Philanthropy At Its Best

Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best
In March 2009, NCRP released the Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact. The Criteria is the first ever set of measurable guidelines that will help foundations and other institutional grantmakers operate ethically and maximize the impact of their dollars.

It attempts to answer the questions: What differentiates an exemplary foundation from the rest of its peers? What can foundations do to improve its relevance to nonprofits, the economically and socially underserved Americans and society as a whole?

We encourage foundations staff and trustees to use the discussion questions in each chapter and to take the self-assessment test, which is available here.

 

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• Full Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best
• Executive Summary
• Individual Sections:
  
  Preface

  Chapter 1 - Values
  Chapter 2 - Effectiveness 
  Chapter 3 - Ethics
  Chapter 4 - Commitment
  Data Analysis

• Criteria Discussion Questions
• Endorsers
• In a Nutshell
• Press releases
• Order hard copy
• Watch the Release Event
• Top Myths about the Criteria - Busted!