Advocacy & Public Policy Grantmaking: Matching Process to Purpose

Building on research conducted in 2007 by Coffman and Campbell, this brief summarizes advocacy and public policy grantmaking approaches and their implications for grant portfolio composition and management, auxiliary supports and evaluation. “Advocacy and public policy grantmaking” refers to grantmaking in support of a wide range of advocacy activities that are intend to trigger, block, maintain, support and/or monitor changes in public policy at any level of government. The findings in the report emerged from an extensive literature review, as well as interviews with staff at 14 foundations and three independent consultants with in-depth policy experience.

 

Bibliographic Details
Author	Tanya Beer, Pilar Stella Ingargiola, and Meghann Flynn Beer
Publisher	The Colorado Trust
Publication Date	August 5, 2012
Publication City
Publication Work
Resource Type	Research & Reports
Resource Focus	Advocacy Evaluation Advocacy/Public Policy Analysis and Reflection Action and Improvement
Audience	Practitioners Evaluators Funders
Region	North America
Keywords	The Colorado Trust advocacy public policy assessment grantmaking foundations
Submitted to Point K	April 13, 2015 - 9:59am