Grants Strategy

Grant Distribution Best Practices: 5 Tips for Funders

Your relationship with your grantees is more than a transaction. But it’s difficult to drive impact when your grantees can’t [...]

March 31, 2025| 5 min Read

Change Management

Questions to Ask If You Are Thinking About Moving to a New GMS

November 7, 2024| 4 min Read

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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

October 28, 2024| 4 min Read

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Blackbaud Grantmaking Has SKY APIs, But What Does that Mean for Me?

October 25, 2024| 4 min Read

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Why Hospitals Should Invest in Climate Actions as a Community Benefit Strategy

October 21, 2024| 7 min Read

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    Grants Strategy

    The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

    In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we [...]

    May 25, 2023 | 6 min Read

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    Exploring Women’s Generosity as a Catalyst for Change

    As women wield greater economic power and harness their influence to lead change, their generosity is rapidly transforming the philanthropic [...]

    May 18, 2023 |28 min Listen

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    5 Trends in Grantmaking that We Think Have Staying Power

    Sometimes trends are purely of the moment—a fun way to mark the past, like shag carpet and 8-track tapes. But [...]

    April 18, 2023 | 5 min Read

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    Trust-Based Philanthropy: “Walking the Talk” Towards Long-Term Financial Wellness

    We’ve recently witnessed an unprecedented number of what many consider to be “transformational gifts” across the social sector. Contributions range [...]

    April 17, 2023 | 4 min Read

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    5 Advantages of Grants Management Software

    The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. From applications to reviews to reporting, [...]

    April 7, 2023 | 5 min Read

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    Trends in Grantmaking: Putting Equitable Grantmaking into Practice

    Having a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workspace is the right thing to do. But above that, the evidence is irrefutable: [...]

    March 31, 2023 | 4 min Read

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    Trends in Grantmaking: Bring Your Community into Your Decision-Making Through Participatory Grantmaking

    Foundations and grantmaking organizations are trying to untangle some of the world’s messiest problems: homelessness, food insecurity, climate change, and [...]

    March 27, 2023 | 4 min Read

    Artificial Intelligence

    AI in Grantmaking: Taking Careful Steps Toward the Future

    By now you’ve likely seen or heard about artificial intelligence (AI), and the predictions that it’s going to upend everything [...]

    March 21, 2023 | 4 min Read

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    Trends in Grantmaking: Achieving Lasting Impact Through Trust-Based Philanthropy

    Trust must be earned. “Earning” denotes work. And that work can come in a variety of forms: work by your [...]

    March 21, 2023 | 4 min Read

    Community Engagement

    The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

    In 2020, women in the U.S. controlled one-third of household financial assets–more than $10 trillion. Over the next decade, women [...]

    March 17, 2023 | 3 min Read

    Community Engagement

    4 Ways Your Grantmaking Organization Can Stay Relevant to Your Community’s Changing Needs

    Managing a mission while meeting the evolving needs of a community is a complex and dynamic process. As communities change [...]

    March 12, 2023 | 3 min Read

    Data Management

    Trends in Grantmaking: Don’t Leave Your Foundation’s Impact Story to Chance

    If a grantmaking organization creates a funding opportunity, but there is no way for anyone to hear about it, does [...]

    March 10, 2023 | 4 min Read
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    Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

    Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice, a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The [...]

    January 13, 2023 | 6 min Read

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    The Art of Managing, Rather than Mitigating, Risk

    In this excerpt of a conversation with Satonya Fair, President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking, she encourages grantmaking organizations to [...]

    December 20, 2022 |25 min Listen
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