Learn how to enhance your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health.

Learn best practices in reporting and communicating to deepen relationships with foundations.

Discussion of how foundation arts funding fared during the recent economic downturn, current trends in arts grantmaking, and the outlook for arts giving.

Gain knowledge of how evaluation frameworks can support communication with funders and jump-start internal evaluation efforts.

Aprenda a preparar y presentar el presupuesto de un proyecto en su solicitud de fondos.

Allison Fine, co-author of the The Networked Nonprofit, explores how nonprofits are operating in an increasingly connected world.

Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center, examines recent trends in foundation funding for the arts.

Discussion of the fiscal sponsorship arrangement under which a charitable project without 501(c)(3) status might benefit from the tax-exempt status and administrative support of a sponsoring organization.

Aprenda cómo se redacta una propuesta.

Laura Quinn, executive director of Idealware, walks through the basic types of fundraising software.

Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center, examines trends in foundation funding for elementary and secondary education and discusses the role of the Foundations for Education Excellence initiative in promoting education reform.

In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary, and Shivam Shah, Director of Special Initiatives, present the Department's new grant application and final notice for the $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund.

This webinar provides education funders with information on the U.S. Department of Education’s strategies and priorities regarding the stimulus funding, reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and President Obama's proposed 2011 budget.

One in a series of webinars as part of the Foundations for Education Excellence initiative, presented by the Foundation Center in cooperation with the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the Council on Foundations, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, Grantmakers for Education, and Philanthropy Roundtable.

The first in a series of webinars as part of the Foundations for Education Excellence initiative, presented by the Foundation Center in cooperation with the Council on Foundations, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, Grantmakers for Education, and Philanthropy Roundtable.

Tom O'Brien, Program Manager of Neighborhood Connections at The Cleveland Foundation, will present ways that organizations can bring in their first dollars and begin to fundraise for their future.

Veteran fundraiser John F. O'Kane, CFRE, discusses how to create a business plan and to structure a program plan to enhance your organization's effectiveness. Part 4 of The Foundation Center's Webinar Series for Nonprofit Startup Organizations.

Consultant Oliver Tessier will explain the importance of distilling your message and offer ways to engage your board and staff in developing statements they can own.

Author and consultant Robert Zimmerman will explain the roles and responsibilities of successful boards and offer practical tips in recruiting, orienting, and working with board members.

Stephen Falla Riff, Esq., of the Legal Aid Society of New York, talks about how to draft the certificate of incorporation, hold organizational meetings, adopt bylaws, and apply to the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c) (3) status.

A panel of Ohio grantmakers discusses findings from the Foundation Center's report, Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio, in a webinar that was recorded in March 2008. Watch the webinar recording to learn more about how foundation grants support economic development in Ohio and hear from grantmakers about how they determine where to place those dollars.

The Foundation Center, in association with the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, presents insights on funding in the current economic environment. Presented by Steven Lawrence, senior director of research at the Foundation Center.

Learn about foundation giving for the environment and animals in this recording of a webinar conducted as part of the Foundation Center's 2008 Special Funding for the Environment Month.

The revised IRS Form 990 sets a new standard for the way nonprofits will report on many elements of their operations, including their governance and compensation practice. Steven Clarke of the Internal Revenue Service leads this webinar covering the changes to the Form 990 and how these changes could affect your organization.

This webinar, produced in conjunction with Northern California Grantmakers, provides an overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its implications for low-income Californians.