How will you change the world?
GMA Foundations helps you define a clear path to transformative philanthropy, and then walks the path with you as an ally and a guide.
We partner with individual and organizational donors as managers, advisors, and facilitators. With over thirty years of insight and field experience, GMA Foundations is changing the world by helping you change the world.
All of us at GMA Foundations send our thoughts and prayers to every one suffering the devastating effects of the bombing at yesterday’s Boston Marathon. Our hearts are broken.
We are grateful for the kindness all around us. The Boston Globe’s How to Help offers a good list of resources for information and connecting. We should have details later this week about other ways to help the victims of this terrible event.
Compassionate AND Smart
During this past winter, GMA Foundations represented several of our clients in MassNeeds.org, a funder collaborative focused on responding to urgent needs through the winter months.
Established to promote funding for housing, fuel, food and other basic human needs, the collaborative serves as a clearinghouse of information for donors and an advocate for hundreds of worthy nonprofits throughout Massachusetts. Although spring weather now seems likely, the nonprofits listed on the MassNeeds resource list continue their important work.
Why is compassionate funding so smart?
Imagine two types of philanthropy, both directed to the poorest segments of society. One is called smart and the other compassionate. Continue Reading »
NPO Conversation Series
We invite leaders of nonprofit organizations to join us each quarter for a brown-bag lunch discussion about issues, ideas, and concerns in the nonprofit and philanthropic community. The meetings are a time for us to “talk shop” and move beyond the usual conversation between foundations and nonprofit organizations.
REINVENTION : GMA’s NPO Conversation on Tuesday, April 30th (new date)
From the 100-year old charity to the start-up organization, nonprofits are constantly reinventing themselves. Whether it is a change in mission, a change in board, or a change in image, organizations are trying new things to continue to matter.
How has your organization continued to reinvent itself in order to continue living your mission, meeting your goals and securing funding? How do you and your colleagues infuse your organization with new ideas and energy? How will your organization stay relevant?
