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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

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These rigid structures also mean that we wait for results (even if it’s in 6-to-12-month pilot studies), or we copy and paste best practices from other communities based on the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. Move Past Promises to Deliver Collaborative Impact.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. Create structure. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity. Work in Collaboration, Not Competition When done well, maintaining one (or more!)

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

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Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). Willingness to collaborate with other funders, infomediaries, and product providers in finding shared technology solutions that ease nonprofits’ burden.

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Recession-Proofing Is Just the Beginning: Building a Savvy Strategy for the Future

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During uncertain times, alternative sources of giving typically rise. Internally, there is no better time to take a critical look at your organizational structure. Breaking down silos not only decreases your operating costs, but it also creates opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and advancement. “As

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Surviving As A New Nonprofit: 12 Focus Areas For Nonprofit Leaders

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Mission overlap isn’t always a bad thing, as nonprofits can collaborate well, but you’re starting an uphill battle if another local organization already does the job you hope to do. If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned.

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Will the Sharing Economy Catalyze New Forms of Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Want to look at structural racism, affordable housing or daycare, or gender and safety issues? Alternative Currency Donations. In March, Airbnb announced a plan “ Shared City ,” a multi-faceted collaboration designed to give back to the communities it serves — beginning with the city of Portland, Ore.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Legal protection of control within public charities

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Like other successful entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs have the will and skill set to get things done and the traditional public charity structure and requirements may seem like burdensome barriers to moving forward. Alternative Structure. Ask a Nonprofit Specialist Anne Byrne nonprofit legal structures' Get another!

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