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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs. Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change.

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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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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

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These rigid structures also mean that we wait for results (even if it’s in 6-to-12-month pilot studies), or we copy and paste best practices from other communities based on the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. Move Past Promises to Deliver Collaborative Impact.

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Collaborating for New Solutions To Persistent Societal Challenges

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Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. Ending hunger requires changing political, economic, and social power structures.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. Our partnership, however, will create a way for anyone to connect the dots.

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Funding Faith: Raising Money For Religion-Based Organizations

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However, raising funds for these organizations can present unique challenges. Also, Doucet Campbell said that, depending on the structure of the organization, there’s sometimes a misguided belief that a built-in pipeline of giving is automatic. . It is also bringing a focus and even excitement to build back better,” she said.

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Why Cross-functional Collaboration is Key to a Successful Digital Strategy

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This is why cross-functional collaboration is key to a successful digital strategy. . Especially across digital channels, your audiences are indifferent to your organizational structure, and ultimately, this lies at the core of your digital strategy. Ensure that your digital strategy aligns with cross-organizational goals.