Thinking in the Gray: A 2024 Leadership Challenge
Every year when the calendar rolls over into the new year, leaders are presented with a fresh set of challenges. [...]
Grantmakers’ Questions as a Way Toward Change
Knowledge work in philanthropy is a big umbrella, expanding exponentially over the last decade to cover more of what grants [...]
Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change
Philanthropy loves “new” things. Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is [...]
Facilitation: The Secret Ingredient for Successful Participatory Decision-Making in Philanthropy
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a bad experience working with a group of people to make a decision. [...]
Think Big (but Start Small) with Nonprofit Innovation
With advances in technology such as artificial intelligence, automation, and cloud services flooding the marketplace, nonprofits feel the pressure to [...]
The One Record Myth in K–12 School Software
Is it possible to have one record for each constituent at a school? The short answer is no, not if [...]
An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens
We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of [...]
Combating Innovation Creep
How often does a colleague attend a conference, see a demo of the latest “it” technology, and want to implement [...]
Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions
In what ways does technology boost your team’s efficiency and grantmaking—and in what ways can it hold you back? This [...]
5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor
When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. You’d [...]
