http://www.blueprintrd.com research & design for philanthropy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:43:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watch organizers from Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO), People Acting in Community Together (PACT), and Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA) describe their experience conducting evaluation of community organizing.  Their evaluation efforts were made possible through the support of The California Endowment. Part 1: What did you want to get out ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/do-it-yourself-community-organizing-evaluation "Building Fields for Policy Change" L. Bernholz and T. Wang. (2010) http://www.blueprintrd.com/building-fields-for-policy-change "Changing the Ecosystem of Change" L. Bernholz, S.L. Seale, T. Wang (2009). http://www.blueprintrd.com/changing-the-ecosystem-of-change "Building to Last: Field building as philanthropic strategy" L. Bernholz, S.L. Seale, T. Wang (2009). http://www.blueprintrd.com/building-to-last-field-building-as-philanthropic-strategy This is a guest post from Nell Edgington, a nonprofit consultant and President of Social Velocity. Nell submitted this post at our invitation as part of our effort to stir the conversation. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Blueprint Research & Design. I think there is a tremendous ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/can-pris-support-fundraising-and-capacity-building In the last post, we alluded to the many benefits of PRIs that have been written about since the PRI was formally established as a philanthropic tool in 1969. These include: helping investees retain a commitment to mission becoming better grantmakers extending the foundation's resources capacity-building for individuals and institutions; catalyzing or strengthening good ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/grants-vs-loans-for-nonprofits-common-justifications-for-using-pris Grants that provide financial resources without expectation of financial return are still the primary source of philanthropic capital. It wasn’t until the Tax Reform Act of 1969 that program-related investments were formally recognized as an addition to the philanthropic toolbox. According to Ford Foundation records, Louis Winnick, a deputy vice ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/grants-vs-loans-for-nonprofits-%e2%80%93-introduction "Reset, Ready, Start: Lessons from Zero Divide's Community Investment Model" T. Joh, L. Bernholz, T. Wang (August 2009). http://www.blueprintrd.com/reset-ready-start-lessons-from-zero-divides-community-investment-model There is a wealth of information for individuals who want to learn how foundations have historically approached the issue of mission investing. For program-related investments, there are the Ford Foundation’s two reports, Grantcraft’s guide, the Packard Foundation’s case studies, and the transcripts available from the 2006 PRI Conference. For mission-related ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/the-philanthropic-capital-matrix How Technology Is Influencing Philanthropy and Social Innovation January 28, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Stanford Humanities Center The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, seeking to connect scholars with practitioners working to effect social change, continues its seminar series with a panel that include Sonal Shah, head of the Office ... http://www.blueprintrd.com/how-technology-is-influencing-philanthropy-social-innovation