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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

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

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

The origins of some foundations’ wealth, which in some cases includes slavery and other forms of exploitation. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. In the March Toward Equity and Justice, Foundations Need to Remember: It’s Not Our Money to Control. Philanthropy is at a turning point.

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? This blog post at the Knight Foundation talks about designing for serendipity in more detail.

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Do Capacity Building Programs Help Nonprofits Achieve Better Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. One set of resources that I didn’t find lacking was the plethora of tools available to organizations and foundations who want to improve the way they function. We are not the only sector that falls into that trap.

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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work. This is a cultural shift that involves everyone; nonprofit leaders and staff, board members, volunteers, donors, foundation leaders, members of the public and others. According to the W.K.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Guided by an understanding that good listening is a first step towards authentic and meaningful participatory grantmaking, in 2019 CRUS began an intentional process to review its strategy and approach to grantmaking. Mobilize Funders and Partner Organizations.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. I designed this exercise after a delightful experience visiting the Barnes Foundation Museum where the art work is hung on the wall in a way to facilitate pattern recognition and learning about art concepts.