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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. It’s a structure that preserves accountability.

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Asking better questions to create more equitable outcomes 

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How do we know whether we’re asking the “right” questions, in the “right” way, when designing and evaluating programs? These questions can help design research and evaluations that are more inclusive when determining what is studied, how it is studied, and how the findings are used within nonprofit organizations and beyond.

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Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices

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A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations highlights how foundations are working to integrate an equity lens into their evaluation practices. In their engagement with the framework, practitioners identified three key shifts in mindset: from “doing” to “being” (i.e.,

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AI for good: How you can help Candid Labs empower nonprofits 

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AI is no longer just a buzzword—it’s become a cornerstone of every modern business process. As of May 2024, the MMMU benchmark , which evaluates responses to college-level questions, scored GPT-4o at 60%, compared with an 83% human average. These difficulties stem from factors such as grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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To lead in DEI: Disrupting inequality requires disrupting culture  

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First, we focused on ensuring diverse candidate pools throughout the hiring process. Expanding the DEI lens: Equitable and inclusive structures In 2015, we focused on building a solid HR infrastructure, constantly evaluating our efforts in the context of DEI. This effort significantly boosted racial diversity among our U.S.

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6 Tips for Quick Response During a Time of Need

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Structure Donation Forms Around Specific Relief Efforts One way to mobilize support quickly is by structuring your donation forms to highlight specific relief efforts. Easy Navigation: Ensure that the process from the CTA to the donation page is seamless and user-friendly.

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