133 Private Foundation vs Private Operating Foundation: Understanding the Key Differences
Foundation Group
MARCH 22, 2021
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Why Your Foundation Needs a Brand
Mission Minded
AUGUST 9, 2021
Learn the six key benefits that a strong brand can have to communicate your foundation’s impact beyond dollars distributed. The post Why Your Foundation Needs a Brand appeared first on Mission Minded. Blog Foundations Nonprofit Branding
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Client Spotlight: Think Happy Thoughts Foundation, Inc.
Foundation Group
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The post Client Spotlight: Think Happy Thoughts Foundation, Inc. appeared first on Foundation Group®. Clients Purpose 501(c)(3) 501c3 nonprofit charitable purpose client client spotlight nonprofit private foundation
Our EveryAction Hero: United Nations Foundation
EveryAction
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. What does the United Nations Foundation do? The United Nations Foundation has a very distinct role in the evolution of #GivingTuesday. The United Nations Foundation recently made the switch to EveryAction.
Our EveryAction Hero: St. John's Hospital Foundation
EveryAction
OCTOBER 4, 2018
John's Hospital Foundation has been working since 1999 to support St. With their support, the medical center is now rated 5 stars by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS (a hospital rating agency) and the foundation is continuing its incredible work to build a living center and meet the needs of their local community. John's Hospital Foundation was created in 1999. We have quarterly Friends of the Foundation receptions.
Jolkona Foundation: Measuring Impact
A Small Change
JULY 22, 2009
Jolkona Foundation has some great ideas about how to measure donor impact. What inspired you to start the Jolkona Foundation? One to one” refers to the fact that all donations via the Jolkona Foundation website make a specific impact with which the individual donor can identify. Jolkona Foundation focuses on establishing “one-to-one” impact in order to help address this problem. Tags: Business and Foundations Guest Posts & Reviews
Gates Foundations Seeks Communications Proposals—Game Changer
Getting Attention
APRIL 9, 2012
This RFP is focused on development organizations but I hope more funding will follow from Gates and other foundations, as a recognition of how crucial engagement is to achieving organizational and programmatic goals. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a call for communications proposals to “help change the narrative on foreign aid.” At last—funding specifically directed to communications!
Managing Social Media at the Foundation Center
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 10, 2011
In our latest interview in our series on Junction C: Where Creating and Curating Meet Content and Conversation , Jereme Bivins, the social media manager for the Foundation Center, discusses his approach to working with five regional offices across the U.S., Jereme updates the Foundation Center’s main Twitter account and Facebook page, and staff in the regional offices do their own.
#GRANT: Dell Computers & Dell Foundation Offer Resources For Youth & Environment
Non Profit Marketing 360
MAY 22, 2012
Michael and Susan Dell established their foundation in 1999 in an effort to present their booming company as a corporate citizen. The efforts of the foundation are to multiply the work of Dell’s individual employees: Being a good corporate citizen is more than just writing a check to a nonprofit and checking ‘complete’ next to your external branding strategy. In all these cases, the foundation clearly wants to support the youth in the US and abroad.
#Fundraising: How To Apply For Grants From The Gates Foundation
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 24, 2011
In our ongoing series on helping our readers find sources of grants and apply for them, we turn to the Gates Foundation, founded by Microsoft’s previous CEO, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. In the public imagination, the good work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation goes a long way to erase all those terrible memories of Windows Millennium, Service Pack Y (incompatible with Service Pack X), and Blue Screens of Death.
#Fundraising: How To Apply For Grants From The Gates Foundation
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 24, 2011
In our ongoing series on helping our readers find sources of grants and apply for them, we turn to the Gates Foundation, founded by Microsoft’s previous CEO, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. In the public imagination, the good work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation goes a long way to erase all those terrible memories of Windows Millennium, Service Pack Y (incompatible with Service Pack X), and Blue Screens of Death.
