For: Current Partners (“Renewal Applicants”) As you may have seen in our recent announcement, RTNF plans to finish our work by spending...

For: New Applicants As you may have seen in our recent announcement, RTNF plans to finish our work by spending down the foundation assets...

How Foundations Source Opportunities Every foundation has a different intake and vetting process. While some require prospective...

An Unfortunate Power Imbalance If you work in the social impact sector, you’re certainly aware of the power imbalance between nonprofits...

There is an on-going debate in the philanthropic community about whether to spend down foundation assets or give in perpetuity. There are...

In December 2020, the Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation added a second full-time staff member, Erin Blackford. We are excited to have her and...

Today we're launching our new grant portal, where applicants and grantees will apply, monitor their grants, and report on any awards. We...

We are so excited to announce our 2019 grantees! Congratulations to you all, we are so proud and excited to partner with you (or continue...

With the new year just around the corner, a new Letter of Inquiry (LOI) season is quickly approaching. We'd like to remind all potential...

Grantseekers have a difficult job to do. While their work is surely rewarding, I can certainly appreciate that it must be incredibly...

At RTNF, we use the term "Legacy Grantee" fairly frequently. Applicants and grantees probably see us reference this special category of...

Re: Why Cash Transfers are a Great Option for Foundation Year End Giving Recently, I've had a few conversations about our 2016 blog post...

In the update to my last post, I included a list of topics this series will explore. These topics are process ordered and written as if...

Updated: June 26. Over the past several weeks, I've had the privilege of having many conversations with our applicants and grantees about...

Recently, I had a conversation with one of my board members who expressed sensitivity about the issue of western paternalism. This board...

The end of the year is an exciting time at the Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation. It's when grants go out to our partners; it's when we...

Last year, at a quarterly RTNF meeting, we updated our mission statement to include the goal of "eliminating the unsustainable use of...

The Board at RTNF approved the following pledge at our 3rd quarter board meeting of 2015: At RTNF we’re proud to have joined over 100...

Hi, welcome to RTNF's official blog, and our first blog post. As I've thought about what to say here, I figured the most important thing...