Philanthropy Awareness Initiative

The PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS INITIATIVE is a short term R&D project that works with foundations and philanthropy associations to improve communications and outreach to influential Americans. We aim to accomplish this purpose primarily by tracking how influential leaders see foundations and identifying, developing and sharing ways foundations can communicate about their unique role, work and impact in American society. Better connecting with leaders in government, business, nonprofit and media for greater mutual understanding and impact is a critical opportunity for U.S. philanthropy today. It will help the foundation sector build necessary political support, take promising programs to scale, invite new ideas, and encourage more philanthropy. For more information,
visit www.philanthropyawareness.org.

Project advisors and funders: Chris DeCardy (the David and Lucile Packard Foundation), Daniel Silverman (The James
Irvine Foundation), Darin McKeever (the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), David Morse (the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation), Eric Brown (the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation).