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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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But is this the right question? The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For many grantmakers, the answer to these questions is our own institutions. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

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By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. This proved to be a wonderful way to share nationally AbilityFirst’s empowerment philosophy. Board service is actually the opposite of pay.

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Discussions around these scenarios are useful to philanthropy in making decisions about where to invest in social change in the future. The premises and questions for the future include: Interconnectedness: People will have more connectivity and more information. How much trust or mistrust will there be?

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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

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But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. an intensive, year-long empowerment and skills-based training for the returning men, coupled with a marketing strategy of recruiting business customers to hire graduates of the program. was recently adopted in Massachusetts.

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Social Media and Mobile for Real Time Professional Learning at Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He discussed the topic of regional philanthropy and giving. He urged people in the room to lead with the heart, not the head. In contrast, mobile polling offers is a more structured form of interaction. . “What can a community do for itself?&# he asked. Leading with the Heart.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. That's the best question!