Ruth goes the extra mile to provide the highest quality of work.
– Former colleague at Exponent Philanthropy
Foundations: Overview of Services
With 25 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector working with hundreds of private foundations, I understand the dynamic context in which foundations operate, the unique role that they fill, and the stressors that must be managed.
The skills and experience I bring are a perfect match for smaller- and medium-staffed foundations. I understand that you are wearing many hats and are often stretched to capacity.
If we work together, I will:
- Meet you where you are
- Listen carefully
- Be candid
- Provide results that are aligned with your mission and ready for action
Sample projects that I can do for your foundation include:
- Board self-assessments and organizational assessments tailored to your needs
- Leadership succession planning
- Landscape scans in your foundation’s current or prospective funding areas
- Leadership succession planning
- Landscape scans in your foundation’s current or prospective funding areas
- Facilitating conversations around root causes and leverage points
- Grantee perception assessments and other strategies for listening to grantees
- Exploring new grantmaking strategies to improve impact, whether the foundation is considering multi-year grants, a peer review process, or participatory grantmaking
- Providing technical initial or ongoing support setting up participatory grantmaking processes, scholarships or other grants to individuals, expenditure responsibility grants, advocacy grants, international grants, and other strategies
- Writing communications to get your message out
- Support, consultation, and/or staffing during the process of closing shop
- Starting up – full formation and tax exemption
Download my Introduction Sheet to learn more. To discuss your ideas, please reach out for a conversation. I’m happy to chat with you about your needs and interests and answer your questions.