Scholarships are now available for under-resourced nonprofits in California to attend the Foundation Center's 2012 training courses. This initiative is generously supported by contributions from Pacific, Gas and Electric Company. If you represent a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a budget under $1,000,000, you are eligible to apply.
June 2011
Since 2000, foundations in the Bay Area reported faster growth in total giving and Since 2000, foundations in the Bay Area reported faster growth in total giving and assets compared to California and U.S. foundations overall. These grantmakers awarded $3.1 billion in 2009, a 77% increase over 2000, and their assets rose 34% during the same ten years, despite a steep decline in 2008. Key Facts on Bay Area Foundations examines the assets and giving of 2,498 private and community foundations in the Bay Area and provides lists of top foundations and snapshot views of their giving patterns by major subject and support type.
Philanthropy Chat: Humera Fasihuddin and Eben Bayer Discuss Social Enterprise
San Francisco, CA
March 23, 2012
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) exists to strengthen invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education through curricular development. Each year, NCIIA hosts the Open Minds exhibition to showcase cutting-edge innovation from NCIIA's best student teams. Ecovative, an Open Minds alum, is a triple-bottom line organization with the mission to eliminate disposable plastics through commercialization of cost and performance competitive sustainable materials platform, namely Eco-cradle, a Styrofoam packaging replacement. In this podcast Humera Fasihuddin, Program Manager/Outreach at NCIIA and Eben Bayer, CEO of Ecovative, discuss funding for social enterprise.
Since 2000, foundations in the Bay Area reported faster growth in total giving and Since 2000, foundations in the Bay Area reported faster growth in total giving and assets compared to California and U.S. foundations overall. These grantmakers awarded $3.1 billion in 2009, a 77% increase over 2000, and their assets rose 34% during the same ten years, despite a steep decline in 2008. Key Facts on Bay Area Foundations examines the assets and giving of 2,498 private and community foundations in the Bay Area and provides lists of top foundations and snapshot views of their giving patterns by major subject and support type.
