Philanthropy: California Endowment Rated Well by NCRP’s Philamplify
by Larry Kaplan, Nonprofit Quarterly
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) last month released a foundation assessment for Philamplify, “a new project aimed at bursting the isolation bubble in philanthropy by delivering honest feedback to grantmakers,” according to its press release.
The report assesses the California Endowment, Los Angeles’ largest foundation and one of the largest in the U.S. The Endowment, which focuses primarily on health issues, was created in 1996, when the nonprofit Blue Cross health insurance plan was sold to Wellpoint.
“In so many ways, The California Endowment practices the kind of philanthropy that is smart and strategic without losing focus on equity, justice and lasting positive change,” said Aaron Dorfman, executive director of NCRP, in the release disseminated on PR Newswire.
“Terrific as The Endowment is, our Philamplify assessment offers the foundation some recommendations for how they can boost their impact even more. It also offers lessons that I hope other philanthropists will find valuable as they seek to address critical community needs,” he continued.
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