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Move DEI Beyond Words

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An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. Attaching benchmarks to your statement provides structure and something for people to work toward. Review our hiring and onboarding policies to ensure that they are equitable and fair for all applicants.

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

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Kelly Buhles outlines some of the ways to structure participation in her article, “A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking,” and divides them into two main groupings: participatory committees and collective groups. Collective groups may include all applicants for a particular funding stream or a larger public group.

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What You Should Know if You’re Thinking of Starting a Nonprofit Organization

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You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. . Procure necessary insurance coverage: general liability, property, directors and officers, professional responsibility, sexual abuse, and non-owned auto liability, if applicable. .

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What Type of CRM Does My Organization Need? 4 Considerations

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Large nonprofits using NPSP can purchase additional licenses, storage, and applications as needed. Some CRM providers have free or low-cost plans available for small nonprofits, but most CRMs will have a recurring cost structure. Applications.

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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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Taking Action: Fundraising Trends And Best Practices From Bloomerang’s ‘Fundraising Planning and Climate Report’

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Many institutional funders will, in their applications, cap your allowable overhead rate, usually around 10%, even when your actual costs are higher! Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? The facilitator may be able to better convey the need and achieve the desired results.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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FRIDA’s Strategic MEL Framework is our attempt to ‘queer’ (challenge + change) the language, structures, and tools normally used to think about monitoring and evaluating programming, development outcomes and resource accountability. Think about the donor role as facilitator and the community as owner of the results.