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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

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They guide our relationships, how we craft grant solicitations, applications, and reports, how we review opportunities, track progress, and ultimately how we judge and support what’s possible. When organizations craft grant applications, they are expected to spell out specifically how their plan will work.

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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. Testing Your Assumptions.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Start Using AI in 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Provide enough context in a well-structured manner to ensure they can complete the task you ask of them. By allowing team members to express their perspectives on AI use, you foster a culture where creative ideas can surface, potentially leading to groundbreaking applications of AI in your work.

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

Candid

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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Integration: The Ultimate Solution for Nonprofit Data Silos

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Healthcare Data Silos Healthcare data silos, or divisions within the healthcare data system, are due to hundreds of applications running at once. These applications exist within everything from electronic health records ( EHRs ) to revenue cycle management and claims management. Improved staff collaboration.

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August #4Change Chat: Opportunities for Collaboration

Amy Sample Ward

Topic: How do social media open new doors for collaboration (especially internationally)? Here are some questions to consider: has your organization found new collaborators (other organizations, companies, networks, etc.) what issues are unique to collaborations of this type? Details: Date: August, 13th. Join the Conversation.

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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

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Participants can benefit from leadership development, knowledge sharing, network building, collaborations or partnerships, and/or compensation. . Collective groups may include all applicants for a particular funding stream or a larger public group. So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice?