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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

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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. Not sure if participatory grantmaking is for you or maybe you need a refresher on what it is? Is this you?

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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But is this the right question? Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. 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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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

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There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. We focused on digital transformation because incorporating digital has become essential for delivering on all aspects of a nonprofit’s mission, not just fundraising and communications but program delivery and governance. Just A Little Content To Get Started .

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4 Ways Funders Can Help Grant Writers Submit a Great Application

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Here are four ways you can make your funding program better for the people who will be completing it. Are any of the questions duplicative? Is there information you can get from a previous question, from a previous application, or from an outside source such as Candid? Try to fill it out yourself.

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Do Capacity Building Programs Help Nonprofits Achieve Better Results?

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Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you. Tools, Tools, and more Tools.

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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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Getting from “no” to “yes” for climate justice

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It’s not a binary question of whether your guidelines state you are or are not a climate or justice funder. Grantmakers should be thinking now about how to use a climate justice lens within their existing programs to plan ahead to address this reality. Making long-term investments, placing an emphasis on unrestricted support. .