Grantmaking

Entitled Funding Media, Strengthening Democracy: Grantmaking for the 21st Century, the study supplies the facts and figures behind what most of us in the supposedly "independent media" world already knew from first-hand, albeit anecdotal, experience: "Despite the pervasiveness of media, the amount of philanthropic dollars in support of public interest media remains minuscule," and further, "commercial interests continue to dominate media."

Rory O'Connor: Strengthening Democracy Means Funding Independent Media Rory O 2010

In a recent monograph by CSS Senior Policy Fellow Rick Cohen, "Dimensions of Racial Equity in Foundation Grantmaking," (Community Service Society, May 2009), the national trend away from advocacy and community organizing is obvious.

David Jones: Community Organizing 2010

And on Friday, hoping to scatter the concept more broadly throughout the government, the White House and the Case Foundation will team up with federal employees from 35 agencies in an all-day strategy session titled "Promoting Innovation: Prizes, Challenges and Open Grantmaking."

Government contests offer different way to find solutions for problems 2010

A full report is due in December, but Responding in Crisis: An Early Analysis of Foundations 'Grantmaking During the Economic Crisis suggests that the majority of foundation grants went to states facing the severest mortgage delinquency problems, as well as those encumbered by especially high unemployment rates.

Jane Wales: Cheerleading in the Crisis 2010

In a report we commissioned earlier this year, "Dimensions of Racial Equity in Foundation Grantmaking" by CSS Senior Fellow Rick Cohen, the scale of how far foundation giving has fallen is evident.

David Jones: Philanthropy Turns Away from Aggressive Advocacy for the Poor 2009

A recent study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy studying the years 2002 to 2006 identified 132 separate school choice organizations (www. ncrp.org, "Strategic Grantmaking").

Gerald Bracey: Who's Out to Get Public Schools 2008

Top Paying Industry: Grantmaking and giving services $30,220

America's Worst-Paying Jobs 2006

Private Grantmaking Foundations $756,281 $515,939 12/2004

Open Thread for Monday 2006

Grantmaking by foundations and corporations dropped by roughly 4 percent, to $1.4 billion.

StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

"Grantmaking stability is a huge plus, especially during times of continuing unpredictability elsewhere," King said.

www.startribune.com 2012