sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

Participatory grantmaking [i] is no longer new. To be clear, participatory grantmaking has never been new. Over the past few years, however, this practice of ceding decision-making power about grants to communities has been gaining wider traction. Doing participatory grantmaking is not easy, and neither is advocating for it.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Community Fund: A Participatory Grantmaking Case Study , by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative   This case study offers a first-hand look at fostering community collaboration in philanthropy. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

He casts the whole idea of a great jazz jam in the context of the tragedy of the commons--like a poetry open mic, the jazz club is a community whose experience is fabulous or awful depending on the extent to the culture cultivates and enforces a healthy participatory process. Grant application feedback. Only the extremists remain.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

In my more than 20 years as a philanthropy grants manager, nonprofit executive, and consultant, Ive seen how technology decisions can either amplify equity or entrench existing barriers. According to a Candid survey , 23% of grantmakers say they dont accept AI-generated grant proposals. Fund accessible AI initiatives.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

Getting Closer to Your Community with Participatory Grantmaking Nonprofit organizations such as Maine Initiatives have been using Participatory Grantmaking for years to distribute the decision-making power to people closest to the problem. There are several benefits to adding participatory grantmaking to your funding programs.

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Candid

JUNE 21, 2022

New funding models: spotlight on participatory grantmaking. Flexible funding, power shifting, and participatory grantmaking were also key themes, with a focus on how these new funding models can build movements and drive positive social change. Moving forward.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Granted, it has been on the agenda of every executive ever since Henry Chesbrough’s seminal Open Innovation came out in 2003. " Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS » Most Significant Change (MSC) – "The most significant change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Race, Equity and Boston.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Get them moving on behalf of your charity with participatory fundraising. One great way to put a spotlight on donors is by using a Google Ad Grant. Get Them Involved – Donors tend to stay connected with organizations that engage their minds, hearts, and bodies in addition to their wallets. Get them involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2006

This is an excellent analysis of the issue of corporate control and ownership of your participatory media. But a closer look at its license reveals that users sign over a great deal of control when they choose to share video through the service. any media formats and through any media channels.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Understanding that grant makers are motivated to see nonprofit grant recipients succeed. Speaking with each other on a regular basis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2022

For nonprofit organizations, this means increased program outcomes leading to community awareness, funding from donors or grants, and increased employee morale. Collaborate through field work and participatory practice. Through collaboration with stakeholders, an organization can implement specified programs, leading to higher success.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2018

I'm cranking away on a grant proposal, when suddenly, a classical rendition of "All the Single Ladies" wafts up the stairs. This is the participatory museum, played out loud. It's late in the afternoon. In the office, colleagues lift their heads. "Is someone asks. Yup," another nods. This is the magic a piano in the lobby makes.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

Nonprofit endowments support stability, infrastructure, and ‘civic return’ on investment Traditional grantmaking in the form of short-term support or single-year grants forces organizations to have to ask for funding continually, with no stable or predictable financial future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide. It refers to the part of a participatory process where you know the problem or consensus won’t come easily.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Like independent foundations, several commented that although total grant amounts increased, their payout remained the same or decreased due to growth in assets.? . We had a large influx of government funding in 2020 and 2021, which we granted out in those years. The importance of multi-year grants to build nonprofit capacity” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.” The facilitation methods are participatory. Liberating Structures: My colleagues Nancy White and Kyla Shawyer introduced me to this participatory approach to facilitation.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

There was also a growing understanding that centering equity in these grants was essential to mitigating the inequities of COVID’s impact. It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . Not reinventing the wheel.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to participate in the 3six5 project , a yearlong participatory project in which 365 people write 365 journal entries for every day of 2010. Granted, the posts so far have been somewhat tech-heavy, but I think that will diversify more as the year goes on. It showcases diverse voices.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. At FundAction , a European community of activists has used one such platform to make decisions about funding priorities and grants. for membership, board elections, inclusion, and accessibility).

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Funders, for their part, went beyond awarding grants by learning about organizations’ agendas and aspirations, and by mobilizing other funders. For funders, that means strategically supporting power-building organizations with multi-year, general operating grants, and supporting 501(c)(4) organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Google’s challenge was not about cold hard cash, although they did award sizable grants and funding. The guidebook focuses on “participatory machine learning,” which actively involves a diversity of stakeholders – technologists, UXers, policymakers, end users, and citizens.” ” .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. However, grants to create publicly available data sets or data training for marginalized groups or under resourced organizations do not by themselves lead to equitable outcomes.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

A few ways funders have modelled this is by loosening deadlines, converting grant funds from restricted to unrestricted funding, and simplifying processes. . Some realized that many of their previous constraints and rules were quite arbitrary, and they have become much more flexible.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. Every non-spammer editor who signed up was granted full access to change and comment on the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

We will be influenced by what our connections think and information production and distribution will become more participatory. The report also calls out some good tips and tools for network-centric grant making, including an assessment tool. The report asks a number of impact questions related to networked citizens and the future.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

This post was written by my colleague Nora Grant, Community Programs Coordinator at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. guestpost Museum of Art and History participatory museum' How can you take something as substantial and precious as a museum and add a pop up twist?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

and all over the world, that focus on essential topics like: Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants / #IFC2016 / @TheResAlliance. Fundraising & Grants. Annual Conference of Grant Professionals. Annual Conference of Grant Professionals. Grant Professionals Association / Atlanta, GA / $840.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Open Community by Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. Her book kept me company on a number of a long plane trips this year, and if you haven’t read yet it, go get a copy at Amazon. I read the manuscript this summer and provided blurb. You can pick up a copy here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio? The goals need to be front and center through the entire process, particularly when the measurement approach is more new or participatory and is designed to evolve over time. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

One notable aspect of the success of Gasland, which recently won the Emmy Award for documentary film, is the way director Josh Fox worked with grant makers at the Fledgling Fund to galvanize a movement that greatly amplified the efforts of traditional environmental groups.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

He made this point: But, participatory culture is changing the nature and topology of ours. He granted it. Flickr Photo by Geoffrey and used with permission. David Weinberger gave the wrap up at the end of the day. An outline of what he said is here. It's ours in a different way. That prevents strangers building something together.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2019

In my last post on getting started with grants , we covered the basics of grants and how to determine if your organization was ready to apply for grants. Today, we’ll talk about how to find grants, and how to determine whether the grants you do find are a good fit for your organization. billion in grants annually.

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