We have created a few models to help us make sense of the field and our work:

Weaving Effective Networks: Insights from Packard Foundation Grantees (PDF: 850 KB)
To better understand the nature of network needs and identify opportunities for supporting the effectiveness of networks, the Foundation—in partnership with the Monitor Institute—conducted a study of grantees formally structured as networks. This report provides a summary of findings, including an overview of the assessment process and a discussion of the primary areas of opportunity.

Working Wikily: How Networks Are Changing Social Change (PDF: 350 KB)
An article about networks and social media tools and how they are changing philanthropy and the social sector.

Wiki Principles: Initial Thoughts for the Philanthropy and Networks Exploration (PDF: 19 KB)
A memo drafted by Chris DeCardy early on in the Philanthropy and Networks Exploration, framing his thoughts on how network principles could be applied to foundations.

What Networks Do and Why They Matter Now (PDF: 600 KB)
A typology of what networks are structured to achieve, and our perspective on what's new about networks now.

Logic Model (PDF: 22 KB)
An outline of Philanthropy and Networks Exploration activities and the corresponding outputs and outcomes they're designed to achieve.