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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an irreplaceable, unspoiled wilderness. Hear representatives of the Gwich'in people speak about their home: “The Sacred Place Where Life

Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife

Exploring Washington's last

A Guide To Land & Water Protection in the US: Clarifying and decoding the "alphabet soup" of Agency names and acronyms, Federal lands' protective designations, methods of private land conservation, and core environmental

Helen Cherullo is Executive Director of Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing house that focuses on providing philanthropic support to environmental causes through publishing books, arranging exhibitions and media, supporting

Adventure to a region on thin ice. A co-production of Warner Bros. Pictures, MacGillivray Freeman Films, and IMAX

Tracking Time Through Alaska's National Petroleum

Rue Mapp, founder of Foundation grantee Outdoor Afro, talks about the importance of the Arctic Refuge to all people and all of our relationship to

President Obama announces that The Department of Interior released a revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan to better sustain and manage Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife

Salmon Beyond Borders is a growing community of sport and commercial fishermen, community leaders, Tribal and First Nations members, tourism and recreation business owners and concerned citizens united across the Alaska/British Columbia border to

The remarkable story of the Tongass rain forest. As part of our use all the tools approach we fund the publishing of several important photo books on the Arctic region. Salmon in the Trees tells the remarkable story of the Tongass rain forest and

As wild salmon disappear around the globe, Bristol Bay continues to produce the world’s largest sockeye salmon fisheries and one of the largest king salmon runs. The reason for this is clear; the Bay’s freshwater salmon habitat is largely untouched

Arctic National Wildlife

Facing the truth of a warming

The official large-format companion book to the film To The

America’s Arctic Refuge is among our nation’s most treasured landscapes, like Yosemite and the Grand Canyon. The new “We Are The Arctic” book lets us hear from diverse voices who are coming together to protect this special place once and for all.

Freedom to

The annual report on Washington State homeless housing programs provides a comprehensive overview of the state’s integrated approach to reducing

How we apply leverage to end

In every county across Washington state, there are youth and young adults struggling to find a safe, stable place to call home. This is unacceptable.

That’s why we are thrilled about the release of the Department of Commerce’s Office of Homeless

10,047 people slept outside in King County overnight January 22-23,

Presented to the Office of the President and Congress on June 22, 2010 and revised in 2015, Opening Doors is the nation’s first comprehensive Federal strategy to prevent and end

Measuring Shared Prosperity in Washington

The Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) is an award-winning, innovative – yet intuitively old-fashioned – model for foster care delivery. In every MFM 'constellation,' six to ten families live in close proximity to a licensed foster care family – a Hub

The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 sets the course for ending homelessness in

An innovative research effort linking evidence and action to end youth

The Washington Youth & Families Fund is expanding its focus to embrace youth and young adults, building on ten years of groundbreaking collaboration that is improving how homeless families and youth are

Imagine if we could leverage the connections and credibility of more than 10,000 board members in Washignton Stare to help get good legislation passed. In June 2015, The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance did just that. Several board members

Leadership that brings people and organizations together to have the greatest impact on

A Compelling Case to Make Advocacy a Part of Board Culture, as published on the Huffington

To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have

About the Stand for Your Mission

ACT! Quick is a short version of Alliance for Justice’s Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) found at www.bolderadvocacy.org/act.
ACT! Quick is designed to:

Provide a quick diagnosis of the strengths and gaps in organizations’ knowledge, skills, and

Dicusses what and how much legislative activity is permissable for a 501(c)(3)

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) exists to foster the development and growth of fundraising professionals and the profession, to promote high ethical behavior in the fundraising profession and to preserve and enhance philanthropy

The Ecosystem Framework, Executive Summary: A 2009 study examining capacity building resources available to nonprofit organizations in Washington State at that

Looking beyond what we fund—grantmaking strategy and impact—and who we fund—the grantees we support, and exploring the question of how we

A Guide to IRS Rules for Nonprofit

Different ways to frame a case for

This study identifies five essential approaches to successful advocacy and analyzes the effectiveness of advocacy on issues facing the entire nonprofit and philanthropic

