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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

As AI is increasingly used in high-impact ways such as writing and assessing grant proposals, how can we make sure that it is used ethically, minimizing the risk of harm? We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear.

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Beyond the RFP: How to Choose Technology Partners for Impact

sgEngage

Grants managers are adept problem solvers. These migrations slow us down considerably and distract us from the high-risk compliance and risk-mitigation work primary to our grants manager job descriptions. Writing RFPs and managing technology migrations detract from grants managers’ ability to process grants.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The state of grant seeking. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders.

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Prioritizing authentic connections through trust-based philanthropy 

Candid

Our grantmaking is informed by TBP in the following ways: Annual open calls for proposals : We offer equitable access to funding opportunities that don’t depend on personal relationships. We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

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Is a Culture of Learning Required To Learn in Public?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Culture of Learning – Guest post by Teri Behrens. The foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness program evaluation was conducted very publicly, using social media, focus groups, a wiki – lots of mechanisms for getting stakeholders to help interpret the data and give input on the program.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] If You’re New To Fundraising, Where’s The Best Place To Start?

Bloomerang

annual appeal, grant proposal, special event, etc.) Systems would include (1) analysis; (2) planning; (3) execution; (4) control; (5) evaluation; (6) professional stance, and (7) ethics. As you see, you only get to the vehicles (e.g., once all the other things are in place. Dynamic Functions.

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