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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. This was a year-long project that required CDP to closely examine our processes and have bold conversations about how we wanted our grantmaking to look. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners.

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MDM Fundraising Acquired By RKD Group

The NonProfit Times

Fundraising firm RKD Group in Dallas, Texas made its second acquisition in as many weeks. MDM Fundraising, an RKD Group company, will operate as a subsidiary of RKD and continue to serve their 40 faith-based clients and combined with RKD is now 60 such clients. Heller Consulting will also operate as a subsidiary of RKD Group.

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Heller Consulting Acquired By RKD Group

The NonProfit Times

The growth at fundraising firm RKD Group in Dallas, Texas continues with the acquisition of Heller Consulting, a strategy, planning and implementation provider of nonprofit technology and leadership training. Heller Consulting will operate as a subsidiary of RKD Group. Pritcher said the acquisition of Heller Group changes that dynamic.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

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It is one thing to adopt certain principles for how you will navigate change personally, but things get even more complicated and interesting when you are navigating change management as a unit, group, family, or organization. Organizational change is what we will focus on today. Change Management 101.

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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

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Change management needs to be built in from the beginning.” The questions posed during the planning process—about impact goals, resources, change management, or the potential risks of the plan—are not the sort you answer only once. Preeta Nayak is a partner at The Bridgespan Group, based in San Francisco.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

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Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls.

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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

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If you have a trusted group of grantees, you can ask them to estimate the time they spend on your application or provide feedback on which part of the application takes the longest. You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations.