Member Resources
GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington strives to provide resources that are comprehensive, accessible and dynamic. Our offices house a vast and varied library. We offer valuable connections to national philanthropic organizations. And our membership includes over 100 organizations - nearly 550 individual members - each with their own unique grantmaking experiences.
Personalized Member Services
Comprehensive On-site Library
Our offices house a vast and varied library that includes up-to-date information on: foundation management, grantmaking, funding areas and philanthropy, as well as, industry publications and reports. Materials are available to all members to browse and borrow or materials can be identified by GRANTMAKERS’ staff to suite a member’s specific need or interest. From current industry salary & benefits figures to information on funding disaster relief, if a member requests it, we will find it!
Peer Mentoring
Members are pleased to act as mentors to new grantmakers. There is no formal structure to this service; rather, the grantmaker and the mentor continue to work together for as long as it is mutually beneficial. Members are also willing to act as resources in particular areas of expertise and share best practices.
Added Membership Advantages
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
Through an arrangement with the Council on Foundations (http://www.cof.org), Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington is pleased to offer its member foundations access to a discounted Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Coverage program. The plan was carefully crafted by John A. Edie, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Council on Foundations. If you would like information about the Directors & Officers Liability Insurance package please contact Jane Nober at the Council on Foundations at 800.432.7465 or via email at . Identify yourself as a member of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. Grantmakers is pleased to be partnering with the Council on Foundation to bring this benefit to our members.
MicroEdge GIFTS Grantmaking software: 10% discount
Through this program, members of Grantmakers are eligible for a special 10% discount on GIFTS and Essential GIFTS new systems sales (through December 31, 2003). Contact Tom Saunders, Vice President of Sales, MicroEdge, at 800.899.0890 x 278 or . To learn more about the software, click here.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review is published by the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Review provides grantmakers with informative research, best practices, and provocative opinions. Special Grantmakers’ rate (1 year - 4 issues) is $49. Subscribe online and enter the promocode ‘gosw’. To contact SSIR, please call 650-725-7399 or email. You may cancel at any time and receive a full refund on unmailed issues.
Grantmaking Basics Online course through The Council on Foundations
Special Rate for Grantmakers members: $150.00 (Regularly $295)
Grantmaking Basics Online is a web-based course that offers self-paced learning in the basics of grantmaking from a desktop computer. It can be used as a staff or board refresher course, an orientation program for newcomers or to complement an existing orientation program. The $150 tuition includes:
- Two-year access to the online course;
- A complimentary copy of “Grantmaking Basics: A Field Guide for Funders”;
- Electronic announcements of new chapters that are not in print; and
- Council on Foundations staff technical support.
For additional information, visit www.cof.org/grantmakingbasics to try one chapter for free. If you have questions about the course or would like to subscribe, contact Sophie Dunbar, Coordinator, Education Collaborations, Council on Foundations,at or 202.467.0423.
A+ Conference Calling
Through the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, you have access to a lower-cost conference calling option. A+ Conferencing offers a variety of services including the convenient and easy to use Reservationless Conferencing, Operator Assisted Conferences, and Web Conferencing.
The negotiated rates are:
Reservationless Toll Meet Me Service: 3 cents per minute per line
Reservationless 800 Meet Me Service: 7 cents per minute per line
If you are interested in learning more about rates and how to subscribe, please call 1-888-239-3969.