SMASH16 to Explore the Wonders of Science and Media
Foundation provides major funding for more than 300 science media stakeholders to explore new ways of communicating science September 20-22 in Boston…
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NOAA, Climate Central, Partners Conduct Rapid Assessment of Devastating August Rains
NOAA, Climate Central (RAF grant recipient) lead ‘rapid-response’ study that points to climate change as increasing chance of torrential rains…
Listen for Good
RELATED STORY: Finding the Questions that Matter In 2016 the Fund for Shared Insight launched Listen for Good, a grant-making initiative aimed at exploring new ways for nonprofits to engage with the people they seek to help through high-quality feedback loops. Funders nominate nonprofits for…
Finding the Questions that Matter
How Public Lab is evaluating its pioneering model of community science…
Video Series: Philanthropy Lessons
Exponent Philanthropy is showcasing words of wisdom from inspirational funders in its video series Philanthropy Lessons. They will —adding new videos every month through June 2016, and inviting the broader community to share lessons on its site. The videos and campaign are supported by the Fund…
A Spring Upgrade for Your Feedback Loops
How do you know if you’re changing people’s lives for the better? The most fundamental way is to ask them, of course. But how to ask and how to act on what you hear is not always clear. A new resource is here to help. The Feedback Toolkit…
More Voices, Richer Data for Greater Impact
Fund for Shared Insight marks a new chapter for philanthropy In 2012, Oakland, California, was drowning in public record requests. An already overworked system had been flooded by requests for video, email and internal documents related to the Occupy Oakland protests. But there was no clear way…