Change Management

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

When your grantmaking organization first started, you didn’t need a lot of functionality to manage your single program and a [...]

November 7, 2024| 4 min Read

Disaster Response

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

October 28, 2024| 4 min Read

Grants Strategy

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

October 25, 2024| 4 min Read

Grants Strategy

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

October 21, 2024| 7 min Read

Change Management

Technology as Partner (not Product) in Knowledge Work

August 15, 2024| 5 min Read

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    Grants Strategy

    Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

    Traditionally, we think of impact as, “For X cost, the organization will serve Y number of people in Z amount [...]

    September 15, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Donor Stewardship

    Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

    In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence [...]

    September 13, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Grants Strategy

    How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

    Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. [...]

    August 9, 2022 | 4 min Read

     

     

     
     

     
     

     
     

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    Employee Wellness

    How Grantmakers Can Support Nonprofit Infrastructure Needs: A Conversation with Chantal Forster

    For decades, “infrastructure” referred to the physical and tangible needs of a business or a community. The buildings we work [...]

    July 20, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Diversity Equity and Inclusion

    3 Focus Areas for Grantmakers Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how [...]

    July 12, 2022 | 4 min Read

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    Leading with Transparency in Grantmaking

    Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual [...]

    June 23, 2022 |24 min Listen
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    Compliance

    How Your Organization’s Charitable Arm Can Manage Restricted Funds to Grow Your Stewardship

    Imagine starting a road trip and not knowing how much gas you had in the tank. You might be able [...]

    June 17, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Cybersecurity

    4 Lessons From Candid About Balancing Grantee Data Protection and Transparency

    Candid’s mission is to get grantmakers and nonprofits the information you need to do good. But we recognize that data [...]

    June 13, 2022 | 6 min Read

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    Best Practices for Due Diligence in Grantmaking

    Why is due diligence important in grantmaking organizations? The process of satisfying legal requirements impacts many areas within an organization— [...]

    June 3, 2022 |26 min Listen

    Donor Stewardship

    6 Ways Grantmakers Can Embrace Transparency to Foster Stronger Relationships

    Philanthropy has had a history of being notoriously opaque and inaccessible to organizations seeking funding. In my years as a [...]

    May 13, 2022 | 4 min Read

    Audits

    Due Diligence Best Practices for Grantmakers

    Grantmaking is the heart of the private foundation industry and is often the largest expenditure for a foundation. With grant-giving [...]

    April 19, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Internal Controls

    Increasing Organizational Buy-in When Building a Culture of Strong Internal Controls

    Here are 7 practices to help your nonprofit build a string internal control system that will increase buy-in today and stand the test of time for the future.

    April 18, 2022 | 4 min Read

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    Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Wellbeing for Grantmakers

    Join Meico Marquette Whitlock, founder and CEO of Mindful Techie, for an excerpt from an interactive training that will inspire [...]

    April 14, 2022 |15 min Listen
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    Financial Reporting

    How Nonprofits Can Build Trust with Strong Internal Controls

    Internal controls will minimize the risk of a nonprofit violating policies, regulations, and laws.

    April 14, 2022 | 5 min Read
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