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Who Has Glass Pockets?
105 foundations are showing their commitment to transparency and accountability.
Glasspockets tracks 27 indicators of foundation transparency including:
- Contact Information
- Governance Policies
- HR/Staffing Policies
- Financial Information
- Grantmaking Information
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Eye on the Giving Pledge
With more than $994 billion in net worth the 183 Giving Pledgers are a game-changing force in philanthropy.
GlassPockets provides and in-depth look at all the pledgers, tracking their publicly-known charitable activities and giving interests.
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Transparency Challenge
90% of foundations don't even have a website. Find out what else we know about the field.
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The Path to Transparency Can Be a Hike!
Take the 10 steps to transparency
We've created a step-by-step approach to help you make strategic decisions in the context of your foundation's values and culture. And now there's a terrific infographic for you tot download and share.
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Who Has GlassPockets?
We're tracking 27 indicators of foundation transparency, now including open licensing, strategic plan, and diversity data.
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Show Us Your Glass Pockets
Demonstrate your foundation's online transparency.
Submitting your profile is easy.
We'll even review your submission with you before we post it!
Not ready to submit?
No problem, we have a worksheet you can fill in and share with colleagues, plus a handy heat map that shows you who's showing what.
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In Transparency Talk
New from the Glasspockets blog
Saying “No” Gracefully: What Grantmakers Should Know
Hear what you should know on how to say no to grant applications.
Philanthropy is contributing billions to Indian development, but who is counting?
India is home to one of the fastest-growing social sectors in the world. Yet details about its overall size, contribution, and impact remain mostly unknown. Starting today, the Philanthropy in India website addresses this void.
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Open For Good - Voices from the Field
Tools, practices, and examples for really opening up
We've asked the experts to share their own lessons learned about
how knowledge sharing benefits the sector - and the greater good.Free & Low Cost Websites for Foundations
Getting Your Foundation Online Is Easy
As part of our commitment to transparency, Foundation Center will design and host your foundation's website. Benefits include:
- Greater understanding of the good your foundation is doing in the world
- Greater ease in communicating updates
- Greater staff efficiency in addressing frequently asked questions
- Better proposals, when applicants understand your goals
The The Corbin Foundation site combines a great look and visual narrative with an intuitive navigation and responsive design that helps communicate core interests and makes their new online application easy to use.
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What We're Tracking
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Who Has Glass Pockets?
We can help your foundation have glass pockets.
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The Transparency Challenge
An infographic that shows you what we know about the field as a whole
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Reporting Commitment
Foundations are making grant information available to the public in an open format.
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Eye on the Giving Pledge
We bring greater transparency to the Giving Pledge.
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"We think that the foundation should have glass pockets.”
Russell Leffingwell, Chair, Carnegie Corporation, 1952 Does your foundation have glass pockets?
Find outHow Are Foundations Being Transparent in a Digital World?
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Sharing Knowledge
Through their work, foundations produce deep knowledge about successful strategies and lessons learned. We can share your knowledge on IssueLab.
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Building Websites
Fewer than 10% of U.S. foundations have a website. Having a website is easy and is the first step to online transparency. We can help with Foundation Websites.
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Sharing Grants Data
Sharing your grants data with us electronically helps the public understand your work. We make it easy with the Reporting Commitment and e-grant reporting.
Share Your Grants