Glasspockets.org Encourages
Foundation Transparency
2/1/10 
A new web portal from the Foundation Center puts the spotlight on foundation transparency, identifying first-rate examples of organizations that communicate openly about their work. Glasspockets.org illuminates successes, failures, and ongoing experimentation so foundations can build on each other's ideas to increase impact.
- Read the press release
- Visit www.glasspockets.org
Over 40% of Surveyed Funders Are Planning a
Direct Response to Crisis in Haiti
1/22/10 
A survey of the Foundation Center's Grantmaker Leadership Panel indicates that a significant number of leading funders are considering a direct response to the crisis in Haiti, with a primary focus on providing emergency assistance. Read the three-page report, Earthquake in Haiti: Leading U.S. Foundations Respond
to the Crisis, for more about the survey's findings.
- Read the advisory
- Visit Focus on Haiti: Earthquake Relief and Recovery
Foundation Funding for Climate Change Reached Nearly $900 Million in 2008, Foundation Center Research Shows
12/3/09 
As the 2009 Climate Conference in Copenhagen opens, the Foundation Center has prepared a new research advisory that examines foundation support for climate change. Climate Change: The U.S. Foundation Response finds that foundation funding to address issues related to global warming has grown rapidly, climbing from less than $100 million in 2000 to nearly $900 million in 2008.
- Read the advisory
Celebrity Giving Spotlighted in New Directory
11/9/09 
The Foundation Center's new Celebrity Foundation Directory features profiles of more than 1,600 charitable foundations that have been established by well-known figures in business, sports, entertainment, politics, and other areas. It details the charitable giving interests of the rich and famous in a downloadable, searchable PDF format.
- Read the press release
- Purchase the directory
Decline in 2009 Foundation Giving Steeper Than Anticipated, Survey Finds
11/4/09 
Foundation giving will likely decline by more than 10 percent in 2009 according to survey findings released by the Foundation Center. Based on responses of close to 600 foundations, Foundations' Year-end Outlook for Giving and the Sector also finds that continued reductions are expected in 2010.
- Read the press release
- Download the advisory Free
New Report Focuses on Arts Funding in Georgia
10/21/09 
Spotlight on Arts Funding in Georgia sheds light on grant priorities and the effect of the economic crisis on Georgia arts funders and recipient organizations surveyed earlier in 2009. Findings show the contrast between types of support that grantmakers award compared to what arts groups say they need most.
- Download the report Free
New Report Provides First Benchmark of Diversity at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
10/8/09 
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs — but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority, according to Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits, released by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center. The study is the first of its kind in New York City and the nation to examine "both sides" of the equation — with survey data from 95 grantmaking foundations and 540 nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs.
- Read the press release
- Download the report Free
Foundation Center Releases The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance
10/5/09 
The second edition of The 21st Century Nonprofit: Managing in the Age of Governance explores key concepts—accountability, transparency, and responsibility—at the heart of effective governance and looks at the main challenges facing nonprofit organization directors and managers today.
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- Order the report
Georgia Foundations' Assets Increased 58 Percent Over Five-Year Period, New Foundation Center Report Finds
9/29/09 
Assets held by Georgia foundations increased from $8.4 billion to $13.3 billion between 2002 and 2007, according to new data released today in the Foundation Center's Key Facts on Georgia Foundations.
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- Download the report Free
Foundation Center Focuses on Funding for the Arts in a Challenging Economy
9/28/09 
This October, the Foundation Center’s Funding for Arts Month offers special events, classes, and resources aimed at helping artists and nonprofit arts organizations become better grantseekers, increase their funding, and gain insight into how the economic crisis has impacted foundation support for
the arts.
- Read the press release
- Visit Focus on Funding for the Arts
Foundation Center Launches National Education Stimulus Initiative and Web Portal
9/16/09 
Foundations for Education Excellence is a national initiative the Foundation Center is supporting to engage philanthropic institutions and education leaders in a unified, strategic drive to improve public education. The cornerstone of this initiative is a new online resource center, developed with a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation and in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), which will help education funders align their grantmaking with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
- Read the press release
- Visit Foundations for Education Excellence
Foundation Giving Priorities Shift in Gulf Coast Hurricane Response, New Foundation Center Report Finds
8/27/09 
Private and community foundations awarded an additional $125 million in grant support for recovery and rebuilding efforts from January 2007 to mid-2009, according to Giving in the Aftermath of the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Profile of the Ongoing Foundation and Corporate Response (2007-2009). Economic and community development captured the largest dollar share, a shift from giving for human services in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
- Read the press release
- Download the report Free
- Visit the "Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Relief"
portal
Foundation Center Elects Patrick Collins to Board of Trustees
7/27/09 
Patrick Collins is the chief information officer and director of grants administration at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He also manages the foundation's videoconferencing grants program and other grants that pertain to information technology.
- Read the press release
Podcast: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity
7/24/09
Foundation Center president Bradford K. Smith and GuideStar president and CEO Robert G. Ottenhoff discuss how nonprofits and foundations are weathering the economic storm, and the challenges and opportunities for both going forward.
