City Youth Health Center (Collaboration with Population)
12,500
Latino Issues Forum
San Francisco, CA
For facilitation of a strategic planning process (Collaboration with Environment, Education, and Population)
45,000
Learning Matters
New York, NY
For succession and strategic planning (Collaboration with Education)
50,000
Magic Theatre
San Francisco, CA
For an organizational effectiveness grant (Collaboration with Performing Arts)
35,000
Playwrights Foundation
San Francisco, CA
For infrastructure assessment (Collaboration with Performing Arts)
10,000
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
For strategic planning for the Pharmacy Access Partnership (Collaboration with Population)
32,500
Radio Bilingue
Fresno, CA
For a planning effort that combines organization-wide strategic planning with exploration of new technology delivery platforms (Collaboration with Environment)
20,000
Resource Media
San Francisco, CA
For organizational capacity-building projects (Collaboration with Environment)
50,000
Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles, CA
For evaluation of Southern California Public Radio's education-related programming (Collaboration with Education)
15,000
Transportation and Land Use Coalition
Oakland, CA
For development of an updated and more effective communications strategy (Collaboration with Environment)
25,000
Union for African Population Studies
Dakar-Ponty, Sénégal
For a restructuring process and completion of a strategic plan (Collaboration with Population)
10,000
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
For evaluation and strategic planning aimed at strengthening research capacity and increasing policy impact for Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) (Collaboration with Education)
50,000
Wild Salmon Center
Portland, OR
For program development of the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership (Collaboration with Environment)
70,000
Z Space Studio
San Francisco, CA
For an organizational effectiveness grant (Collaboration with Performing Arts)
30,000
Other General Philanthropy Grants
Council on Foundations
Washington, DC
For government relations and public policy
35,438
Foundation Center
New York, NY
For general operating support
100,000
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
For general support
500,000
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
For general support
30,000
Peninsula Community Foundation
San Mateo, CA
For support of the merger of Community Foundation Silicon Valley and Peninsula Community Foundation into the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Collaboration with Special Projects and Regional)
500,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
San Mateo, CA
For general support of the new Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Collaboration with Special Projects
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