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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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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?

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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. It outlines best practices and specific activities that funders can employ to safeguard and support their participatory grantmaking decision makers.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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The tool will enable users to run comparative analyses on executive leadership trends by race and gender within contexts such as location, organization size, and operating budget. Grounded in a participatory approach, the tool will be designed by WFN members and built by WFN’s data and insights team.

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4 Ways Funders Can Help Grant Writers Submit a Great Application

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Stay Up to Date on Industry Trends From #FixtheFormto trust-based philanthropy , the conversations around giving continue to shape grantmaking. Even if your organization isn’t ready for a full participatory approach to your grantmaking, for example, understand the core tenets so you can address questions and get feedback from grantees.

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

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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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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The workshop topics included trends in digital media consumption, social media, engagement on mobile devices and a variety of community foundation projects funded by the Knight Community Information Challenge. This blog post is a summary of my notes from the day. Digital Trends. Alois Bell was a diner at AppleBee’s in St.

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

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private and community foundations to understand recent giving trends and forecast where giving is headed. [ 1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. Looking ahead: 2022 trends ? .