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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

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

Candid

As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.” Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. 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.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge.

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A look back at Issue Lab’s top philanthropic resources in 2022

Candid

With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond. Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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Understanding Charitable Tax Deduction Legislation

Connection Cafe

At our core, we are participatory government and our Representatives and Senators need to know what their constituents think about the issues on which they vote. This is especially important if you don’t always agree with their policy stances or know their positions on tax reform and the charitable tax deduction.

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

Digital citizenship: In the final stage, communities can use these tools and knowledge to work with governments and affect policy. This is best done in a participatory fashion, making sure that data is available offline. Dd only works in areas where the organization has some sort of expertise or local connection or knowledge.

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Use #2: Sharing Knowledge/Resources As Community of Practice Hashtags can create an ad hoc community of practice or a channel for people in a field to informally share resources or conversation. Another example is their use in a policy debate. That's, of course, if the tag used is unique enough.

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