How grantmaking structure and process can best support grantmaking

Tom and Sonya give an interview on their philanthropic

There are two main funder roles: Buyer and Builder. Individual funders can play

The following principles (which combine what we’ve learned from capacity building studies and colleagues, and our own best thinking/learning) reflect a best practice approach to capacity building

Annual Case for Support Outline: What your donors need to know about you...and will need to know every

Despite spending vast amounts of money and helping to create the world’s largest nonprofit sector, philanthropists have fallen far short of solving America’s most pressing problems. What the nation needs is “catalytic philanthropy”—a new approach

While all nonprofits depend to some extent on philanthropic support, not all are successful at raising funds. The primary difference is the presence, or adsence, of a philanthropic

Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls

Development Program

Based on the research and principles of Penelope Burk: Donor Centered Fundraising -- Penelope Burk, Cygnus Applied Research,

Learn about effective due diligence and how to create a grantee-friendly approach to information gathering that enhances communication, trust and

Metrics allow you to measure your progress in the core competencies of development. Such metrics (standards) ensure that you compare performance year to year and make certain that you are moving

Provides resources to nonprofit leaders about ways to advance their missions through everyday

Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds is a great resource every one of your trustees should

This is an excellent online resource for measuring

This publication explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world that are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social

A National Index of Nonprofit Board

The Internal Revenue Code imposes a number of technical requirements and restrictions on the political and legislative activities of charitable organizations. This memorandum is intended as a brief, general overview to guide organization managers in

A report on Phase 1 of GEO's Change Agent Project delves into what is neccessary to instill change in grantmaking

Fundraising is art AND science. The following tip-sheets and samples are designed to help demystify the key elements of any successful major gift program’s survival

Strategies for Nonprofit Engagement in Legislative

How to help shape laws and policies by spending just three hours per week fighting for systemic change.

The evolving context for Independent Sector over 20 years: Six assumptions and three critical

A statistical overview of nonprofits in Washington State compiled by Washington Nonprofits and the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the University of Washington.

We can’t separate nonprofit programs from the people who develop and deliver

GMN's report explores streamlining trends, successes, barriers, and perceptions. Most importantly, it prescribes the way forward for grantmakers that want to match their practices to their values in supporting nonprofit

A way forward for grantmakers that want to match their practices to their values in supporting nonprofit

Policy change requires different solutiuons for different probelms.

We believe that an organization with a strong vision, effective governance and leadership, a robust fundraising program, and sound internal systems is better positioned to achieve program

AFJ should be a first stop (after legal counsel) for foundations with questions about funding or participating in advocacy. They offer free consultation and a variety of online

A collection of resources and examples of GEO members showing steady leadership in addressing the economic

Ten questions to get you

Reading I can't do

Empowering Board Members to be

The Power of Board Advocacy: A Discussion Guide for Boards

Stand For Your Mission Pushes Board

Your first stop for resources, specialists, and more in WA

Solving today’s pressing problems requires impacting the bigger picture — the systems we live and work in.

To change systems, we need to first understand the web of interrelations that create complex problems and rethink our assumptions about how

Is your board adding value or simply wasting its members'

Nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries. To break the nonprofit starvation cycle, funders must take the

Many times at the end of a training or a speech about fundraising techniques and principles, I am asked, “What are the most important things to

The following twelve principles offer chief executives a description of an empowered board that is a strategic asset to be leveraged. They provide board members with a vision of what is possible and a way to add lasting value to the organization

The Statewide Capacity Collaborative (SCC) is a partnership effort among funders to invest, align and pool resources to build the capacity of the nonprofit ecosystem in Washington State.

In 2015, the SCC commissioned a leadership scan of

This fact sheet offers a look at how advocacy is defined, what kinds of activities comprise advocacy work, and what kinds of advocacy projects several tax-exempt groups are currently

Why Board Engagement in Advocacy Is

2015 Bill and Budget

A Compelling Case to Make Advocacy a Part of Board Culture, as published on the Huffington

About the Stand for Your Mission

ACT! Quick is a short version of Alliance for Justice’s Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) found at www.bolderadvocacy.org/act.
ACT! Quick is designed to:

Provide a quick diagnosis of the strengths and gaps in organizations’ knowledge, skills, and

Dicusses what and how much legislative activity is permissable for a 501(c)(3)

