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Schauer Arts & Activities Center, Inc.
Schauer Arts and Activities Center, Inc developed marketing, promotion, and media plans.
Grand Avenue Club
No volunteer, staff member, or member artist currently associated with the Grand Avenue Club could have brought the necessary knowlege that the consultant posessed. Working closely with the artists to collect their biographies, the consultant created a book -- using both his knowledge about gallery public relations in the art world and his technical publishing expertise. .jpg)
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Funders Collaborative
In 1994, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Helen Bader Foundation, and the Faye McBeath Foundation researched models to strengthen the infrastructure of nonprofit organizations. Since only a few models existed across the country, they chose to design a three-year pilot project with the potential to become a long-term model. With design and logistical assistance from Management Cornerstones Inc., the foundations established a donor-advised fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. A representative of each served on the Grants and Policy Committee, which met three times a year to approve policies and guidelines for the Fund, as well as award technical assistance grants. The success of the Fund enticed other foundation, corporate, and United Way representatives to participate in the Fund. The three-year pilot project grew to its current roster of 10 funding partners, contributing $500,000 to $750,000 per year.
Learn how a funders collaborative works.
15th Anniversary Luncheon
As the funding partners celebrated 15 years of collaborative grantmaking they discussed why participation in the Fund was so important.
Listen to a podcast featuring highlights of a luncheon discussion from representatives of the funding parnters involved in the Milwaukee Nonprofit Management Fund.
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Click here to learn what the Nonprofit Management Fund accomplished in its first 15 years.
THE FUND WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE TOP CAPACITY–BUILDING PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD!
A report prepared for the Northern Rock and Baring Foundations in the United Kingdom determined that the Nonprofit Management Fund is one of the five most effective models to strengthen the nonprofit sector in the U.S. Click for more information.
“As (other foundations) and the Nonprofit Management Fund have shown, a carefully timed and targeted small grant can have a significant impact”
Examples of other Funders Collaboratives
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a community of more than 500 grantmakers. Only successful to the extent that their grantees achieve meaningful results, GEO promotes strategies and practices that contribute to grantee success. More information on GEO and a host of resources and links for grantmakers are available at geofunders.org.
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