This 2010 action guide by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Interaction Institute for Social Change defines stakeholder engagement as it applies to the work of grantmakers as engaging grantees and other relevant stakeholders in strategy, development and grantmaking practices. This guide provides grantmakers with a variety of options for engaging stakeholders and creating positive […]
This 2012 publication by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations features the Council of Michigan Foundations’ Peer Action Learning Network (PALN) as one of six in-depth case studies on learning communities. The PALN was formed to strengthen participant organizations’ capacity in diverse and inclusive leadership, management, and grantmaking. This report explores how learning communities can be powerful […]
This 2011 report by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations makes the case that having an organizational commitment to widespread empathy allows grantmakers to base their decisions on an authentic, firsthand understanding of the perspectives of grantees, community members and other stakeholders
This 2008, Keeping a Close Eye, blogpost by Aaron Dorfman, executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy discusses the need for foundations to increase the effectiveness of grantmaking in the community and the controversy surrounding proposed legislation in California (AB 624).
