Brown Bag Lunch

Funding the Big Stuff: How Seemingly Small Gifts Make Great Change

Friday, July 18, 2008
12:00 - 1:00pm

Individual donors and small foundations don’t always have significant resources to donate, but they still expect significant results. This session will examine how small grants can have great impact -- from the perspective of both grantmaker and grantseeker. It will describe options smaller grantmakers have to stretch their dollar, ideas for how you can position small funding opportunities to yield large results, and examples of small grants that have made significant change.

About the Presenter:

Kris Putnam-Walkerly, MSW, has worked with and advised foundations and non-profit organizations since 1990. Over the course of her career she has served as a grantmaker, consultant, facilitator, evaluator, project manager, and board member. Kris has consulted with numerous foundations to help them plan and implement grantmaking programs in the areas of leadership development, child and adolescent health, youth development, health access, substance abuse treatment, homelessness, elder abuse prevention, economic development, evaluation, and organizational capacity building.

In 1999, Kris established the philanthropy consulting firm Putnam Community Investment Consulting, Inc., which helps foundations and nonprofits assess need, develop effective programs, align organizational strategies, and evaluate impact. Prior to establishing Putnam Community Investment Consulting, Kris worked as a grantmaker at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and an evaluator at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Horizon Foundation and the Steering Committee of the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers. Kris also co-founded the Philanthropy Consultants Network.

Where:		The Foundation Center - Cleveland 1422 Euclid Ave., Suite 1600 Cleveland, OH 44115
Directions:		Click here for directions to the Cleveland Library.
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