Barth Syndrome Foundation Thank You Letter: Before and After
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 13, 2013
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#GRANTS: The Lawrence Foundation Can Help Your Environmental Or Health Program
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 17, 2012
In our ongoing periodic series on sources for grants, we have focused on foundations tied to the great tech companies of our day. In this installment we present a foundation not obviously linked to that sector of the economy, though in fact it is intimately entwined. Over the last decade-plus, the foundation has offered over $3 million to projects concerning education, health, the environment, and disaster relief (local and international).
3 Things Your Community Foundation Should Communicate Now
Mission Minded
AUGUST 15, 2018
Recent articles in the New York Times and Fast Company about the excesses of some Donor Advised Funds point to a likely new reality for community foundations: that when a more reform-minded Congress is next seated, new rules will likely be put in place that will dramatically change the landscape for community foundations. The post 3 Things Your Community Foundation Should Communicate Now appeared first on Mission Minded.
Why Your Foundation Needs a Brand
Mission Minded
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Private Foundations don’t have the same reasons as nonprofits do to build a strong brand. Foundations already have money. Recently, one of our clients, who serves as the head of a family foundation, said to me, “Grantmaking is the […]. Blog branding Foundations fundraising Let’s face it. What does it matter what anyone thinks about them? Plenty, it turns out.
Laying a Good Foundation: Short-Term Priorities for Nonprofit Marketing
Fundraising 123
JUNE 26, 2013
Laying a great foundation for the expansion of your nonprofit''s marketing and donation efforts can help you find success now while planning long-term goals. Below is a list of short-term priorities to help you focus your time and maximize your impact ASAP. Photo from Flickr member one tiny spark Thanking donors creatively is one of the short-term priorities you can focus on now.
Next Generation of Philanthropy: Jolkona Foundation
A Small Change
JULY 23, 2009
Yesterday your read about the motivation behind Jolkona Foundation and a little bit more about some what they are trying to accomplish with the ability to measure the impact of each donation. What is an example of the kind of partnerships you create with the Jolkona Foundation? For every gift that organization receives through Jolkona Foundation, they will send before-and-after photos of the person receiving that specific gift.
#PHILANTHROPY: #Sundance & A3 Foundation Extend Cooperation for Asian-American Artists
Non Profit Marketing 360
JANUARY 24, 2013
Shot from a film sponsored by the A3 Foundation. The A3 Foundation was founded in 2012 by Philip Fung, Julia Lam, and Franklyn Chien, who were early Facebook employees, and who wanted to encourage both Asian-American artists (thus the ‘A3′) and those working on projects pertinent to the larger Asian-American community. The ‘Asian American Artists Foundation’ is now doing the same thing as an “Institute Associate.
6 Ways to Utilize Your Foundation’s Year-End Communications Budget
Mission Minded
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
The end of the year is approaching and, for foundations and others, that means it’s time to consider how you. The post 6 Ways to Utilize Your Foundation’s Year-End Communications Budget appeared first on Mission Minded. Blog Foundations
Decent Humans: Caryn Henning at MDRT Foundation
CrowdRise
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re going to highlight a Decent Human in the nonprofit world that’s devoting their time and passion to giving back and making a difference. We hope that by sharing their stories of aid, altruism, and passion, others will be inspired to make an even greater impact on the world we live in
Cause Marketing from Clinique Benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Cause Related Marketing
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Clinique is owned by the Estee Lauder Companies, so the benefiting charity is the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which was founded by Evelyn Lauder in 1993. Because of the intimacy of the two organizations, Estee Lauder and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation are probably the two organizations to try and make something like this happen.
Newman's Own Foundation $500k Holiday Challenge Invite
CrowdRise
OCTOBER 31, 2017
With #GivingTuesday and the holidays fast approaching, we wanted to make sure our nonprofit partners, and really all nonprofits were aware of a great opportunity available to them from Newman’s Own Foundation and CrowdRise. Here’s the invite: Fundraising Marketing
Ep189: Dunkin' Rebrands Foundation to Bring More "Joy In Childhood"
Selfish Giving
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Christine Riley Miller , Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility & Corporate Foundation for Dunkin' Brands , about the company's new, re-branded foundation, the Joy in Childhood Foundation. The goal of the foundation is right in the name: to provide the simple joys of childhood to sick and hungry kids. Why Dunkin' decided to rebrand its foundation.
