Findings from the 2009 Member Survey
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Featured Publication*, http://www.geofunders.org/publications.aspx
The 2009 member survey reveals that participation in GEO leads to important changes in grantmaker practice that contribute to nonprofit success.
+ download full report PDF: http://www.geofunders.org/document.aspx?oid=a0660000004cmZm
+ executive summary: http://www.geofunders.org/document.aspx?oid=a0660000004cmaB
Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter?
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Featured Publication*, http://www.geofunders.org/publications.aspx
Survey finds persistent gap between nonprofit needs and grantmaker practices. A comprehensive study of the attitudes and practices of staffed grantmaking foundations in the United States.
Lessons Learned from 18+ Years of Grantmaking to Support the Organizational Effectiveness of Grantees
Barbara Kibbe of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
This article, which was adapted from comments made at the Pacific Northwest Grantmakers Forum in Seattle, can be accessed on the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
http://www.geofunders.org/SearchResults.aspx?q=lessons%20learned
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Downloads of GEO publications are free to members. Nonmembers may access executive summaries at no charge, and may purchase hard copies for a fee.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing and Civic Engagement in the Northwest Region
A report on that looks at how 20 nonprofits and their allies helped improved their communities and amplified the voices of vulnerable residents in the democratic process through advocacy and community organizing efforts. These nonprofits leveraged foundation grants that generated a $150 return for every dollar invested in their policy engagement efforts.
http://www.ncrp.org/index.php?option=com_ixxocart&Itemid=41&p=product&id=54&parent=1
