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Grant application and review practices for more equitable and inclusive funding 

Candid

The significant role foundations play in advancing the social good underscores the need to incorporate equitable and inclusive grant application and review practices. For those that have yet to apply, sharing an example of a mock proposal with feedback attached offers insight into the organization’s expectations. charitable giving.

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Why we’re all burned out and what to do about it  

Candid

To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. This model highlights three important things to understand about burnout: Burnout isn’t about too many demands but demands without enough resources. This means not condoning a ‘workplace warrior’ culture (e.g.,

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Four Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

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Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. Clarify roles and responsibilities. Development officers should be very clear and unapologetic about that role, especially when establishing relationships with donors. Tailor goals and expectations based on each officer’s role, tenure, experience, and portfolio.

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Philanthropy Delivers New Promise of Quality Education for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Philanthropy plays a role beyond what governments could do—allowing for the testing of innovative models that are responsive to local cultural contexts—and then looks to government for scaling up successful efforts. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Tips for Adopting a Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

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Trust-based philanthropy is so far from the compliance-oriented culture of traditional philanthropy that it can raise a lot of eyebrows. Do the Homework: Oftentimes, nonprofits have to jump through countless hoops just to be invited to submit a proposal. Underlying all of that is a commitment to recognizing and redistributing power.

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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

ASU Lodestar Center

The disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 health crisis in health access, education equity, underinvested neighborhoods, and lack of or underemployment, all play a role in the disproportionate impact the crisis will continue to have on Latino and underserved communities nationwide. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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

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When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.