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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.” Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

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Containing five years of real-world learnings, this updated edition provides specific guidance for implementing the Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation (TRHT) framework to support communities, organizations, and individuals. foundation funding to HBCUs and exploring these schools’ relationship with institutional philanthropy.

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

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Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking. Participatory grantmaking invites to decision-making tables people who have historically been excluded. Why Would a Grantmaker Choose a Participatory Grantmaking Approach? So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? But what is it?

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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Ultimately, it was Candid’s responsiveness and emphasis on relationship building that shifted my perspective from uncertainty to confidence. Grounded in a participatory approach, the tool will be designed by WFN members and built by WFN’s data and insights team. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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5 Trends in Grantmaking that We Think Have Staying Power

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From community involvement in your grantmaking decisions to better ways to think about risk, the current trends in grantmaking can help you make more effective decisions and more clearly tell your impact story. There are several benefits to adding participatory grantmaking to your funding programs.

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Power in Solidarity: Reflections from AAPIP and NAP’s joint convening

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Candid and NAP have been working together since 2018, launching the Investing in Native Communities website in 2019 to highlight the little investment by private philanthropy going to Native organizations. I was also excited to finally meet colleagues at NAP in person for the first time.

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How you can foster sustainable innovation within your nonprofit

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When nonprofit leadership takes the time to build relationships, mentor staff, elicit insights and feedback and demonstrate the ability to act on that feedback, the staff will begin to trust that they have a place and a voice within the organization. This is where participatory practice comes in to play.