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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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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

Yet, by definition, true movements are more than a catchy phrase to solicit donations or promote an event. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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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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American Red Cross Taps Huddle for Collaboration

Tech Soup

A Growing Need for Collaboration. The Bay Area chapter underwent dramatic organizational changes in recent years that required better collaboration tools. " This collaboration and organization of data is paramount for an organization that is largely volunteer-based. Huddle has definitely helped us avoid that happening."

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

Classy

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. Breaking Down Your Nonprofit Staff Structure for Fundraising Success. Development and Fundraising. Marketing and Design.

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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.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Suzy : I know many people think the boomers like structure in the work place, we are concerned with making money – but we were the age of Aquarius! When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you’re normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure. Wendy : If nothing else, Millennials are collaborative.