sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Hiring and staff turnover are common occurrences for nonprofits and grantmaking organizations. As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. The post Data as Decision in Grantmaking first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Each organization represented an active participant in our growing community of nearly 150 Demographics via Candid partners who have joined us to create more efficient, equitable, and effective grantmaking processes. The post Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale appeared first on Candid Blog.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. It’s about making sure that your questions align with your organizational values and your goals for the grantmaking program. Creating a Meaningful and Measured Application Questions are powerful tools for grantmakers, but they need to be used wisely and well.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking. Participatory grantmaking invites to decision-making tables people who have historically been excluded. Why Would a Grantmaker Choose a Participatory Grantmaking Approach? Why Would a Grantmaker Choose a Participatory Grantmaking Approach?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. But it is a different way of thinking for most grantmakers, so it can be difficult to know where to start. Is this you?

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

But for grantmaking organizations, the DEI effort is two-fold. For grantmakers to make a truly lasting impact across their community, they need to be intentional about their equity and inclusion practices, both within their organization and with their funding efforts.

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

We asked survey respondents if rising inflation impacted their foundations’ grantmaking decisions. About one in five funders said inflation impacted 2022 grantmaking decisions Of 546 survey respondents, 79% reported that inflation did not impact their grantmaking decisions in 2022. Here’s what we found.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

From gathering demographic data to understanding your grantees’ experiences, grantmaking organizations have been working through many multifaceted conundrums this year. That’s why we’re excited for bbcon 2023 to be back in person, where we can learn from our amazing grantmaking community face to face!

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 15, 2023

Community voice is vital in philanthropic efforts. It highlights the poor outcomes when the process of developing solutions excludes the very population at the center of the intended impact — and why it is critical to engage the community meaningfully from the onset and throughout the process.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

At PEAK Grantmaking , these qualities and practices of emergent learning are an everyday endeavor that the team embraces in their work and advocates to members. For grantmakers, it’s important to stay on top of technology and industry trends so you can understand—and possibly guide—your grantees. But that is a surface-level change.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

With careful planning, agile processes, and responsiveness in your grantmaking process of giving can help you react in a more thoughtful way. By following these five best practices, you’ll create a more efficient healthcare grantmaking process where you can anticipate evolving community needs and be more agile in your funding.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

As equity emerges as the lynchpin of decades of investment for generations of impact, Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is clear on its role to facilitate the shift from discussion to tangible action and offers deep data to affect the course of racial equity as a relevant lens for environmental philanthropy.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

grantmakers’ CEO salaries compare? grantmaking organizations–to which Candid has contributed for over a decade–provide a straightforward look at staff remuneration. In 2022, 1,003 grantmakers participated in the survey. times as much as the median employee at the same grantmaking organization. of grantmakers 0.2

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The Salesforce nonprofit grantmaking solution, foundationConnect, was created over 15 years ago on the belief that we could support better collaboration among stakeholders in the grants management process. The good news is your organization has options to consider for replacing foundationConnect with another grantmaking solution.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

PEAK Grantmaking’s work centers on five core principles , each challenging our community of 8,000 philanthropy professionals to critically consider their internal grantmaking processes and perspectives, as a means toward operationalizing equitable grantmaking practices. A primary lever of change is grantmaking.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

With that in mind, I began thinking about how AI might start playing a role in our collective grantmaking. AI as a Grantmaking Support As it already is in many cases, AI could also be used to handle administrative tasks. You could even use AI to fully automate some types of grantmaking.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how this looks in practice can vary widely. Grantmakers are looking to one another to share effective practices and case studies. 2. Internal Processes: Grantmakers Must Look Inward.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

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. “We

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

From community involvement in your grantmaking decisions to better ways to think about risk, the current trends in grantmaking can help you make more effective decisions and more clearly tell your impact story. Here is a breakdown of five trends in grantmaking that we think are the start of a new way of thinking.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From natural disasters to economic uncertainty, sometimes it feels like today’s grantmaking organizations have to be ready for just about anything. This need for flexibility is reflected in the grantmaking track at this year’s virtual bbcon, Blackbaud’s Tech Conference for Good, happening October 17–20. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 11:45 A.M.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2023

Add in the fact that employees of nonprofits and grantmaking organizations feel a true sense of purpose that often pushes them to work longer hours with fewer resources than most for-profit companies, and that burnout can be deeper and more pervasive. If you are a nonprofit leader, make sure your employees schedule (and take!)

