Outspoken About Outcomes for Nonprofits. In 1994, at a gathering of a dozen top social-sector leaders, Peter Drucker could clearly see potential for the nonprofit world to make huge strides in innovation, effectiveness, and impact. But a big question swirled in his head. “Though impressed by the emerging movement this group epitomized, he wasn’t convinced that it would amount to wholesale change in the mindset and culture of the social sector,” recalls Mario Morino, a participant in the meeting. For Drucker and the other attendees, the key was to figure out how to turn “this emerging movement into a true force for change.” More than 15 years later, Morino is still trying to do that.
He offers some marvelous ideas in a new book, Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity, published by Venture Philanthropy Partners, at which Morino is chairman. Voluntary Post Mortems Are Rare Of course, this serious pitfall isn’t limited to the social sector. Drucker would have liked this approach. ACT For Alexandria - Capacity Building Grants. ACT supports and encourages nonprofit excellence and strengthens leadership within nonprofits by bringing and investing in infrastructure based programs and organizational needs. Over the past four years, ACT has supported four types of Capacity Building efforts: Compass GrantsACT Now Fund GrantsOrganizational Assessment GrantsStrategy Implementation Grants Compass Grants ACT works in partnership with Compass, a leading consulting group, to provide consulting services to nonprofit organizations.
Compass leverages the expertise of alumni from top-tier business schools such as Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Tuck, and a smaller number of non-MBA business professionals, to provide strategic alignment, board development and fundraising strategy services to local nonprofits. ACT is partnering with Compass to provide Micro Projects, pro-bono consulting services to Alexandria nonprofits. Questions? The 2013 grant recipients are: Computer C.O.R.E. and Senior Services of Alexandria. Historical Trust. Planning and Assessment Grants Planning and Assessment Grants provide support for institutional planning and assessments offered by outside professional organizations, such as the American Association of Museums.
This competitive program, offered once per year, is supported through an annual appropriation from the Maryland General Assembly. The amount available for award is not known until the General Assembly adopts the State budget in early April. To ensure that your proposal will be competitive, MHT strongly encourages applicants to discuss your project parameters and budgets with MHT staff before developing a proposal. Applicants should closely read the application guidelines and instructions [hyperlink to document] prior to submission to ensure that your application is complete. For further information, contact Mary Alexander, Director, Museum Assistance Program, at (410)-514-7622. Eligible Activities Eligible Activities Ineligible Activities Applicant Eligibility Award Amounts.
Human Interaction Research Institute-PCBR Report Selection. Foundation Report Selection Page The PCBR database contains descriptions of capacity-building programs carried out by U.S. foundations. From this database, you may obtain program profiles and conduct searches for programs under one or more search categories, as defined below. See Intermediary Organizations for profiles of intermediaries, which are not included in main PCBR search function (but the print and bookmark instructions are the same). Help Us Make PCBR More Useful How to Print a Report Through your browser’s print option, you may print the report results that appear in your browser window after you have clicked “View Report.”
How to Bookmark Some of the Reports Through your browser’s “bookmark” capability, you may bookmark some of the web page reports showing your query’s results. The Money Network. Facebook, Zynga, Groupon, Twitter and LinkedIn have come to define the social Web. Founded within the last five years, the quintet of start-ups is now estimated to be worth more than $71 billion. Behind these companies is a tangle of venture capitalists, founders, engineers and angel investors who stand to profit handsomely if these start-ups go public. For some companies, it is just a matter of when. Groupon is considering a 2011 offering that would value the social buying site at $25 billion, while Facebook has signaled that it will go public next year. The club of technology insiders is a deeply connected, interdependent network, with many players overlapping at one time or another on the same investments, boards and payrolls.
For example, the Russian billionaire Yuri Milner — who was virtually unknown in Silicon Valley before his first Facebook investment in May 2009 — is a critical connector in this ecosystem. Mr. IndieGoGo vs. Kickstarter – And the Crowdfunding Platform Winner Is… | Alchemist in Training. I have a number of my friends in the music and film biz that are looking to raise money for their projects and have decided to give online crowdfunding a shot by using Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. From the surface both platforms appear the same – they provide artists/inventors/creators with the opportunity to request online donations for their project, while simultaneously raising awareness about their art (why hadn’t I thought that?). Still, there are key differences in these crowdfunding platforms that ultimately may affect whether you, as an artist, are successful in your online crowdfunding efforts. IndieGoGo What Is It - “A Collaborative Way to Fund Ideas.”
How It Works - 1) Decide how much money you need to raise and set a goal ( even if you don’t reach your goal, you keep all of the money raised minus a IndieGoGo fee. 2) Decide how long it may take you to reach your goal (can be up to 120 days) 3) Post a project and create a pitch 4) Share your pitch with others Kickstarter How It Works - ETO Performance Management Technology Grants - National CASA - CASA for Children.