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PLANNING ANDPHILANTHROPY
ERIC D. SHAWAPA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
APRIL 16, 2012
Philanthropy and Planning
SHARED OPPORTUNITY
• Philanthropy Foundations are investing in initiatives related to community improvement and system change.
Past and current efforts are producing mixed results.
Finding that there is a need to have technical expertise to develop community/ foundation identified solutions into a implementable strategy
• Planning
Planners are working with limited resources and scopes of work that can stifled out of the box ideas
Small scale efforts to test ideas or deep provide more extensive community engagement may not developed fully to fruition
Finding there is a need to flexible and patient investment that can realized for innovative planning outcomes
Philanthropy and Planning
INVESTMENT FOCUS
• Place Based• People Based• Issue Based
Philanthropy and Planning
ACTIVITIES
• Grantmaking• Program Related Investments• Convening • Publications• Strategic Partnerships
Philanthropy and Planning
HOW FOUNDATIONS SUPPORT PLANNING
• Increased Civic Engagement• Supporting enhanced scope of planning activities
• Plan implementation and Capacity Building• Develop data sets, convene leaders and market outcomes, push out of the box ideas
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Philanthropy and Planning
APPROACHING AND WORKING WITH FOUNDATIONS
• Show how your project is value added to what is normally done
• Understand and align a request for support with the activities and mission of the foundation
• Identify and work in strategic partnerships. Showcase how you can be a partner with a foundation
Philanthropy and Planning
CONTACT INFORMATIONEric D. Shaw
Vice President of Programs and Policyeshaw@foundationforlouisiana.org
Citizen’s Guideshttp://foundationforlouisiana.org/news_resources/citizen_guides/
Philanthropy and Planning
HUD’s Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation (IPI)
IPI Core Goals IPI is charged with finding new solutions to old
problems by working across public, private and civic sectors.
IPI helps position “HUD as a Hub” for innovation by convening new partners and collaborating across agency, organizational, and international boundaries.
IPI works with two primary sectors – International & Philanthropic.
HUD
Goals:
1. Strengthen the Nation’s Housing Market to Bolster the Economy and Protect Consumers
2. Meet the Need for Quality Affordable Rental Homes
3. Utilize Housing as a Platform for Improving Quality of Life
4. Build Inclusive and Sustainable Communities Free from Discrimination
5. Transform the Way HUD Does Business
Source: Draft HUD 2010‐2015 Strategic Plan
IPI
Goals:
1. RESEARCH: Generate lessons, evidence, and best practice in housing and community development from the philanthropic and international sectors that can be applied to HUD’s work
2. NETWORKS: Advance HUD’s capacity and competency to achieve better results through innovation and multi‐sector, multi‐national networks, including leaders in philanthropic, corporate, NGOs, and academic arenas
3. COLLABORATIONS: Develop collaborations that align ideas, investments, and resources for transformative and sustainable development in partnership with philanthropic and international partners
4. TOOLS & SYSTEMS: Provide the best possible internal and external tools, management systems and processes for delivery of timely, substantive and institution‐building information
PD&R
HUDOffice of Policy
Development and Research
IPI DESIGN
Output
Impact
(ROI X 2) =Return on InvestmentReturn on Innovation
( ) =Ideas and/or Dollars
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Foundations:
Non‐Governmental Institutions
Governmental Institutions
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PARTNERSHIPS
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IPI(ROI X
2)
Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2)
Choice Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
Promise Neighborhoods
Michigan's Office of the Foundation LiaisonCouncil of Michigan Foundations
Philanthropic Liaison to the City of NewarkCouncil of New Jersey Grantmakers
Similar offices in California, Colorado, and New Mexico…
Regional Associations of Grantmakers in all 50 states
National Funder Associations: Council on Foundations (including 250+ Community Foundations)Neighborhood Funders Group The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
The Metropolitan Opportunities PrograThe Metropolitan Opportunities PrograWorking for an Equitable RegionWorking for an Equitable Region
Ryan AlbrightMetropolitan Opportunities Program Officer
Ryan AlbrightMetropolitan Opportunities Program Officer
Leverage and Civic EngagementApril 16, 2012
APA National Conference
Metropolitan Opportunities Program
Looking for Leverage• What are foundations looking for?
• How can we meet our mutual goals?
• Foundations as partners for matchingrant funds and beyond.
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Civic Engagement
Metropolitan Opportunities Program
• Limited resources for civic engagement in planning and other processes
• Opportunity to make an investment that can amplify community voice
• Community organizing and partnershwith faith community
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Thank you for your time
Ryan AlbrightMetropolitan Opportunities Program
OfficerAlbright@gnof.org
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