NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

“From our perspective, philanthropic leadership is thriving in America.”

Mary Phillips, President of GMA Foundations invites your reflection on 2011- a year remarkable for both protests of income disparity and innovation in philanthropy.

GMA Foundations Annual Report highlights grantmaking activities, consulting assignments, special initiatives and our financial and administrative services for foundations.

The report also lists clients served in 2011 and the total grants made by the foundations that we actively manage.

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 »