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 [...]
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 [...]
The 990: From Compliance to Communication
Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics [...]
The Myth of Risk: Fear Not the Dragons, Funders
I have been on this quest for some time, sharing the message that there is no bad grant. But like [...]
Participatory Grantmaking: I’m In! Now What?
You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
