5 Advantages of Using Grants Management Software Instead of Spreadsheets to Manage Your Grantmaking
The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. From applications to reviews to reporting, [...]
How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application
If your grantee application process feels harder to manage each year, you’re not imagining it. Many funding teams are seeing [...]
Listening to Lead: How Grantee Advisory Groups Strengthen Your Grantmaking Strategy
What if the most powerful strategy tool in your grantmaking organization’s toolkit isn’t a new technology or a complex framework, [...]
Identifying Empathy Gaps: Practical Strategies for Grantmaking Leaders
I recently had the honor of presenting at bbcon 2025 in amazing Philadelphia. Not only did I attend thought-provoking sessions [...]
5 Reasons Funders Should Exercise Their Convening Power to Meet this Moment
As funders, it’s hard to know how best to use limited resources to best benefit your communities, grantees, and issue [...]
Bridging the Empathy Gap: Fueling Collaborative Impact in the Social Sector
Most of us enter the social impact space with a fervent desire to change the world. We meticulously build solutions, [...]
Keeping Time: What We’re Learning from Conversational Grantmaking in Practice
It’s summer, and this moment holds more than dates and deadlines. It’s a time to pause and reflect on the [...]
Listening for the Beat of Change: Conversational Grantmaking Where Accountability Demands Listening
Today, nonprofit leaders are navigating a challenging and ever-changing political and financial environment. According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s [...]
Researching Your Grantmaker: 3 Questions to Consider
Let’s be honest: Not all grants are a good fit for your nonprofit. It can be easy to get caught [...]
4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them)
Even when your grant review process involves internal staff or people who have reviewed applications before, it can still be [...]
