NPO CONVERSATIONS SERIES

The Creative Sector

“The movement towards outcomes-driven philanthropy has done a lot to diminish creativity,” concluded one CEO at a recent GMA Foundations’ NPO Conversation on creativity.

At this regular lunchtime forum, leaders of seven Boston-area nonprofits were asked to open up about their organization’s most creative moments, their innovation wish list for 2012, and obstacles to organizational creativity.

Judging by the Conversation, creativity and innovation are still essential to the daily existence of these organizations.

The question, though, remains.  Is outcomes-driven philanthropy affecting creativity? Continue Reading »

SUCCESS STORIES

Foundations are abuzz about monitoring, tracking, and evaluating outcomes. It is an essential discussion that shapes good grantmaking.

But as foundations zero in on narrow sets of indicators captured in relatively short time frames, we wonder if we sometimes lose track of the ripples in the pond – the unintended outcomes.

The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation’s support of Hesperian Health Guide’s A Community Guide to Environmental Health reminds us of how many ripples its grants can have. Continue Reading »

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Outside Magazine

Outside Magazine ranks Health In Harmony on of the top 30 charities for citizen philanthropy.

To read the article, click here.

Featuring, Health In Harmony, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation.