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Search Institute
– is committed not only to contributing to the knowledge base about
youth development, but also to translating high-quality research on
children and youth into practical ideas, tools, services, and
resources. Best known for their widely-used
Developmental Assets model, their web site also contains
information about
communities,
families,
schools, and
youth-serving organizations.
The Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit health and human
services organization that has served the greater Twin Cities,
Minnesota, area since 1906. They offer a wonderful
collection of guides on a variety of capacity building topics.
Capacity Building
The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the
professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to
improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits and to
assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.
Grant makers for Effective Organizations seeks to advance
and expand organizational effectiveness practices in and by the
philanthropic community. Their website has a growing list of
resources and research.
"Reflections
on Capacity Building" by the California Wellness Foundation
explores in depth the foundation's eight year's of capacity building
efforts and lessons learned.
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, is a project of the
Philanthropic and Nonprofit Knowledge Management Initiative at the
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership.
With a strong focus on community service, they are dedicated to the
study and teaching of philanthropy, volunteerism and nonprofit
management.
The Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN) provides the
nonprofit community with in-depth leadership development and
continuous improvement programs through an innovative learning
community model pioneered by CEN.
SVP Affiliates
Social Venture Partners International
– enables and catalyzes the federation of SVP’s with a shared mission
and principles. SVPI builds a highly effective network for knowledge
and best practices sharing.
Social Venture Partners Affiliates
- The success of Social Venture Partners is inspiring philanthropists
from around the world to create similar high engagement philanthropy
operations. There are more than 25 cities implementing or considering
SVP’s model of community giving and engaged donor activity.
Venture Philanthropy
Robin Hood Foundation
(New York, NY) – aims to end poverty in New York City by forming
long-term relationships with a wide range of children's, job training,
poverty, and educational programs in NYC. Their
approach, along with REDF and Ashoka, has been pioneering in the
field of venture philanthropy.
Venture Philanthropy Partners
(Washington, DC) - is an initiative of the
Morino Institute to take advantage of unprecedented wealth
creation of the New Economy and an Internet-enabled transformation in
organizational effectiveness by establishing a new philanthropic fund
to improve services to youth living in low-income areas in the region.
Their site includes some excellent documents and speeches, including
Venture Philanthropy: Landscape and Expectations.
Entrepreneurs Foundation
(Palo Alto, CA) – seeks to change the culture of the entrepreneurial
(usually pre-IPO) sector in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area so that they
incorporate community involvement as a core element of
their startup companies. And to make the community stronger by
applying venture capital principles to scale-up successful non-profit
organizations. They have a very useful section of Resources
(organizations, books, and periodicals) and FAQ’s about Venture
Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurism.
New Schools
(Palo Alto, CA) – is a non-profit venture philanthropy fund that was
founded to create and support a network of education entrepreneurs.
They are building a network among and between education
entrepreneurs and New Economy resources and are investing in a
portfolio of 8-12 of the best non-profit and for profit education
ventures. New Schools works with these ventures to make sure they have
access to not only the financial capital they need to succeed, but the
human and intellectual capital as well. Their site includes some
excellent readings, links, and FAQ’s.
New Profit, Inc.
(Boston, MA) - plans to attract new financial and intellectual capital
to the nonprofit sector and develop new financing mechanisms for
investing in social entrepreneurs. NP focuses on long-term,
significant investments in a small number of nonprofits and mentor
those organizations, serving on their boards, connecting them to
service providers and financial supporters. |
