How do you connect with a giving circle? What should you do to increase your nonprofit's likelihood of receiving their grants? Our panelists answer to all of these questions and more. 

How do you connect with a giving circle? What should you do to increase your nonprofit's likelihood of receiving their grants? Our panelists answer to all of these questions and more. 

Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved. 

Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved. 

A panel of experts discusses how you determine what your organization needs in its board members, and what it takes to build a truly effective arts board.

A panel of experts discusses how you determine what your organization needs in its board members, and what it takes to build a truly effective arts board.

In this excerpt, a panel of Bay Area corporate philanthropists discuss current philanthropic priorities, giving forecasts for 2013, and other corporate giving trends. 

A panel of Bay Area corporate philanthropists discuss current philanthropic priorities, giving forecasts for 2013, and other corporate giving trends. 

In this excerpt, Will Maitland Weiss facilitates a panel discussion of program officers who passionately support the arts addresses how to choose which foundations to approach; what they are really looking for (and not looking for!); how to make the best case possible; and how to follow up.

Will Maitland Weiss facilitates a panel discussion of program officers who passionately support the arts addresses how to choose which foundations to approach; what they are really looking for (and not looking for!); how to make the best case possible; and how to follow up.

Lester Salamon offers an overview of the current state of America’s nonprofit sector, examines the forces shaping its future, and identifies changes that might be needed.

How can nonprofits plan for revenue growth and diversification? Nancy Osgood answers quick questions on this topic.

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data. 

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data.  

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data.   

What happens when blogger/consultant Beth Kanter and KDPaine & Partners owner Katie Delahaye Paine come together? The result is valuable, how-to insights on measuring social media efforts and using data to change the world. 

In this excerpt from a Meet the Grantmakers program in Los Angeles, a panel of arts funders give us their best advice for artists and arts organizations when it comes to writing the grant proposal. 

In this excerpt, R. Nancy Albilal, the Vice President for Development here at The Foundation Center, helps you to understand what an outcomes-based approach is all about, and how to implement this approach to make your organization stand out from the crowd.

R. Nancy Albilal, the Vice President for Development here at The Foundation Center, helps you to understand what an outcomes-based approach is all about, and how to implement this approach to make your organization stand out from the crowd.

In this excerpt, panelists discuss each step of event planning, including identifying the goals of your event,selecting a theme, choosing a venue, assembling a planning committee with staff and/or volunteers, using your event as an annual marketing tool, and more.

Panelists discuss each step of event planning, including identifying the goals of your event,selecting a theme, choosing a venue, assembling a planning committee with staff and/or volunteers, using your event as an annual marketing tool, and more.

In this short segment, Ivy Fairchild, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Urban Health Plan, leads a conversation on how a nonprofit organization can conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs that respond to critical needs, and monitor and assess changes brought about by the programs they provide.

Ivy Fairchild, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Urban Health Plan, leads a conversation on how a nonprofit organization can conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs that respond to critical needs, and monitor and assess changes brought about by the programs they provide.

Take a brief tour of Philanthropy In/Sight, the Foundation Center’s data visualization platform for global philanthropy. 

Lori Zook, Development Manager at Quinn Associates, discusses proposal writing for individual artists.