By Vance Yoshida

Published by CausePlanet, this article describes characteristics of a high impact board and seven questions you can ask in order to evaluate whether your organize benefits from a high impact board.

Funded by the James Irvine Foundation, this report, by Heather Gowdy, Alex Hildebrand, David La Piana, and Melissa Mendes Campos, explores La Piana Consulting's reseach initiative NonprofitNext and the key trends driving the future of the nonprofit sector.  The trends include generational and other demographic shifts, the rise and impact of social media and other technological advances, the growing importance of networks as a means for effecting change, the role of volunteerism and civic engagement in society, and the blurring of sector boundaries. For more information and to join the conversation, check out the NonprofitNext blog.

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Real Collaboration is a guide for grantmakers — written by David La Piana in January 2001 at the request of the Ford Foundation — that makes recommendations on how program officers can make better, more effective use of collaboration among grantees.

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By Bob Harrington and Lester Olmstead-Rose

Created in partnership with the Blue Shield of California Foundation’s Blue Shield Against Violence Program, this publication shares research, survey results, and lessons learned about the status of collaborative partnerships in the domestic violence field. These materials were developed to help spur conversations about collaboration field-wide and to inspire additional exploration of how innovative partnerships can help strengthen the work of domestic violence organizations in California. Download the PDF.

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