We’re collaborating with partners on a range of projects.
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Harris Interactive
The Giving Practice, Philanthropy Northwest
Millennium Communications Group & the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Maine Philanthropy Center and Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Council of Michigan Foundations, Hattaway Communications & the Community Research Institute at Grand Valley State University
Florida Philanthropic Network

Tracking promising foundation efforts

The Giving Practice, Philanthropy Northwest

What current activities are foundations – large and small – undertaking to connect with influential Americans? And how are regional associations supporting this work?

Led by The Giving Practice (Anne Green) of Philanthropy Northwest, this project seeks to identify a range of tactics that foundations have used or could use in all six areas of communications and outreach to influential Americans that PAI is focusing on: building urgency, targeting influential audiences, messaging about foundation value, telling stories of impact, engaging ambassadors, and making connections.

Anne Green will conduct a series of interviews with foundation and regional association leaders about their current and potential practices for connecting with influential Americans. The project seeks to identify a range of practices—from simple tactics to more comprehensive efforts—that The Giving Practice and PAI can provide as part of a toolkit for foundations and philanthropy associations to use as they improve communications and outreach with influential Americans.