Upside Down Philanthropy – Foundation for the Future of Giving
Mission Minded
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Mission Minded works with many outstanding foundations. The 3 featured below have turned foundation support upside down, so if you work for a foundation or seek support from them, this post is for you. Here’s what these foundations do that many others still don’t: Ask communities, people, and/or benefactors what they need and want, rather […]. The post Upside Down Philanthropy – Foundation for the Future of Giving appeared first on Mission Minded.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Firecracker Foundation
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
APRIL 17, 2015
Meet Firecracker Foundation. On a day-to-day basis, The Firecracker Foundation works with survivors of childhood sexual trauma through long-term strategies of therapy, arts enrichment, and yoga practice. On a larger scale, however, The Firecracker Foundation is about community. Network for Good works with so many amazing nonprofits and we want to introduce you to them and the great work they are doing!
9 reasons why people put money in holding pens (such DAFs or foundations) instead of giving directly right away
iMarketSmart
JUNE 22, 2018
If they simply were hoarders, they’d never put it in a DAF or foundation in the first place. The post 9 reasons why people put money in holding pens (such DAFs or foundations) instead of giving directly right away appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. Indecisive. They want and need to give and they might have organizations in mind, but they haven’t decided where to give yet. Fearful. They are afraid to give impulsively.
Tips & Tricks from the Foundation Side of Grant Seeking
Fundraising Coach
APRIL 18, 2016
More importantly, she's even worked in a foundation that gave out grants. She goes into much more detail in The Nonprofit Academy training Tips & Tricks from the Foundation Side of Grant Seeking. Tips & Tricks from the Foundation Side of Grant Seeking. My story started as the Program Office for the Michigan Women’s Foundation. Now the exception to this is when a foundation or other grant making organization specifically says that phone calls are not welcome.
Foundations: Innovation, Really?
Fundraising Breakthroughs
APRIL 7, 2010
Among interviewees and participant advisors to the project that resulted in the report Caring to Change , many see foundations as embodying double standards for innovation and risk. With all the trendy and appealing chatter about “innovation” and game-changing, scalable solutions (see White House, see new journals, see social venture philanthropy), I’m wondering if mainstream and family foundations are enough a part of the conversation. Foundations can afford to be risk-takers.
The One Secret to Winning Foundation Grants
NonProfit Hub
MARCH 18, 2015
there are the more than 75,000 foundations that give away billions more every year — large organizations you may have heard of, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (with over $35 billion earmarked for giving — and upwards of $2 billion handed out each and every year) … all the way down to smaller, little-known family and community foundations set up to help places like local food banks and animal shelters with a few thousand dollars at a time. Target local foundations.
Decent Humans: Laura Glaza at The Allstate Foundation
CrowdRise
MARCH 22, 2018
Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re going to highlight a Decent Human in the nonprofit world that’s devoting their time and passion to giving back and making a difference. We hope that by sharing their stories of aid, altruism, and passion, others will be inspired to make an even greater impact on the world we live in. Marketing Decent Humans
Decent Humans: Chilton at Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York
CrowdRise
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re going to highlight a Decent Human in the nonprofit world that’s devoting their time and passion to giving back and making a difference. We hope that by sharing their stories of aid, altruism, and passion, others will be inspired to make an even greater impact on the world we live in. Marketing Decent Humans
Why Do Corporate Foundations Spread Their Grants so Broadly?
Cause Related Marketing
APRIL 8, 2013
The mine, owned by Kennecott and its corporate parent Rio Tinto, charges a modest vehicle entrance fee that goes to the Kennecott Utah Copper Visitor’s Center Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private foundation which divvies it up the proceeds among local charities. There’s also a gift shop in the visitor’s center and proceeds from the sales of items there also benefits the Foundation. The year 2010 was a record year for the Foundation, it donated $186,000.
