The Stanford Social Innovation Review is taking a moment to highlight their most read articles of 2009.
Ranked by popularity (measured by hits on their website), these most-read articles can be read online.
Northern California Grantmakers would like to take a moment to recognize the remarkable life and contributions of Evelyn Haas who passed away Wednesday here in San Francisco.
”Evelyn Haas, philanthropist, patron of the arts, matriarch of one of the Bay Area’s most prominent families…[and] widow of Walter A. Haas Jr., led the family foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, which has contributed more than $364 million to hundreds of community and cultural organizations that make the Bay Area what it is. They include the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the restoration of Crissy Field and The Chronicle’s Season of Sharing Fund.”
The Haas family have been active institutional members within the NCG community since its inception. Evelyn Haas was an integral part of the Haas family’s legacy in the field of philanthropy, which will no doubt continue to impact the Bay Area for generations to come. Her passing will be a great loss to the Bay Area community.
Read the San Francisco Chronicle article commemorating Evelyn Haas’ life online.
Yesterday the Foundation Center’s PhilanTopic blog posted an interview with Courtney Bourns, Director of Programs for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).
During the 16 minute interview, Patricia Pasqual, Director of the Foundation Center’s Washington D.C. office, discussed with Courtney the new report Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field.
“Co-published by GEO and the Council on Foundations, the report examines a number of approaches to evaluation and offers real-life examples of their implementation.”
Check out the full PhilanTopic blog post and listen the interview online.
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