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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? Who decides what is measured?

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy with ChatGPT: A Practical Guide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation. ChatGPT can help in generating actionable steps for execution.

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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Financial Health of the Nonprofit Organization.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

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This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Evaluating Your Board Meeting Agenda to Boost Productivity

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If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place! Assign a speaker to each agenda item and notify them, so they can gather the right resources and practice any presentations. Whether you’re strategizing about. budget preparation. prepare data.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge. Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them? For one compelling reason.

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