Features

Update your grantmaking profile!
Since 1986, the AGM Grantmaker Directory has offered grant seekers an efficient and comprehensive resource on potential funders in the Massachusetts and N.H. region. We have streamlined the updating process to make the production of the Directory more timely, accurate and efficient. If you have not updated your profile for 2007 - it will only take about 10 minutes to complete the update as you will be able to access and edit your organization's existing information.
Remember – your listing in the Directory is FREE.
Download the step by step instructions from www.agmconnect.org/gmdupdate
The deadline for updates is September 7, 2007.

Expand your knowledge!
AGM has developed a new database of information for our grantmaking Members and nonprofit Partners. The AGM KnowledgeBase contains information on what is physically contained in the Resource Center for Philanthropy (RCP) as wells websites, e-documents, and reports that are deemed relevant for the interests and needs of AGM’s Members and Partners.
You can also use an online request form to ask for reference and research assistance from RCP staff.
Check it out at www.agmconnect.org/kbase. We hope that the AGM KnowledgeBase will become a useful new tool for your organization. Please let us know what you think via email to rcp@agmconnect.org.

AGM's 38th Annual Meeting Connected Old Friends and New Features
The 38th Annual AGM Annual Meeting on June 19 kicked off to a great start with a lively and engaging keynote address by Kathleen Enright, Executive Director of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). Kathleen presented the results of a GEO study about what changes grantmakers could make to most effectively support their grantees. GEO conducted paired focus groups (one of grantmakers and one of grantees) in five cities, including Boston, to get perspectives from both sides of the fence about what was most important in grantee-grantor relations, and what changes – large and small – would have the biggest impact.
Meeting Summary
Download AGM's 2007 Annual Report
If you would like a hard copy of AGM's Annual Report, please email Gail Pinkham.

Public Policy Updates
Visit our Public Policy Resource section for the latest news and policy and legislative resources. Our last update was on August 7, 2007.

To view previous feature news story on AGM's home page visit Archived News

Note: The AGM Offices and the Resource Center will be closed on August 27th, 2007

Events

Teleconference: Multi-Generational Philanthropy: Building the Next Generation of Donors and Doers
Thursday, August 9, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Book Club: Peter Karoff and The World We Want Friday, August 24, 2007
8:30 am - 10:30 am
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Western Massachusetts Funders Group
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:30 am - 10:00 am
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Teleconference: What's Family Got to do with it? The Value of Family in Family Philanthropy Thursday, September 20, 2007
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Funders Discussion - Growth, Development and Communities
Friday, September 21, 2007 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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How to Read Grantee Financial Statements: Do all those numbers add up to something?
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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A Question of Justice: Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System
Thursday, September 27, 2007
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Office Closings