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We hear about Trust-Based Philanthropy and having a more grantee-centered approach to grantmaking. There was a surge in these perspectives and practices during COVID-19 when grantmakers understood even more strongly how nonprofits step up to support the community.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual transparency and accountability that is critical to our success as grantmakers. Click on the webinar link below to learn more about their transparent grantmaking journeys and learnings.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

As a grantmaking organization, you feel strongly about your impact area. Grantmaking organizations need to view their funding decisions as opportunities to manage risk, instead of assuming there is a high level of risk to mitigate. But with a little planning, those steps can become an ingrained part of your grantmaking.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2022

Grantmaking is the heart of the private foundation industry and is often the largest expenditure for a foundation. Getting Started: Information Grantmakers Need . By obtaining this document, you as the grantmaker can quickly determine if a potential grantee is current and compliant with its required IRS filings.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

Or maybe they would use a slight spin, such as, “our grantmaking strategies are unique”, or “we do things differently here. By infusing our social impact work with empathy and experimentation, grantmakers can create a stronger shared value in our collaborative work. Collaboration in a Crisis.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The post Grantmaking in the 2020s: Giving Collectively, with Trust appeared first on Blue Avocado. Collective giving, such as Impact100 Philadelphia, is focused on helping nonprofits address true needs in the community by giving unrestricted (and sometimes unsolicited) grants.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2022

Why is due diligence important in grantmaking organizations? In this episode, learn from Elizabeth (Liz) Gousse Ballotte, principal at PKF O’Connor Davies, about what the staff at grantmaking organizations need to know to be compliant. Webinar: Due Diligence Defined: What ‘Being Compliant’ Really Means for Grantmakers.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

If a grantmaking organization creates a funding opportunity, but there is no way for anyone to hear about it, does it make an impact? Telling Your Impact Story Through Your Form 990-PF Your 990-PF is a snapshot of the work your grantmaking organization supports. Check out our blog post, Reporting for Grantmakers: Charts vs. Lists.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

As a grantmaker, you’re on a mission to make a positive impact in your community through grantmaking. It’s a continuous journey of aligning your organization’s mission and values with how you treat your team and grantees and go about the work of grantmaking to create a better community—and this doesn’t happen overnight.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space. Manage your entire grantmaking workflow, from online grant applications through payments Find out how Blackbaud Grantmaking fits your organization.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Defining and assessing impact is rarely simple but taking a collaborative grantmaking approach can help you identify the real learnings and center the stakeholder to create a solution that actually drives results. The post Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact first appeared on npENGAGE.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

In a recent webinar, Blackbaud’s VP of Global Social Responsibility Rachel Hutchisson talked with Chantal Forster, the executive director of the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG), about how the role of technology in today’s charitable organizations no longer hides behind a door marked “IT.”

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sgEngage

APRIL 14, 2022

Click here to participate in the full webinar from the Grantmaking Thought Leadership webinar series. How grantmakers will need to adapt. Webinar: Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Wellbeing for Grantmakers. 5 Ways Grantmakers Create Work- and Tech-Life Balance. Impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. Setting boundaries.

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sgEngage

MAY 13, 2022

Long waiting periods for grant approvals, uncertainty about grant renewals, hard-to-reach program officers, and sudden shifts in grantmaking strategy put nonprofits in a constant guessing game. It also offers insight that can help funders be more strategic and intentional in their grantmaking.

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