Our Impact

We offer small-group fellowship that our members value highly;

We “go deep” on issues through our unique collection of active, engaged and integrated networks and programs;

Those programs offer follow-through and continuity, well beyond offering an interesting series of briefings and meetings;

The work of CGBD members is outcomes-oriented, always looking for linkages, partnerships, and collaborative ventures;

CGBD is future-oriented, with its Horizon Committee’s scenario planning, trends monitoring and analysis, and a continuing search for emerging issues that will affect our members’ grantmaking;

We have an estimable professional staff of 11, most of whose members hold advanced degrees, subject-matter expertise, as well as rich experience in the field and in association management.

Vision

A sustainable, just and healthy future for all life on Earth, advanced by a vibrant and effective philanthropic sector.

Mission

The purposes of CGBD are to contribute to the building of a community of informed, knowledgeable, effective grantmakers and to promote influential philanthropic initiatives through coordinated, collaborative, and/or leveraged grantmaking.

CGBD supports and grows a community of foundation leaders who:

• learn by sharing knowledge;
• adopt a holistic approach to environmental problem-solving;
• seek to be well informed about scientific, economic, cultural and political factors affecting their work;
• pursue collaborative strategies to effect change,
• guided by a broad-scale, regular assessment of trends.

Adopted by the CGBD Board of Directors June, 2010.