Organizational Effectiveness Grant

Effective and sustainable partners are key to solving complex social, economic, and environmental challenges, yet the nonprofit and public sector has chronically underfunded investments in organizational capacity. The Foundation aims to fund partners so that they will have the organizational strength and agility to pursue big ideas and take risks in service of accelerating achievement of their strategic priorities.

Grants are awarded to organizations and programs focused on:

• Leadership and Governance, with priority to
  • Diverse, high-performing leaders
  • Collaboration and access to networks
  • Board development and engagement
• Human Capital Management, with priority to
  • Talent acquisition and retention
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Competitive nonprofit career paths
• Strategy and Learning, with priority to
  • Culture of learning
  • Impact measurement
  • Adaptive strategy
  • Resilient, balanced financial structure
• Communications, with priority to
  • Brand strategy
  • Contemporary storytelling