The Foundation Incubator

Summary Report, "The Big, New Foundations: Their Leaders and Their Strategies", May 19, 2004, (PDF file: 1.4 MB)

* Audio files of "The Big, New Foundations: Their Leaders and Their Strategies", May 19, 2004
Part 1 (mp3 file: 25.5 MB), Part 2 (mp3 file: 22.4MB), Part 3 (mp3 file: 20.5 MB), Part 4 (mp3 file: 28.4 MB)

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Learning from Experience by Jill Blair and Elizabeth Bremner
First published in Alliance, Vol. 8, No 4, December 2003.

Bridging the Gap by Heather McLeod-Grant
First published in Alliance, Vol. 8, No 2, June 2003.

When Capacity-Building Grants Flatline by Lee Draper
First published in Foundation News and Commentary May/June 2003

Audio Tape of "Lessons from High Engagement Grantmaking: A Conversation with Paul Shoemaker"
Paul Shoemaker 11/13/02 (mp3 file: 12.4 MB)

Video Footage of "Bridging The Gap" Conference
Bridging the Gap 10/16/02
Click on link above to see video clips from the plenary session and access notes from breakout sessions.

TFI on KQED Public Radio
KQED: Forum Program 08/02
Click on link above and find the Forum from Thursday, August 29 at 10 a.m. that interviews Mark Dowie, and hear Eleanor Clement Glass discussing the importance of The Foundation Incubator. (Her comments are approximately 37 minutes into the program. You can use the arrow key to fast forward.)

BROCHURE

The Foundation Incubator 2004 Brochure

PRESS RELEASES

August, 2004—The Foundation Incubator Releases Report on "The Big, New Foundations: Their Leaders and Their Strategies"

April 20, 2004—The Foundation Incubator Presents "The Big, New Foundations: Their Leaders and Their Strategies"

April 30, 2003—The Foundation Incubator Announces Introductory Membership Packages And Expanded Service In San Francisco

March 18, 2003—Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and The Foundation Incubator Form Strategic Partnership

September 13, 2002—Eleanor Clement Glass Named Vice President

News Flash: April 24, 2002

September 26, 2001—Foundation Leaders Partner to Open the Nation's First Foundation Incubator

NEWSLETTERS

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ARTICLES

The following stories about TFI have recently been in the news:

San Jose Mercury News: "Foundations Unveil Unique Giving Tactics" 05/04

San Jose Business Journal: "Business and Nonprofits can teach..." 11/02

Stanford Business: "Lamaze for Nascent Foundations" 2/02

Silicon Valley Business Ink: "Incubator Helps nurture…." 10/01

New York Times: "How to Hatch a Foundation…" 10/01

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