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Innovations in Grantmaking

Innovations in Grantmaking. Associated Grant Makers Annual Meeting “ Philanthropy as Civic Leadership” MIT Endicott House – June 24, 2005 Marion Kane. Funding Outcomes, Not Organizations. Stories Ending Homelessness: Pine Street Inn/Healthcare for the Homeless/Goodwill Industries

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Innovations in Grantmaking

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  1. Innovations in Grantmaking Associated Grant Makers Annual Meeting“Philanthropy as Civic Leadership” MIT Endicott House – June 24, 2005 Marion Kane

  2. Funding Outcomes, Not Organizations • Stories • Ending Homelessness: Pine Street Inn/Healthcare for the Homeless/Goodwill Industries • Strengthening Connections: The Boston Youth Sports Network • Creating New Leadership: Barr Fellows • Tools and Frameworks • Getting the big picture • Measuring change and impact • Increasing coordination • Building knowledge AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  3. Ending Homelessness Pine Street Inn, Goodwill and Boston Health Care for the Homeless collaborate to preserve services for the homeless • "What is it like being homeless? • It is like being a suspect and a potential victim • It’s like being ignored • It’s like really appreciating the coming of springtime • It’s like paying special attention to the forecast to see if and how much you’ll suffer at night • It’s like the sinking feeling you get when you have no blankets and your call to the hypothermia hotline goes unanswered…" David AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  4. Homeless Services Map - 2002 EmergencyShelter Heathcare Food Clothing Jobs Pine Street Inn Healthcare forthe Homeless GoodwillIndustries Bay Cove Substance Abuse Treatment Center Homeless Population AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  5. Homeless Services Map - 2004 EmergencyShelter Heathcare Food Clothing Jobs Pine Street Inn Healthcare forthe Homeless GoodwillIndustries Bay Cove Substance Abuse Treatment Center Homeless Population AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  6. Outcomes Achieved • 1200 homeless men and women served daily • 41 positions eliminated • $2 million dollars saved annually • Resources aligned to preserve services • Services improved • Duplication eliminated • Food services at Pine Street become profit center • Root causes of homelessness better addressed AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  7. Strengthening Connections Boston Youth Sports Network AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  8. Public Private Funders Funders • State • Federal • City • Foundations • Corporations • Individuals Boston Centers Youth Family Community Centers Big Clubs • BGCB • YMCAs • Department of Rec. Providers • Tenacity • MetroLacrosse • G-Row • NE Scores • Squahbusters 1. City-wide Non-Profits 501(c)(3)s Kids Charter Schools • Pop Warners • Little Leagues • Youth Soccer • Youth Hockey 2. Community-based Other Schools (Private & Parochial) BYSI Intermediaries MA State BPS • CSSS • Police Action League • Girl Scouts • BGCB • YMCAs • DCR (formerly MDC) • Gov’s Council on Health & Fitness Colleges / Universities City of Boston Middle School Sports • Track • Basketball High School Sports • Department of Parks • Mayor’s office • Volunteers • Fields / rinks Boston Youth Sports “Map” AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  9. Boston Youth Sports Initiative The purpose of the Boston Youth Sports Initiative is to promote youth sports as a positive youth development approach in the out-of-school hours. • BYSI promotes high-qualityaffordable and accessible sports opportunities for all of Boston’s young people. • Working with and forBoston’s urban youth sports programs and supporters, the BYSI encourages, strengthens, and buildsnetwork connections, with the goals of improved information sharing, quality, scale and sustainability in the sector. AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  10. Funding Network Weavers • Role of the Youth Sports Coordinator • Serve as network “weaver” making connections between organizations to help increase resources • Connect scattered organizations and small networks to each other and resources by building BYSI as central router and communication hub • When new resources are needed, work to find and connect underutilized support networks to the Boston youth sports programs • Work with individual organizations and small groups to build their capacity to collaborate and use networking strategies AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  11. Network Evolution Stage I – Scattered Clusters Stage 2 – Single Hub & Spoke Stage 3– Multi Hub Small World Stage 4 – Core Periphery Source: Valdis Krebs & June Holley, Building Sustainable Communities through Network Building AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  12. BYSI GoodSports Boston Youth Sports in relation to other networks Health & Fitness Before After School Youth Development Education Community Building Mentoring AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  13. BYSI GoodSports Boston Youth Sports in relation to other networks Health & Fitness After After School Youth Development Education Community Building Mentoring AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  14. Creating New Leadership Barr Fellows Program AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  15. Assumption “The great opportunity for philanthropy is to help create a more effective, adaptive, connected universe of actors seeking social benefit” – Looking Out for the Future, recent report on philanthropy by Katherine Fulton and Andrew Blau AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  16. Why the Fellows? • The leaders we need are already here. The Boston nonprofit sector is blessed by a rich diversity of leaders with proven track records • Ageing of nonprofit leaders calling for regeneration, investing in/honoring wisdom • Diversity of city, especially increase in immigrant populations, is calling for crossing cultures, global perspective • Complexity of world – calling for interdisciplinary action and connectedness AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  17. Highlights of the Barr Fellows Program • Selection • 15 nominators, over 100 candidates, 6 member selection committee, 12 fellows • Benefits to Boston • Contributions of Executive Directors and their organizations to the city and to their fields • Emergent contribution of this network as it grows over time • Benefits to Barr • Goodwill of fellows • Learning about leadership, networks, global relationships • Program components • Learning Journey to South Africa and Zimbabwe with Berkana Institute • Pairing with Ashoka Fellows who are doing similar work in Africa • Three month sabbatical • Executive coaching • Organizational support for remaining staff during Executive Director sabbatical (research shows that sabbaticals are good for leaders but not so good for everyone else) • On-line community (SharePoint site) • Every 6 Months – a retreat over course of 3 years AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  18. South Africa Learn about how the beliefs that drove apartheid transformed into the beliefs driving the new South Africa Zimbabwe Experience what it is like to live in a deteriorating economy • Former breadbasket of Africa – 70% of people are hungry, 40% have HIVAids • Kufunda Village – asking the elders – sustainable community • From scarcity to abundance • From fear and hate to forgiveness and love Why the trip? • Designed to open hearts wider – see how to turn limitations into possibilities • Designed to connect with the wisdom, innovation and cultural competencies of third world countries • Safari • Nature as teacher about leadership • Extraordinary order and self-regulation • Ecology of co-dependence AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  19. Desired Outcomes • A group of outstanding Boston nonprofit leaders is rejuvenated and restored, enabling them to remain longer in their jobs • Their organizations become stronger through transition planning and technical assistance while they are on sabbatical • The Fellows develop cross-disciplinary connections with others doing innovative work in Boston • The Fellows develop a shared understanding of a new kind of generative leadership • A critical mass of Fellows with a shared perspective will, over time, transform leadership in Boston AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  20. Tools and Frameworks • Getting the big picture – systems and grant maps • Measuring change and impact – network analysis • Increasing coordination – collaborative work space • Building knowledge – sharing data and knowledge AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  21. Systems Maps: Arts & Culture AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  22. Grant Maps AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  23. Grant Maps AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  24. Network Analysis Before AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  25. Network Analysis After AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

  26. Collaborative Workspace

  27. Sharing Data & Knowledge

  28. Challenges • Who will serve as fiscal agent • Who is accountable for results • Cost of integration • Operational transparency • Standards • Who gets the credit • New skills needed – negotiation, facilitation • Time required to build trust • Knowledge capture systems AGM Annual Meeting - Innovation in Grantmaking

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