Philanthropic and Capacity-Building Services

OMG supports the social sector by providing intermediary services, managing local and national programs, and building grantee capacity through trainings and convenings. Our commitment to organizational effectiveness and impact, coupled with our well-developed financial and oversight systems, supports high-level foundation investments. OMG can oversee the development and administration of RFP’s, proposal awards, and grant monitoring. Also, to help organizations achieve their strategic goals, our team works with leadership teams to help them align internal structure, staffing, information systems, and operations. In addition, we provide lively, engaging professional learning workshops in which organizational teams, and multi-site grantees, funders, and community members share experiences. OMG’s work in this area helps to protect our clients' investment through careful oversight and by developing more effective organizations that can deliver greater impact.

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming
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OMG is the National Program Office for New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming. New Connections aims to expand the pipeline of diverse health and healthcare scholars, and the diversity of perspectives informing RWJF programming.  Since 2006, New Connections has awarded more than 110 research grants, and its participants have conducted projects for RWJF programs such as Healthy Eating Research, Active Living Research, and Public Health Law Research.  In addition, New Connections supports skill development of a broader network of diverse scholars, beyond its grantees, through activities and events such as the annual New Connections Symposium, the Research and Coaching Clinic, a mentoring program, and methodological writing and training.
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Management of the Philadelphia Region Capacity-Building Program
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OMG is managing the capacity-building program of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services to strengthen grantee organizations.  The Philadelphia Region Capacity-Building Program provides grants, workshops, and guidance to help these agencies increase their impact on clients by more effective program delivery to vulnerable community residents. The grants address: management information systems design and development; financial management and planning; evaluation and outcomes system development; leadership succession and next tier leadership development; new program planning and development; effective strategy development; and financial and organizational restructuring. OMG awards, monitors, and evaluates the program’s grants, and manages workshops to facilitate how these agencies can successfully implement these critical organizational practices.
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Management and Training for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Evaluation Fellowship Program
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In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Duquesne University, OMG designed and facilitated a five-year initiative to increase diversity among evaluators, and to expand the participation and leadership of diverse and underserved groups in the profession.  Over the course of the program, OMG, working with RWJF and Duquesne, selected and trained 32 fellows – 16 Emerging Professionals (recent post-graduates with Masters or Doctoral degrees in social or other applied sciences) and 16 Retooling Professionals (mid-career employees of nonprofits, with limited evaluation experience, but growing evaluation responsibilities). The Emerging Professional fellows were placed in evaluation positions in philanthropies, independent firms, and government research organizations. Fellows from both groups attended workshops on evaluation skill building with a culturally responsive lens, such as theory of change, tool development, data collection and analysis, and findings presentations. In addition, the workshop curriculum included readings, guest lectures, and resources on Culturally Responsive Evaluation theory and practice.  
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Increasing the Scale of Arts Education Programming
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In support of making the arts central to all children’s public education, OMG helped five Philadelphia arts education organizations build their organizational infrastructure to grow their programs. First, OMG developed an assessment tool to help the arts organizations evaluate their readiness to further grow programs, and secondly offered specific guidance to these groups through workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions. OMG also introduced the assessment tool to a wider group of arts organizations through a citywide workshop.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Convening
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OMG worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to design a convening to extend the policy development skills of its Health Policy Research grantees. While informing RWJF about its grantees’ capacity needs, this meeting deepened grantees’ understanding of the critical role of research in the policy change process, its place among the broader set of policy change tools and players.
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