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Building Grantmaker Effectiveness and Accountability

The Forum's two-year Effectiveness and Accountability initiative seeks to increase philanthropic effectiveness and fulfillment of the public trust, at the regional level.  The main goals of this initiative are to:

1. Enable regional associations to provide grantmakers with the necessary educational resources to assist them in dealing with the critical issues surrounding accountability and effectiveness.
2. Help regional associations and their members to develop, adopt, and implement guiding principles for grantmakers.
3. Increase the capacity of regional associations to build and sustain relationships with state officials and policy makers who have responsibility for the oversight of the charitable sector.
4. Strengthen the ability of regional associations to communicate positive messages about philanthropy.

In This Area

• Accountability Educational Resources
  Resources to help RAs educate grantmakers about critical issues surrounding accountability and effectiveness.
• Building Communications Capacity
  Information and tools to strengthen the ability of regional associations to communicate positive messages about philanthropy.
• Guiding Principles for Grantmakers
  Tools to help RAs and their members develop, adopt, and implement guiding principles for grantmakers.
• State Public Policy Engagement
  Resources to help build and sustain relationships with state officials and policy makers who regulate philanthropy.

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