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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

Could the issue be trust? But at.orgCommunity we like to explore issues before they become sound bites. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. We considered the following issues, which moved from broad to specific. Today trust bleeds into everything.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity. Black-led and Black-benefiting organizations are experts in our communities and are aware of the root causes of the issues in our communities.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.” They are created with the biases and worldviews of those who developed them.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. The state of grant seeking. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

That means they both receive grants from funders—and thus must demonstrate their unique value proposition—and seek impact through grantmaking and other supports for nonprofits and the field. As such, effective approaches to measurement and learning reflect a multiplicity of stakeholders.

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4 ways your site should support year-end virtual fundraising

EveryAction

Streamlined user interfaces also show your users that you care about their time and aren’t taking their patience for granted. While some major issues will require the help of tech experts, you can take steps on your own to ensure your site is easier to maintain and tune-up over time. Keep your website organized.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Organizations play funders’ perfection game by writing grant proposals and making promises to funders as if they can predict the future.

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