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

Candid

Community Fund: A Participatory Grantmaking Case Study , by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative   This case study offers a first-hand look at fostering community collaboration in philanthropy. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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The community approach to problem solving

Candid

Participatory grantmaking [i] is no longer new. To be clear, participatory grantmaking has never been new. Over the past few years, however, this practice of ceding decision-making power about grants to communities has been gaining wider traction. Doing participatory grantmaking is not easy, and neither is advocating for it.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

sgEngage

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. The first step to creating more inclusive grantmaking is understanding whose voice is being lost. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls. Intentionally.

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5 Trends in Grantmaking that We Think Have Staying Power

sgEngage

Getting Closer to Your Community with Participatory Grantmaking Nonprofit organizations such as Maine Initiatives have been using Participatory Grantmaking for years to distribute the decision-making power to people closest to the problem. There are several benefits to adding participatory grantmaking to your funding programs.

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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

For nonprofit organizations, this means increased program outcomes leading to community awareness, funding from donors or grants, and increased employee morale. Collaborate through field work and participatory practice. Through collaboration with stakeholders, an organization can implement specified programs, leading to higher success.

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COVID-19 case study: Changing funding practices in Europe

Candid

A few ways funders have modelled this is by loosening deadlines, converting grant funds from restricted to unrestricted funding, and simplifying processes. . Some realized that many of their previous constraints and rules were quite arbitrary, and they have become much more flexible.

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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Voices That Inspire: Welcoming AAPI Luminaries to Your Stage When planning your AAPI Heritage Month event, consider inviting influential speakers and community leaders from within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to participate. Or present grants and donations to causes they support.