Timeline
1976 – NCRP is founded by the Donee Group, a coalition of nonprofit leaders, to urge philanthropy to serve vital public needs.
1977 – NCRP challenges United Way’s giving strategies, advocating for funding of grassroots social change.
1980 – NCRP’s publication, Foundations and Public Information: Sunshine or Shadow?, encourages foundations to be more financially transparent and accountable.
1981 – NCRP helps establish local committees for responsive philanthropy to increase awareness of community foundation giving practices.
1985 – NCRP assists in hosting the first National Conference of Women’s Funds, from which the Women’s Funding Network was created.
1991 – NCRP initiates a study of community foundations in America’s largest cities, including Denver, Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta and Chicago.
1997 – Sally Covington's Moving a Public Policy Agenda: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations is published. This groundbreaking research ignites debate and discussion among progressive and mainstream foundations that continues today.
1999 – Executive Director Rick Cohen steps in for Robert Bothwell, continuing NCRP’s 23-year legacy as the nation’s only progressive philanthropic watchdog.
2002 – NCRP begins publication of annual State of Philanthropy reports.
2004 – NCRP testifies in front of the Senate Finance Committee on the need for increased public accountability for philanthropy.
2006 – Rick Cohen steps down as Executive Director; Mary Lassen appointed Interim Executive Director
2007 – Aaron Dorfman appointed Executive Director.
2009 – Philanthropy at its Best is released
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