Knowledge management

Grantmakers for Education led the field in developing a knowledge management strategy. This initiative allowed communities of grantmakers with common funding interests to work together to have greater impact on student outcomes.

Learn more about GFE's knowledge management initiative

• Read the project description.
• Read the executive summary of our recent study of our members’ knowledge needs.

Knowledge management resources for grantmakers

• Marketing Your Knowledge: A Report to Philanthropy's R&D Organizations (PDF)
  This report, commissioned by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, examines obstacles to knowledge-sharing among philanthropic organizations and proposes 10 effective practices to foster communication and knowledge-sharing.
• Nonprofit Knowledge Management
  In this brief article from Nonprofit Online News, Michael Gilbert outlines some of the guiding principles and lessons learned in fostering knowledge-building communities.
• Spending Smarter: Knowledge as a Philanthropic Resource (PDF)
  This paper by Lucy Bernholz encourages philanthropy to leverage its knowledge investments to increase philanthropic impact by adopting knowledge management strategies.
• Grantmakers for Effective Organizations website
  GEO has a number of knowledge management resources for grantmakers in its searchable database.
• Knowledge Management Comes to Philanthropy
  This article from the McKinsey Quarterly makes the case for adopting knowledge management strategies and offers a case study of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's knowledge management efforts.