Did you find it easier to set up your foundation than to operate it?
This past year, we have seen foundation assets drop precipitously, resulting in a significant loss in funding available to our nonprofit community. Now, perhaps more than ever, foundations are looking to both simplify and optimize their grantmaking while investing in charitable organizations that best fit their funding priorities to accomplish the greatest impact.
At MNSS, we can make grantmaking easier for foundation trustees. We offer the following services:
Strategic Planning - Define and clarify vision, funding priorities, and foundation goals with trustees. Outline funding guidelines and identify programmatic focus. Create tools to measure success.
Administration - Coordinate quarterly meetings with trustees, offer recommendations. Systematize prospect and grantee tracking. Offer basic and advanced accounting services.
Proposal Management - Facilitate proposal review by developing tools for streamlining the proposal process. Respond to grant inquiries, manage prospective grants, conduct site visits, and communicate awards and denials.
Financial Modeling and Analysis - Build financial representation of decision making for optimal asset allocation and tracking of philanthropic investments.
Evaluation - Conduct in-depth analysis of past grantmaking. Work with current grantees to illuminate successes and challenges of current funding.
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Foundation Services