New Developments
Border Crossing: Working across sectors for social purpose
Posted by Stephanie Gillis on 2010-06-15 14:36:22 
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“ Border Crossing : Working across sectors for social purpose” L. Bernholz and T. Wang (2010)
This latest in a series of papers for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation explores three cases of philanthropic funders working to effect change by embracing “sector agnostic” strategies that harness private and public sector forces, in addition to nonprofits.
Disrupting Philanthropy: Changing the Rules
Posted by Stephanie Gillis on 2010-05-20 16:05:12 0 comments
Stanford University’s Alumni Network and the Society for the Americas/Council on the Americas hosted a panel presentation on the policy opportunities presented by the new philanthropic landscape in New York City.
Lucy presented with Stanford Professor Rob Reich, Independent Sector CEO Diana Aviv, and Council on Foundations President Steve Gunderson. The panel used Bernholz’s most recent publication, “Disrupting Philanthropy” as the starting point for a future look at the emerging policy landscape. See the NYC event video .
Blueprint is Hiring: Senior Analyst (Evaluation)
Posted by Stephanie Gillis on 2010-03-25 16:51:57 1 comment
Blueprint seeks to hire a senior staff person to continue to develop and advance our growing Evaluation + Organizational Learning practice area. This person would be responsible for building and strengthening these services and would lead business development efforts in this area. In addition, this person would lead all ongoing evaluation projects and mentor junior staff in evaluation and social research methods and data analysis techniques. See the full job description . All applications must be received by May 14, 2010.
This position will be based in Blueprint’s office in San Francisco and will report to the COO. Medical, dental, vacation, discretionary holiday, holiday, 401k, and commuting benefits provided. Salaries are negotiated individually depending on experience. Blueprint is an equal opportunity employer.
To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter via email to jobs(at)blueprintrd.com. Type “Senior Analyst-Eval” in the subject line and paste cover letter and resume directly into the text of a single email. Attachments will not be opened.
Do-It-Yourself Community Organizing Evaluation
Posted by Justin Louie on 2010-03-01 19:08:21 0 comments
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 of evaluation?
Part 2: What did you do to evaluate?
Part 3: What did you learn from the evaluation?
Part 4: How did evaluation help your work?
Part 5: What advice would you give others looking to engage in evaluation of organizing?
Blueprint Launches Annual Monograph
Posted by Tony Wang on 2009-12-18 10:14:17 0 comments
Blueprint is pleased to launch the first annual industry-wide analysis for giving and social investing! Blueprint 2010 answers questions such as:
-Whither giving in 2010?
-Which innovations should I understand and which are just buzzwords?
-What are the key policy issues that might influence philanthropy?
-What wildcard events will matter and what should I be on the lookout for?
