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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

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If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities. It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy. To do this, you need to understand how these changes fit into your organization’s larger goals and strategy.

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3 Roles of the Nonprofit CFO that Lead to Mission Success

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However, as the nonprofit landscape continues to evolve, these roles must also adapt to meet the changing needs and challenges faced by organizations today. As highlighted by industry trends, nonprofits must stay abreast of technological advancements to remain competitive and efficient.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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If our ultimate aim is to support real-world impact and transformative change through M&E, then the participation of affected communities is a precondition. Other participatory grantmakers have developed new MEL tools to better reflect a power shift to grantee perspective on impact.

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Candid’s DEI commitment, today, and for the future 

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In order to facilitate the integration, we formed employee-led workstream groups, one of which, the Change Management and Culture (CMC) group, was initially tasked with formulating Candid’s values: we’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive. The noun simply refers to a voyage; the verb is the act of taking that voyage.”

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

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Using data from their own assessments and from the field, they are making the case for change to staff and to volunteers.

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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

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Ensure your marketing, website, and social media appeal to a broad audience and reflect an ever-changing student population. Check out HubSpot’s 2023 Marketing Strategy & Trends Report for ideas on how to pivot and focus on what will have the most impact. What makes you stand out? Focus on differentiation.

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

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We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. However, the questions that make change possible are those that invite people into reflection and shared action. These examples illustrate that there is no definitive checklist to show that knowledge is happening, only continual reflection on how it is happening.