Kris Putnam Walkerly's Perspectives on the Obama Administration Featured in BusinessWeek - Read what Kris and 14 other small business entrepreneurs think about the Obama administration.
- Kris Putnam-Walkerly Writes Guest Blog at the Nonprofit Conversation
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Kris' guest blog describes challenges faced by foundations during this recession, what grantmakers are looking for, and what nonprofits need to consider when approaching grantmakers for funds.
- Putnam Wins Ten Under 10 Award
- Putnam Community Investment Consulting was selected by the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) as one of their 2008 COSE Ten Under 10 Award winners. Each year, COSE's Ten Under 10 honors companies in Northeast Ohio for their best practices in innovation, growth, and success, value to the community and to the environment, diversity, and customer service excellence.
- The Cleveland Foundation Turns to Putnam to Create Youth Development Initiative
- Putnam continues to help The Cleveland Foundation design and implement a comprehensive, county-wide youth development initiative, providing after-school, youth employment, and other supports to help young people ages 6-18 successfully transition into early adulthood. The initiative, called MyCom, served 4500 young people with new youth employment and out-of-school-time opportunities during its first summer.
- PolicyLink retains Putnam to support Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership
- Putnam authored Making the Case and Getting Underway: A Funder Toolkit to Support Healthy People in Healthy Places. The toolkit is designed to help foundations create new partnerships and grantmaking efforts that result in improved health outcomes in communities - helping make the case for cross-sector partnerships, and environmental and policy changes. Convergence Partnership members include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Endowment, Nemours, Kresge Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control.
- Blue Shield of California Foundation Retains Putnam for 5th Year
- For the fifth consecutive year, Putnam Community Investment Consulting was selected to manage the foundation's annual Core Support Initiative for Community Health Clinics. In 2008, Putnam handled all aspects of this RFP, and made funding recommendations totaling $7 million.
- Walter S. Johnson Foundation Asks Putnam to Recommend Support for Foster Youth
- WSJF asked Putnam to help it determine what additional philanthropic investments might increase public support for the widespread replication of College Support Programs for former foster youth throughout college campuses. Our report, From Novelty to Expectation: Recommendations to Develop a System of Campus Support for Foster Youth recommends a Campus Support Sustainability initiative that would provide a range of technical assistance, professional development, convening, and evaluation resources, and promote extensive replication of campus support programs for foster youth.
- Putnam Named Top 10 Women Business Owner of Northeast Ohio
The Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) has named Putnam President Kris Putnam-Walkerly as one of their Top 10 Women Business Owners of Northeast Ohio. The award, now in its 14th year, honors women who have demonstrated excellence as a woman business owner, including: initiative and creativity, professional accomplishments, contributions to the field, and civic and community involvement. The winners were honored at an awards dinner on April 17, 2008.- Putnam Evaluates Core Support Funding
- The Blue Shield of California Foundation retained Putnam to evaluate its Core Support Initiative, which provided over $10 million in general support funding to 175 community health clinics and clinic networks over two years. Grantees reported improvements in fiscal stability and infrastructure as a result of these grants, and that this resulted in more efficient and productive services. Complete findings are available in the Core Support Initiative Evaluation. Read more here.
- Stewardship Council Turns to Putnam to Develop 2007 Grantmaking Plan
- The Youth Investment Program 2007 Grantmaking Plan was approved by their Board of Directors and will guide grantmaking this year. Download the Stewardship Council 2007 Grantmaking Plan.pdf full report here.
- Stuart Foundation Retains Putnam to Review Youth Media Grants
- Putnam conducted a cluster review of five grants (totaling $1.4 million) designed to engage youth and young adults in hands-on learning of sophisticated media-production techniques. Putnam's review determined that grantees met objectives, served over 12,000 youth annually, and reached audiences of over 27 million people. Complete findings are available in the Youth Media report, which was released at a national convening of youth media organizations and funders in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2006.
- Putnam Assesses Success of "College Access" Grants
- The Stuart Foundation retained Putnam to conduct a cluster review of 12 grants (totaling $3.9 million) awarded to organizations helping at-risk youth apply for, be accepted to, and successfully complete college.
- Northern California Grantmakers Asks Putnam to Support Disaster Preparedness Initiative
- Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) recently launched the San Francisco Bay Area Disaster Preparedness and Response Initiative to ensure that foundations and corporate giving programs plan ahead for an effective philanthropic response to a major, local disaster. NCG asked Putnam to conduct a needs assessment and strategic planning, which includes an online survey, key informant interviews, literature review, analysis, and planning with task force members. The Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan will be available in early 2007.
- Putnam Client Reaches Agreement with Department of Labor
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced they have reached agreement with the US Department of Labor to join RWJF and the Hitachi Foundation in supporting its Jobs to Careers initiative. The DOL will use their support of a project that focuses on Long Term care Workers as a 'Pilot', to shape what they expect will be a large LTC workforce development initiative that they sponsor next fiscal year.
- In The News
- Putnam President, Kris Putnam-Walkerly, interviewed by Startup Nation. Read the full article here.