A Guide to IRS Rules for Nonprofit

This study identifies five essential approaches to successful advocacy and analyzes the effectiveness of advocacy on issues facing the entire nonprofit and philanthropic

A Guide To Land & Water Protection in the US: Clarifying and decoding the "alphabet soup" of Agency names and acronyms, Federal lands' protective designations, methods of private land conservation, and core environmental

The annual report on Washington State homeless housing programs provides a comprehensive overview of the state’s integrated approach to reducing

Provides resources to nonprofit leaders about ways to advance their missions through everyday

Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds is a great resource every one of your trustees should

This is an excellent online resource for measuring

This publication explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world that are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social

Strategies for Nonprofit Engagement in Legislative

How to help shape laws and policies by spending just three hours per week fighting for systemic change.

In every county across Washington state, there are youth and young adults struggling to find a safe, stable place to call home. This is unacceptable.

That’s why we are thrilled about the release of the Department of Commerce’s Office of Homeless

10,047 people slept outside in King County overnight January 22-23,

Presented to the Office of the President and Congress on June 22, 2010 and revised in 2015, Opening Doors is the nation’s first comprehensive Federal strategy to prevent and end

Rue Mapp, founder of Foundation grantee Outdoor Afro, talks about the importance of the Arctic Refuge to all people and all of our relationship to

Measuring Shared Prosperity in Washington

Policy change requires different solutiuons for different probelms.

AFJ should be a first stop (after legal counsel) for foundations with questions about funding or participating in advocacy. They offer free consultation and a variety of online

Empowering Board Members to be

The Power of Board Advocacy: A Discussion Guide for Boards

Stand For Your Mission Pushes Board

The Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) is an award-winning, innovative – yet intuitively old-fashioned – model for foster care delivery. In every MFM 'constellation,' six to ten families live in close proximity to a licensed foster care family – a Hub

The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 sets the course for ending homelessness in

An innovative research effort linking evidence and action to end youth

The Washington Youth & Families Fund is expanding its focus to embrace youth and young adults, building on ten years of groundbreaking collaboration that is improving how homeless families and youth are

Why Board Engagement in Advocacy Is

2015 Bill and Budget

Imagine if we could leverage the connections and credibility of more than 10,000 board members in Washignton Stare to help get good legislation passed. In June 2015, The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance did just that. Several board members

Leadership that brings people and organizations together to have the greatest impact on

To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) exists to foster the development and growth of fundraising professionals and the profession, to promote high ethical behavior in the fundraising profession and to preserve and enhance philanthropy

Different ways to frame a case for

Annual Case for Support Outline: What your donors need to know about you...and will need to know every

Despite spending vast amounts of money and helping to create the world’s largest nonprofit sector, philanthropists have fallen far short of solving America’s most pressing problems. What the nation needs is “catalytic philanthropy”—a new approach

While all nonprofits depend to some extent on philanthropic support, not all are successful at raising funds. The primary difference is the presence, or adsence, of a philanthropic

Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls

Development Program

Based on the research and principles of Penelope Burk: Donor Centered Fundraising -- Penelope Burk, Cygnus Applied Research,

Metrics allow you to measure your progress in the core competencies of development. Such metrics (standards) ensure that you compare performance year to year and make certain that you are moving

A National Index of Nonprofit Board

The Internal Revenue Code imposes a number of technical requirements and restrictions on the political and legislative activities of charitable organizations. This memorandum is intended as a brief, general overview to guide organization managers in

Fundraising is art AND science. The following tip-sheets and samples are designed to help demystify the key elements of any successful major gift program’s survival

The evolving context for Independent Sector over 20 years: Six assumptions and three critical

Ten questions to get you

Reading I can't do

Is your board adding value or simply wasting its members'

Many times at the end of a training or a speech about fundraising techniques and principles, I am asked, “What are the most important things to

The following twelve principles offer chief executives a description of an empowered board that is a strategic asset to be leveraged. They provide board members with a vision of what is possible and a way to add lasting value to the organization

This fact sheet offers a look at how advocacy is defined, what kinds of activities comprise advocacy work, and what kinds of advocacy projects several tax-exempt groups are currently