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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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A 10-page application doesn’t make sense—for the applicant or the reviewer—but you need enough information to know if you are making a good decision. Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. Creating a Successful Grant Proposal Evaluation Process.

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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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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. The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge.

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How to Build a Better Nonprofit Budget in Less Time and with Less Stress

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Like a good recipe, your nonprofit budget requires high-quality ingredients, easy-to-follow steps, and a knowledgeable cook or two to put it together. Review Expenses Independently Budgeting by department helps break down the budget into manageable pieces. Once reviewed and approved, the budget is ready to be implemented.

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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! dives into a handful of preparation requirements that are crucial to set up a meeting for success, two of which include: Documents that attendees are expected to review. and review documents.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

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Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Statuses will help you know which task needs to be performed next for the request under review. Will several teams review the requests? Do you have outside reviewers leaving feedback?

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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

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The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.