Understanding the 501(c)(3) Public Support Test
Foundation Group
JULY 19, 2021
The post Understanding the 501(c)(3) Public Support Test appeared first on Foundation Group®. Education Filings Managing a Nonprofit private foundation public charity public support test
Decent Humans: Ellen McElligott at the Pat Tillman Foundation
CrowdRise
APRIL 19, 2018
Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re going to highlight a Decent Human in the nonprofit world that’s devoting their time and passion to giving back and making a difference. We hope that by sharing their stories of aid, altruism, and passion, others will be inspired to make an even greater impact on the world we live in. Decent Humans
3 Ways the Lance Armstrong Foundation can Survive
Fundraising Coach
AUGUST 24, 2012
The Lance Armstrong Foundation faces a rocky phase despite all the good it’s doing in educating on cancer, helping raise awareness about prevention, and even giving inspiration to those fighting the battle. Here are 3 ways the Lance Armstrong Foundation can do to survive this: Tell the troops NOW. The Foundation needs to get ahead of the story. Simply asking their fans what the Foundation has meant for them will have tremendous power.
50 Nonprofit Facts and Statistics
Foundation Group
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
The post 50 Nonprofit Facts and Statistics appeared first on Foundation Group®. Commentary Employees/Volunteers Filings Funding News Purpose donations grants IRS private foundation public charity statistics
Webinar Recap: Ellen McElligott at the Pat Tillman Foundation
CrowdRise
JUNE 13, 2018
Did you get a chance to check out our webinar, 10 ways to modernize your next endurance event ? If not, no worries, we’ve got everything you need to know right here. Interviews
4 Grant Writing Tips to Bolster Relationships with Foundations
NonProfit Hub
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
Jeff Kutash, the executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, Neb, deals with grants on a daily basis. What does the head of a foundation that gave $18 million in grant money last year have to say about grant writing and the relationship between foundations and nonprofit professionals? He later expanded on that thought, talking about the perceived “power imbalance” between the foundation and potential grantee. Grant writing is a time-consuming process.
Cause Marketing is at the Foundation of Modern Grocery Retailing
Cause Related Marketing
MARCH 13, 2012
The house was about 100 years old back then and the foundation was made of rock rather than concrete. I write this post from my home office in my basement, which is heated, well-lit and comfortable. The floor beneath my feet is carpeted. Had the basement lacked any of these features, we probably wouldn’t have bought this house. Such amenities are assumed. But as a college student I lived in one of those classic ‘pit’ kinds of apartments.
Kenneth Rainin Foundation Debuts Strategic New Website
Mission Minded
JUNE 25, 2013
Mission Minded is proud to have designed the Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s new website, which launched this month. The new design demonstrates the Foundation’s personality and captures the innovative thinking and cutting-edge ethos that drives their grantmaking in three primary giving areas: the Arts, Education, and Health.
Foundations Using Social Media for Movement Building
A. Fine Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
The topic for this month’s Social Good Podcast is on the ways that foundation’s are using social media to support movement building. The guests are Suphatra Laviolette of the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Michael Smith of the Case Foundation. I wanted to learn more about how foundations are supporting these kinds of efforts. Joining me today are Supatra Laviolette, head of social media at the Marguerite Case Foundation in Seattle.
Foundations Increasing Use of Social Media
A. Fine Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
A study released by the Foundation Center today reports that foundations are dipping their toes into the social media waters. Based on a small sample of 73 foundation executives, the survey finds that about one-third of foundation CEOs surveyed regularly use Facebook or read blogs. Tags: Social Media case foundation Foundation Center foundations Knight Foundation
More or Better Corporate Partnerships? How National Park Foundation Addressed a "Good Problem" [SPONSORED]
Selfish Giving
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Heading into the new year, Stefanie Mathew , Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at the National Park Foundation (NPF) , knew the nonprofit had a strong wind at its back. Stefanie Mathew, National Park Foundation. NPF was coming off the 2016 centennial celebration of the founding of the National Park Service and there was plenty of business interest in preserving national parks and programs and connecting people to them.
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