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Advancing Philanthropy

This section contains a wealth of information for new donors, organized funders, professional advisors and nonprofits.

Topics

Family Economic Success (FES)
Challenges Ahead: Upstate NY Philanthropy and the Economy. A survey of Upstate NY funders (12/08).

Philanthropy in Challenging Times:
Resources for grantmakers and grantseekers
- The Economic Crisis: Background
- Strategies
Call for Research - Funder sponsored research on our region.
Readings in Philanthropy
Management and Governance Tools for Grantmakers
Grantmakers and the Public Trust

Knowledge Centers - studies and tools for donor groups, funders, professional advisors and nonprofits
Engagement - critical issues concerning aging and philanthropy
WILLpower(SM) - planned giving strategies
Rochester Effectiveness Partnership - program evaluation learning and practice

Interesting Reading

Creative Philanthropy: Toward a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century by Helmut K. Anheier and Diana Leat (New York, London: Routledge, 2006). To download a brief (8-page) summary in PDF format, click here.

The World We Want by Peter Karoff (Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2006). Conversations between philanthropic leaders and the founder of The Philanthropic Initiative.

Power Imbalance and the Program Work of Philanthropy. Craig McGarvey, October 2006. Grantmakers In The Arts Reader. This article addresses the power imbalance between grantmakers and grantseekers and encourages sharing power to build a culture of learning.

Philanthropy Book Club

Click Club name to see the latest schedule. (For members of the Grantmakers Forum)

Suggested titles

In 2005, Grantmakers In Aging (GIA), an international organization dedicated to promoting and strengthening grantmaking for an aging society, launched a 2-year EngAGEment Initiative. Grantmakers In Aging partnered with selected regional associations of grantmakers - including Grantmakers Forum of New York - to advance awareness and understanding of critical issues concerning aging and philanthropy.
Learn what we are doing.

Planned giving tools for nonprofits as well as legal and financial advisors. Click on the icon to learn more. (WILLpower is a service mark of Grantmakers Forum of New York)

The Funders Alliance of Upstate New York was a regional association project to unite grantmakers from all parts of Upstate New York – from the Mid-Hudson area and the Southern Tier to the North Country and Western New York. In 2005, Rochester Grantmakers Forum united with members of the Funders Alliance to form the Grantmakers Forum of New York.

Rochester Effectiveness Partnership

The Rochester Effectiveness Partnership (REP) was a collaboration among Rochester area funders, nonprofits, evaluators and several service organizations to provide indepth, high-quality training in participatory evaluation, followed by consistent coaching that was enduring enough to result in significant practice changes.

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Conversations for Grantmakers
Monthly teleconference series.
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NYS Funders Conference
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