Grantmaker Skills & Strategies

Resources from our interactive virtual workshop designed for philanthropic staff and Board/Trustee leaders to learn more about how grantmaking practice affects the Missouri nonprofit workforce and identify opportunities to help build a more sustainable sector.
Through this program, funders received: Information on current technology trends being noticed within the sector. Thorough review of 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech Survey and Report Practice looking at various aspects of their work and duties with an equitable lens. Opporunity to learn from and pose questions to Chantal Forster, Executive Director of TAG
Through this program, funders received: An update on the first year of the Missouri Office of Childhood and its Director, Dr. Pam Thomas via virtual webinar recording. An update on the establishment of the Gateway Early Childhood Alliance and its Director, Katie Rahn. A deeper understanding of existing public funds to support early childhood providers, barriers to accessing those funds, and the role philanthropy can play in closing gaps. An opportunity to share their own collaborative or individual funding efforts in the early child space.
September, 2022
In this report, Barry Rosenberg details the issues, challenges, threats, and opportunities facing nonprofits today. He notes the nonprofit industry faces challenges on many fronts and, therefore, should engage in policy work or collective action to address the needs, strength and vitatlity of the sector. The report concludes with an illustrative list of organizations leading in sector-strengthening efforts.
This report features essential philanthropic research from all major sources in the industry by assessing key areas that nonprofit leaders and fundraisers may want to monitor as part of planning and strategy. Insight is offered on gift planning, high net worth giving, and emerging digital fundraising trends that are becoming more prominent in the philanthropic ecosystem.
This report highlights the giving practices of high net worth (HNW) donors of color. Until recently, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) with HNW and ultra-high net worth (UHNW) have been an apparitional presence across philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Yet, emerging research shows that there are at least 1.3 million HNW households of color in the United States with net liquid assets of one million dollars or more. The report research demonstrates that HNW donors of color have great potential to move millions of dollars and inspire other hidden figures in philanthropy.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, with support from The University of Chicago, published its second biennial report, which is the only global survey of philanthropy that includes views not only on reasons for giving, but on causes, geographic flows of funding, giving timeframes, decision making, and next-generation involvement. The study included responses from 150 philanthropies from 30 countries. The report expands on RPA’s previous research in 2019 and 2020 to understand the factors that affect a philanthropy’s consideration in choosing the length of time for which it will remain active.
The Center for Strategic Philanthropy explores and highlights several ways in which experienced philanthropists are putting their capital to work. Their latest report includes a series of case studies that provide concrete examples of what strategic philanthropy looks like in practice. The report also offers practical guidance and lessons learned from funders themselves.

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