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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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For example…” What was interesting is that after they made these types of statements, what they all went on to share about how they granted funds, vetted applications, organized their boards, and the process by which they evaluated their grantee partners was very, very similar. Collaboration in a Crisis.

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January 2022 equity update to the community

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This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. Our evaluation and review of 2021 have helped us identify some key successes while providing us with some priorities for 2022. Board moving to a co-chair structure; adding the equity committee chair to the executive committee.

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

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One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Applicant Contact Information.

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Developing a Product Mindset for Impact

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Examples of recent products we’ve collaborated on include: March of Dimes App for Caregivers As part of expanding the March of Dimes digital ecosystem, Compass by March of Dimes is a mobile application that provides supportive and valuable resources for post-partum and NICU families.

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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Priority should be given to retaining and emphasizing human characteristics in decision making processes and evaluations. .

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The Problem of Nonprofit Data and Equity

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At its heart, the Equity Guide makes requests of two audiences: nonprofits that are engaging with technology at the staff, leadership, and application development levels; and the commercial technology industry that serves nonprofits with products, services, and solutions. Maybe this is OK. “Innovation” is a heady word.

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