sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 89

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Podcasting.

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Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Private grantmaking foundations are usually, but not always, funded from principally one source, such as a for-profit business. A private independent foundation is a private foundation where most or all of its funding comes principally from one source, such as one individual or family, and often in the form of an endowment.

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Foundation Los Angeles San Francisco Wikipedia 67

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2016

In fact Wikipedia lists 47 cultural celebrations of new years that are celebrated at other times throughout the year, such as the Chinese New Year and Rosh Hashanah. I know of a handful of grantmakers who have put a yearlong hold on their grant programs to focus on strategic alignment. Reflection: Is your funding outcomes focused?

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Thailand Reflection Philadelphia Celebrate 20