Making Change by Spending Down
In September 2013, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP) and GrantCraft partnered to tell the story of the ACBP spend down. Few stories of foundation spend downs—that is, spending all of a foundation’s endowment deliberately with the intent of closing—have been publicly told, and none to our knowledge using a primary medium of a blog series. ACBP’s goal was to build on GrantCraft’s strength of sharing funder wisdom by highlighting more than 20 voices connected with the spend down over the 28-month period until it closed its doors. Please contribute your comments on each post and discuss the series using #spenddown.
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Link to The Power of Philanthropy
The Power of Philanthropy
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Link to When Legacy and Field-Building Go Hand-in-Hand
When Legacy and Field-Building Go Hand-in-Hand
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Link to The Green Environment Fund: Exiting a Field
The Green Environment Fund: Exiting a Field
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Link to Getting Past the Hamster Wheel
Getting Past the Hamster Wheel
- Link to Cultivating Programs for Next Generation Donors
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Link to The Parting Glass
The Parting Glass
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Link to Thinking Outside the Box: How Partnerships Grow a Foundation’s Impact
Thinking Outside the Box: How Partnerships Grow a Foundation’s Impact
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Link to Foundation Life: Beyond Money and Grantmaking
Foundation Life: Beyond Money and Grantmaking
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Link to Communicating The Lia Fund’s Sunset Plans to Our Grantees
Communicating The Lia Fund’s Sunset Plans to Our Grantees
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Link to Protect Your Mission: Offload non-core activities and share services
Protect Your Mission: Offload non-core activities and share services
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Link to Retaining an Engaged Staff to the End
Retaining an Engaged Staff to the End
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Link to Enhancing Canadianism through a Partnership Mosaic
Enhancing Canadianism through a Partnership Mosaic
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Link to Improving Communities in Israel through Partnerships
Improving Communities in Israel through Partnerships
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Link to What Do You Do With a Couch Potato?
What Do You Do With a Couch Potato?
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Link to Transitioning Legacy: Maintaining philanthropic tradition during and after spend down
Transitioning Legacy: Maintaining philanthropic tradition during and after spend down
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Link to Archiving Simply: How the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Prioritized Sharing
Archiving Simply: How the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Prioritized Sharing
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Link to Why Document Spend Down?
Why Document Spend Down?
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Link to Five Steps to a Successful Spend Down: Operational Priorities
Five Steps to a Successful Spend Down: Operational Priorities
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Link to Steps to a Successful Spend Down: Strategic Priorities
Steps to a Successful Spend Down: Strategic Priorities
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Link to Debating Perpetuity: Five considerations
Debating Perpetuity: Five considerations
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Link to Our Road to Independence
Our Road to Independence
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Link to Managing Human Resources During a Foundation Spend Down
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Link to Doing Spend Down Right
Doing Spend Down Right
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Link to The Sloping Reality of Spend Down
The Sloping Reality of Spend Down
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Link to The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
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Link to History of Grants while Spending Down
History of Grants while Spending Down
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Link to Making Impact at a Spend Down Foundation
Making Impact at a Spend Down Foundation
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Link to Philanthropy to Food
Philanthropy to Food
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Link to The Mission of Spend Down
The Mission of Spend Down
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Link to A Generational Transition
A Generational Transition
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Link to The Transparent Spend Down
The Transparent Spend Down
A project of GrantCraft and the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP)
