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Taking a Deeper Look at the “Social” Piece of ESG (Environmental Social Governance)

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In our most recent white paper, “ Exploring Environmental Social Governance ” we include a section that picks apart the pieces of ESG, including a list of some of the items under the “social” category. That survey established a critical baseline that we can use to benchmark our progress in the future.

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Migrating Your Government Services to Digital: Process and Technology

Forum One

Co-authored by Brian Stewart , Senior Government Executive, Siteimprove. In our previous blog post , we discussed what modernization is and its advantages, how to get started, and how to approach the people aspect when creating your modernization plan. Is there one source of truth between current tools? What can you leave out?

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6 smart fundraising strategies to drive major giving success

EveryAction

Your board members can play a crucial role in nonprofit governance and as potential major donors. Additionally, knowing where existing donors work (whether through previous prospect research or using a matching gift tool integrated into your fundraising platform) can help uncover potential for broader corporate partnerships as well.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Co-development led to conceptualization of participation of people with disabilities in advocacy for legislative, policy and government program change as an impact—in and of itself—regardless of outcome. Other participatory grantmakers have developed new MEL tools to better reflect a power shift to grantee perspective on impact.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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However, it was difficult to keep aligned with what the board needed to govern effectively and contribute to the longer-term sustainability desires of the organization. We discussed what we wanted to be “up to” together in our inquiry. Everything that we did together afterward evolved from that discussion.

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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Municipal bonds (munis) are debt obligations issued by government entities. The Risks and the Future.

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Is your board making the grade – How to improve board performance

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BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post. Light a fire under your governance committee. Call it generative work or strategic thinking, when board members are in the same room, the best use of their time is interactive discussion.