CEP – Giving Big
Buteau, E., Buchanan, P., Lopez, M., Malmgren, K., & Im, C. (2022). Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits. The Center for Effective Philanthropy. From the website: “In late July 2020, MacKenzie Scott shocked the philanthropic and nonprofit worlds with the announcement that she had given $1.7 billion to 116 nonprofit organizations. […]
Wilhelm & Romon – Accelerating funding for systems change
Wilhelm, N., & Romon, E. (2022). Accelerating funding for systems change. The Philanthropist, 14 March This blog post reports from the journey of a group of 12 organizations in Switzerland to explore the topic of systems change. What (systematic) changes in funding, learning and collaboration are required to support systems change? The authors list five […]
Funding Mechanism Spiderweb Tool
Funding Systems Change initiative – Funding Mechanism Spiderweb Tool This tool was developed by a working group of the Funding Systems Change initiative composed by foundations and social innovators. Its purpose is to help foundations reflect on their funding mechanisms across different dimensions in the funding cycle. These include dimensions whose relevance or implications may […]
Ashoka Switzerland – Embracing Complexity
Ashoka Switzerland (2022). Embracing Complexity: Towards a Shared Understanding of Funding Systems Change. From the report: “Systemic challenges require systemic answers, but currently the dominant funding practices are ill-suited to support them. Systems change leaders often struggle because current funding practices are often built to support short-term projects with clear, measurable results rather than collaborative, […]
Petraske – ‘Trust-Based Philanthropy’ and the Foundation Board
Petraske, A. (2021). “Trust-Based Philanthropy” and the Foundation Board. Taxation of Exempts, March/April: 25-29. From the article: “This article explores the concept of “trust-based philanthropy” from a legal perspective, primarily for advisers, but also for foundation directors and senior leadership interested in giving (or seeking) funding according to this model.” Read the article here through […]
Imagine Canada – Trust & Impact
Ayer, S., & Anderson, P. (2022). Trust & Impact: Funders’ Perspectives on Unrestricted Funding in Canada. Imagine Canada. From the report: “The lack of unrestricted funding has been lamented by nonprofit leaders for more than a decade. But the pendulum has perhaps started to swing again, with the first signs of increases to unrestricted funding […]
IVAR – The holy grail of funding
Firth, L., Cairns, B., Hopgood, R., & Rooney, K. (2021). The holy grail of funding: Why and how foundations give unrestricted funding. IVAR, November 2021 From the website: “Through the voices of trustees and senior staff from 12 trusts and foundations, we argue that whatever your constraints, and however far along the journey you are, […]
What is unrestricted funding?
The Conversation, July 2021 In this piece for The Conversation, philanthropy experts Genevieve Shaker and Pamala Wiepking explain the definition and context of unrestricted funding. Read the article here
Hung & Berrett – Service Delivery Under Pressure: The Effect of Donor-Imposed Financial Restrictions
Hung, C., & Berrett, J. (2021). Service Delivery Under Pressure: The Effect of Donor-Imposed Financial Restrictions. Public Performance & Management Review, 44(3), 580-601. Abstract (from the website):Nonprofits continue to be faced with the pressure to succeed under financial restrictions. While donors assert that financial restrictions help nonprofit service delivery, nonprofit professionals claim that financial restrictions […]
GDL-inkomsten en financiële gezondheid (Dutch)
Als goede doelen beneficiant worden van de Postcode Loterij of de VriendenLoterij kunnen zij meer uitgeven aan fondsenwerving en zijn zij financieel gezonder. Tot deze conclusie kwam Gosha Hooghiemstra in haar masterscriptie, waarin ze data bestudeerde van het CBF. De volledige scriptie is hier te vinden: Hooghiemstra, Gosha (2021) Inkomsten van goede doelen Een dynamisch […]
