Apply Now: Jan. 18 – Feb. 27th To help sustain healthy communities in a democracy, Knight aims to increase the ability of individuals to engage in change. Knight fosters initiatives that develop in people a strong sense of belonging and caring, timely access to relevant information, the ability to understand that information, and the motivation, [...]
Presented by our partner IdeaEncore, a nonprofit resource center and a community of people who exchange information, provides insightful and easy-to-consume information shared by leaders in the nonprofit sector. More Money Next Year, Part 1 – Shared by Karen Eber Davis Consulting (Free) FIO Partners Assessment Tool: Climate Survey – Shared by FIO Partners, LLC [...]
Pulled from the VT Community Garden January, 2012 Network Bulletin Garden Funding Opportunities VCGN Garden Flood Relief Grants Who may apply: Community and school gardens affected by Irene-related flooding. Details: Thanks to a generous Irene Recovery Fund grant from the Vermont Community Foundation, these grants will help community and school gardens affected by flooding rebuild [...]
Common Good Vermont would like to congratulate Beth Rusnock on her recent appointment as president and chief executive officer of the National Life Group Charitable Foundation. We’d also like to give a big thank you to to Martha Trombley Oakes who previously held the role and did a fantastic job. Good Luck to Martha in [...]
The folks at Gross National Happiness USA sent out this New Year message, which includes news of a Town Meeting “happiness” survey and a June 1st Conference in Burlington VT. As we approach 2012, a new year of promise and hope, we celebrate the progress GNH ideas have made across the world this past year.The [...]
The Burlington Free Press’ 2011 Giving Season Campaign began in November 2011 and continues through New Year’s Day. The Giving Season has been a tradition at The Burlington Free Press for 18 years. 2011 marks a significant decline in community giving. The Burlington Free Press promotes the campaign and the good work of the nonprofit [...]
Press play on the screen below for the complete 12/5/2011 recording Common Good Vermont speaks with Vermont funders about the importance of nonprofit tracking of outcomes and performance. This has bearing on overall organizational effectiveness, successful grant applications and meaningful evaluations. Lesli Blount, Director of Community & Public Relations at the Key Bank Foundation, Jen [...]
The Philanthropy Journal aims to help people understand, support and work in the nonprofit and philanthropic world, and help them recognize and solve social problems. In addition to trainings, they maintain a daily website and free, weekly email bulletin, they deliver nonprofit news, resources, announcements and job listings. The Journal recently released a special bulletin [...]
The Vermont Community Foundation’s Vermont Arts Endowment Fund was established in 1990 through a generous gift from an anonymous Vermonter and a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Fund was created for the specific purpose of supporting small and emerging arts groups and artists in Vermont and to support and encourage [...]
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Commentary: Funders should exit their comfort zones
Todd Cohen offered this commentary on Inside Philanthropy, a blog on philanthropy and nonprofit news and issues that appears in The Philanthropy Journal. Despite their seemingly endless evangelizing about the need for change, foundations sure seem slow to embrace it. But if they expect to have even a prayer of making change happen on the causes [...]