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Who Has GlassPockets?
101 foundations are showing their commitment to transparency and accountability.
GlassPockets tracks 27 indicators of foundation transparency including:
Contact Information
Governance and Policies
Staffing Policies and Diversity Data
Grantmaking Information
Planning and Performance
Financial Information -
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Reporting Commitment
Explore more than 82,000 grants worth nearly $54 billion on the Reporting Commitment map.
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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 yo make strategic decisions on the context of your foundation's values and culture. And now there's a terrific infographic for you to download and share.
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Who Has GlassPockets?
We're tracking 27 indicators of foundation transparency, now including open licensing, strategic plans, and diversity data.
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In Transparency Talk
New from the Glasspockets blog
Donor-Advised Funds Debate Intensifies with Proposed California Legislation
Assembly Bill 1712 is legislation has been proposed to regulate donor-advised funds (DAFs) in California. Currently, it focuses only on DAF transparency. Learn more about the debate around it.
Ask, Listen, Act. Embedding Community Voices into our Brand.
Learn how the Marguerite Casey Foundation's listening circles in six cities helped them to better serve low-income families.
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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.
How 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.
