The National Fund for Workforce Solutions: A History of Collaborations

Traces the history of cross-funder investment by local, national, private, and public funders in an initiative to strengthen and expand "workforce intermediaries" as a way to improve workforce training delivery through regional funding collaboratives

Asset Building for Social Change: Pathways to Large-Scale Impact

Provides an in-depth examination of current and historic initiatives, in an effort to discern patterns of successful scaling up from among Ford's Assets Program portfolios worldwide

Foundations for Civic Impact: Advocacy and Civic Engagement Toolkit for Private Foundations

Offers guidance for private foundations on supporting grantees' policy and civic engagement activities, including rationale, rules for private foundations as grantmakers and as advocates, sample grantmaking materials, success stories, and resources

Kresge Foundation 2010-2011 Annual Report

Contains an introduction to Kresge's strategy; board chair's letter; president's letter; foundation timeline; program information; grant summary, including geographic distribution; grants lists; financial summary; and lists of board members and staff

Power Amidst Renewal: Foundation Support for Sustaining Advocacy After Disasters

Follows up a 2007 report on the effectiveness of foundations and nonprofits in advocating for systemic changes in the Gulf Coast and lessons learned. Calls for collaboration, regionalizing agendas, and integrating advocacy into missions and grant periods

Philanthropic Connections: Mapping the Landscape of U.S. Funder Networks

This is a formal examination of grantmaker associations and networks in the U.S. The report, together with its directory and maps, is the first time the field has had a nationwide picture of the myriad and diverse ways grantmakers convene, collaborate, communicate and collectively act across this country. That picture is striking in its size and variety. More importantly it is encouraging - in its potential to serve as a robust nationwide but grassroots-based "web" through which grantmakers can collectively seize opportunities and respond to challenges

The CORDEX.be initiative as a foundation for climate services in Belgium

The CORDEX.be project created the foundations for Belgian climate services by producing high-resolution Belgian climate information that (a) incorporates the expertise of the different Belgian climate modeling groups and that (b) is consistent with the outcomes of the international CORDEX ("COordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment") project. The key practical tasks for the project were the coordination of activities among different Belgian climate groups, fostering the links to specific international initiatives and the creation of a stakeholder dialogue. Scientifically, the CORDEX.be project contributed to the EURO-CORDEX project, created a small ensemble of High-Resolution (H-Res) future projections over Belgium at convection-permitting resolutions and coupled these to seven Local Impact Models. Several impact studies have been carried out. The project also addressed some aspects of climate change uncertainties. The interactions and feedback from the stakeholder dialogue led to different practical applications at the Belgian national level

Making the Match: Finding Funding for After School Education and Safety Programs

Outlines strategies for California school and community leaders to secure cash and in-kind resources -- including public- and private-sector funding -- for ASES programs

Foundations for Civic Impact: Advocacy and Civic Engagement Toolkit for Community Foundations

Offers guidance for community and public foundations on supporting grantees' policy and civic engagement activities, including rationale, rules for foundations as grantmakers and as advocates, sample grantmaking materials, success stories, and resources