- Read the press release
- Listen to the podcast
- Read the related fact sheet
Social Justice Philanthropy Seeing a Resurgence, Foundation Center Study Finds
7/15/09 
After a number of years of declining faith in the efficacy of social justice philanthropy, grantmakers and practitioners alike are showing renewed optimism, according to Social Justice Grantmaking II, a benchmarking study released today by the Foundation Center that provides an in-depth look at current attitudes and giving patterns of social justice philanthropists.
- Read the press release
- Download the Highlights Free
- Order the report
Foundation Center Launches Philanthropy In/Sight™: New Online Tool Maps Scope
and Impact of Philanthropy Worldwide
7/13/09 
The Foundation Center’s Philanthropy In/Sight™ is a one-of-a-kind data visualization platform designed for grantmakers, policymakers, researchers, or anyone seeking to understand the impact of philanthropy throughout the world. Users can quickly create customized Google maps to explore giving patterns, emerging trends, and funding relationships globally, nationally, or at the community level.
- Read the press release
- Take the Guided Tour
Philanthropic Giving By and For Women on the Rise, Study Finds
6/23/09 
Foundation giving targeted to benefit women and girls has surpassed the rate of overall foundation giving in recent years, and women's funds are a rapidly growing and influential force in philanthropy, according to a new report released today by the Foundation Center and the Women's Funding Network.
- Read the press release
- Download the Highlights Free
- Order the report
Foundation Center and Library of Congress Release New Funding Guide for Preserving Historical, Cultural Collections
6/8/09 
Just released, the second edition of Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is designed to help the preservation community ensure that the nation’s at-risk historical and cultural artifacts in libraries, archives, and museums are saved for future generations.
- Read the press release
- Download the Guide
Foundation Center Focuses on Funding for Education
in June
6/1/09 
Throughout June, the Foundation Center is offering free events, classes, and online resources designed to help nonprofits and scholarship seekers become more effective grantseekers and find new funding prospects.
- Read the press release
- Visit Focus on Funding for Education
Community Foundation Giving Increased 6.7 Percent in 2008 Despite Economy,
New Foundation Center Report Finds
5/28/09 
Community foundations raised their giving by an estimated 6.7 percent in 2008 to a record $4.6 billion, according to the Center's new report, Key Facts on Community Foundations, 2009 ed. However, these foundations will undoubtedly have to reduce giving in 2009.
- Read the press release
- Download the report Free
Foundation Center Partners With Grantmakers for Effective Organizations to Offer Members New Philanthropy In/SightTM Mapping Tool
5/18/09
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) will serve as the Center’s exclusive beta site for its new mapping tool, Philanthropy In/SightTM, leading up to the product's release later this spring. Philanthropy In/Sight is a next-generation mapping application that uses Google maps to plot the location of foundations and their grantees, providing grantmakers with tools to be more strategic and increase the impact of their grantmaking.
- Read the press release
Corporate Foundation Giving Remained Flat in 2008, Foundation Center Report Shows; Declines Expected
in 2009
5/11/09
 Charitable giving by the nation's nearly 2,500 corporate foundations remained virtually unchanged in 2008, according to Key Facts on Corporate Foundations. Giving totaled an estimated $4.4 billion last year. Corporate foundation giving in 2009 will most certainly decline; 51 percent of corporate foundations responding to the Center's survey said they expect to reduce their giving this year.
- Read the press release
- Download the report Free
New Foundation Center Map Guides Nonprofits to Stimulus Dollars and Other Resources
5/5/09
 The Center's new MapShot: Best ARRA Funding Resources by State displays funding opportunities and other information on how nonprofits may be able to access stimulus package funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
- Read the press release
- View the map
More Than a Third of Family Foundations Are Either Uncertain About Lifespan or Expect to Spend Down, New Report Shows
4/30/09
 While existing in perpetuity is the norm for the majority of family foundations, more than a third say they are currently undecided about lifespan or plan to limit their lifespan, according to the first large-scale study of family foundation lifespan plans, jointly released by the Foundation Center and the Council on Foundations. The report benchmarks the intentions, practices, and attitudes of nearly 1,100 family foundations active in 2008.
- Read the press release
- Download the Highlights
- Download the report Free
Foundation Center Provides Research for Global Philanthropy Forum
4/28/09 
At the recent Global Philanthropy Forum conference, the Foundation Center provided the information platform for its five key issues: poverty at home and abroad, access to health care, access to education, global climate change, and reconstruction and reconciliation in post-conflict countries.
- Learn about the issues
Foundation Center Expands Resources for Spanish-language Grantseeekers
4/23/09
At a time when nonprofit organizations are being hard hit by an economy in crisis, the Foundation Center is extending its reach to Spanish-speaking grantseekers and nonprofits serving Latino communities, a part of the nonprofit sector that often has been under-resourced even in the best of economic times.
- Read the press release
Close to Two-thirds of Foundations Expect to Reduce Their Grants in 2009
4/20/09
 A new Foundation Center research advisory, Foundations Address the Impact of the Economic Crisis, examines how U.S. foundations are coping with the crisis, based on recent survey responses of more than 1,200 U.S. foundations. In addition to the expected reduction in giving, over half of the funders surveyed said that they will rely on more non-grantmaking activities in their support for nonprofits.
- Read the press release
- Read the research advisory
- Download a print version of the research advisory
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