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

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Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking offers this definition: “Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding–including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions–to the very communities that funders seek to serve.”. But what is it?

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Here’s How Each Member of Your Nonprofit Staff Fuels Fundraising Success

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There are many nonprofit roles that are responsible for fundraising. We’ll outline the role each area of a nonprofit’s organizational structure plays in a successful fundraising strategy and the value that each user from different areas of your nonprofit can gain by getting involved. Development and Fundraising.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration.

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Creating Financial Transparency with Your IRS 990 Series (and Maintaining Tax Compliance)

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This is definitely untrue. Based on the size and structure of your organization, you will be required to files one of the following 990 returns: Reinforcing Your Mission with Financial Transparency: Annual 990 returns don’t have to be a stressful annual chore. The filing process starts with gathering financial information.

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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. They will have good advice about ways to structure your nonprofit finances responsibly. Create an atmosphere of collaboration.

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

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Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results. My own definition is to trade one set of dilemmas for a better set. And that’s fine.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. The members of these networks are intentional about building, strengthening, and maintaining relationships with one another that generates collaborative activities together. They act as either individuals or on behalf of organizations.

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