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Collaborative Funding Platform Ideas
Publication date:
06/2021
Forum members share collaborative funding platform ideas. Responses are compiled below by known and unknown organizations.
Collaboration
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Communities of Practice Lessons Learned
Publication date:
05/2021
Forum members shared communities of practice lessons and successes that they had with their respective organizations. Responses are compiled below by known organizations.
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Collaborative Philanthropy Playbook
Minnesota Council on Foundation's playbook for its members on its collaborative philanthropy model. It includes an overview of MCF’s collaborative philanthropy model; one-pagers about each component of the model; planning templates and guides for starting a network, working group or collaboration; other ways MCF can support peer learning and networking through program partnerships and a quick-start guide for its online community “The Hub.”
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Advocacy Funder Collaboratives
Publication date:
04/2017
For this suite of resources, GrantCraft captured the wisdom of philanthropic leaders who have participated in multi-party advocacy collaboratives and conducted a literature scan of how foundations talk about advocacy-focused collaborative work.
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Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy
San Diego Grantmakers' Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy describes how they help their members efficiently and effectively form and sustain collaborations. It is based on best practices identified from published research as well as interviews with members, regional associations of grantmakers, foundations, and consultants across the nation.
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Changing Hearts and Minds: How philanthropy helped love win
Publication date:
11/2014
In 2004, a group of foundations came together to create a funder collaborative in support of Freedom to Marry’s state-by-state strategy to win marriage equality. Over the following 11 years, this unique collaborative and its funding partners invested a total of $153 million to support a wide range of activities across the country to change hearts and minds on a massive scale — and ultimately to deliver a historic win for equality and love.
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Catalyzing Regional Economic Transformation: Lessons from Funder Collaboration in Northeast Ohio
Publication date:
11/2013
The Fund for Our Economic Future brought together a set of philanthropic institutions from across Northeast Ohio to promote a regional approach for increasing economic prosperity and opportunity. The original 28 Fund members committed a total of $30 million over three years to begin restoring regional economic competitiveness through pooled grantmaking, research and convening.
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Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together
Publication date:
12/2009
In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're in is working. Contributors also offer ample proof that collaboratives are leading the field in bringing the voices of nonfunders — grantees, intended beneficiaries, experts, and others — into the process of making grants.
Event
Communications Peer Community
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Webinar
Join your communications peer community colleagues for a round-robin discussion about a variety of topics.
News
Dispatch from #ForumCon23:The Power of Personal Connection
Release Date:
08/22/2023
In a guest post, Jamie Raspberry, Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships at Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy, reflects on lessons learned from #ForumCon23 and shares key takeaways from the conference.