Blueprint staff have written and published articles, papers, and books on a variety of topics.

Available Publications:

"Is Diversity the Key to Measuring Success?" in Alliance. L. Bernholz (December 2007)

"Grantmaking 2.0: Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices," A. Luckey (August 2007)

"Pedagogy, Playstations and the Public Interest," L. Bernholz (October 2006).

"The Challenge of Assessing Policy and Advocacy Activities: Part II - Moving From Theory to Practice," K. Guthrie, J. Louie, C. Crystal Foster (October 2006).

"Clinics' Progress Along the Path to the Sun, Reflections From the Six-Year Evaluation of CCI's Technology Program," K. Guthrie, A. Luckey and J. Louie (August 2006). Published as part of the report, "Celebrating Technology Advances in California's Community Clinics and Health Centers," Community Clinics Initiative, a joint project of Tides and The California Endowment (August 2006).

"Democracy, Social Justice and Media Reform: A Baseline Study of the Emerging Field of Media Policy," J. Louie and A. Luckey (August 2006).

"Future Matters: Philanthropy Marketplaces: Inventing the Future of Community Philanthropy," L. Bernholz in collaboration with G. Kasper and K. Fulton (Fall 2006).

"Future Matters: Community Foundations and Leadership: What's Race Got to Do With It?," L. Bernholz in collaboration with G. Kasper and K. Fulton (Summer 2006).

"Future Matters: Keeping Your Community Foundation Ahead of the Technology Curve," L. Bernholz in collaboration with G. Kasper and K. Fulton (Spring 2006).

"Catalyzing Creativity through Competition: Building the Field of Digital Media and Learning," L. Bernholz, J. Chin, (April 2006).

"The Power of Learning: Funders and Grantees Getting Smarter Together," J. Chin (February 2006). Originally distributed at the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations 2006 National Conference.

"The Building Blocks of Open Philanthropy," L. Bernholz (October 2005).

"The Challenge of Assessing Policy and Advocacy Activities: Strategies for a Prospective Evaluation Approach ," K. Guthrie, J. Louie, T. David, C. Foster (October 2005).

"On the Brink of New Promise: The Future of U.S. Community Foundations, " L. Bernholz, K. Fulton, G. Kasper. (September 2005). Executive Summary.

"Better Together: Regional Alliances and Small Community Foundation Sustainability," L. Bernholz. (August 2005.) Executive Summary.

"Community Philanthropy for the Future: Recipes for Success," L. Bernholz. Article published in Alliance Magazine, June 2005.

"The Long Tail of Philanthropy," L. Bernholz (June 2005).

"The Long Tail of Philanthropy (Excerpt) ," L. Bernholz (June 2005).

"Building Capacity While Assessing It: Three Foundations' Experiences Using the McKinsey Capacity Assessment Grid," K. Guthrie, A. Preston. An excerpt from "A Funder's Guide to Organizational Assessment," Wilder Publishing Center (2005).

"Bay Area Environmental Education: How Do We Know We’re Making a Difference?" J. Chin. Final Report of the Bay Area Environmental Education Evaluation Learning Community (July 2004).

''Foundations Must Stop Passive Approach," L. Bernholz. Opinion published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (May 13, 2004).

"From Improving IT Infrastructures to Achieving Social Good: Outcomes of Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers (NTAPs)," A. Luckey (October 2003).

"Philanthropic Connections: Mapping the Landscape of U.S. Funder Networks," L. Bernholz, K. Guthrie, and K. McGaw. Report of a study by the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Spring 2003).

"Transforming Philanthropic Transactions: An Evaluation of the First Five Years at Social Venture Partners Seattle," K. Guthrie, et al. Evaluation funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation for Social Venture Partners Seattle (May 2003).

"Managing Up in Down Times," L. Bernholz. Paper commisioned for a foundation leaders workgroup by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (January 2003).

"Environmental Literacy: An Accident Waiting to Happen?," J. Chin. Keynote address to Peninsula Community Foundation Center for Venture Philanthropy Environmental Solutions Forum (September 2002).

"The Industry of Philanthropy: Highlights from Key Industry Analyses," L. Bernholz. Highlights from Blueprint's publications 1999-2002 (July 2002).

"Critical Junctures: Philanthropic Associations as Policy Actors," L. Bernholz. Paper prepared for the USC forum "Leveraging Philanthropic Assets for Public Problem Solving" (May 2002).

"Wiring California's Health Care Safety Net: How Community Health Centers are Using Information Technology to Improve Their Services," featured at the Grantmakers in Health Conference (February 2002).

"Philanthropic Comparison Shopping," L. Bernholz. Paper prepared for The Council on Foundations' Series on Emerging Issues in Philanthropy (October 2001).

"Scanning Philanthropy: Early findings and implications for associations," L. Bernholz, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers CEO Meeting, (August 2001).

"Collective Wisdom: Regional Associations of Grantmakers in the 21st Century," L. Bernholz . Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (August 2001).

"New Giving Partners," L. Bernholz. Paper prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation (July 2001).

"Spending Smarter: Knowledge as a Philanthropic Resource,"L. Bernholz. Part of the Project on Foundations in the Knowledge Economy of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (June 2002). Also featured in "From Grantmaker to Leader: Emerging Strategies for Twenty-First Century Foundations," Ellsworth and Lumarda, Eds. Book published by John Wiley & Sons on strategies for philanthropic leaders of the future (November 2002).

"Scanning Philanthropy: 2001 and Beyond," L. Bernholz. A presentation to the Board of the Council on Foundations, Chapel Hill, NC (June 2001).

"The Currency of Change," L. Bernholz and G. Kasper (2001).

"Leveraging Foundation Information Assets," K. Guthrie, L. Bernholz and G. Kasper. Outline of speech from Grants Summit (November 2000).

"The Deliberate Evolution," L. Bernholz for The Marco Polo Project (October 2000).

"Foundations in the Internet Age: Knowledge is an Asset, Too," L. Bernholz and K. Guthrie. In Foundation News and Commentary (May/June 2000).

"Foundations for the Future: Emerging trends in foundation philanthropy," L. Bernholz. Conference Report (December 1999).

"Future Impact: Considering foundation philanthropy in California," L. Bernholz. Conference abstract (August 1999).

"The Future of Philanthropy History: Suggestions for Research and Practice," L. Bernholz. In Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities (June 1999).

"Health Care Conversions and Philanthropy: Important Issues for Practice and Research," L. Bernholz. Conference Report (1999).

"Full-Service Foundations," L. Bernholz. In Foundation News and Commentary (April 1998).

"Private Philanthropy and Public Schools: San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s," L. Bernholz. Dissertation abstract (1995).

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