Leadership
The Gift of Grantee Inclusion
Grantee inclusion requires learning, risk-taking, and letting go of cherished behaviors and ways of working to make progress.
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Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
Mind the Diaper Gap
The White House, manufacturing, e-commerce, and nonprofits team up to get diapers to families in need.
Building Bridjs With Public Transit
A partnership between a ride-sharing company, a municipal transportation authority, and Ford is expanding transit access in Kansas City.
Between Two Sectors
When a for-profit company partners with an NGO, it must carefully manage employees’ adjustment to a new organizational context.
The Ripple Effect of Foundation Culture
Foundations’ internal practices and culture ripple out to grantees in meaningful ways, and it directly accelerates or impedes grantees’ effectiveness.
A Movement Without Letters
How funders can listen better, step back, and walk alongside grassroots leadership.
Collaboration
Walking a Different Kind of Grantmaker Walk
By actively moving into the roles of advocate and partner for grantees, grantmakers can cultivate trusting, transparent relationships that ultimately translate into social impact.
Four Ways to Bridge the Grantee-Grantmaker Power Gap in Collective Impact
As grassroots and “grass-tops” groups come together to create collective impact, funders have the power to foster truly authentic engagement and co-ownership among all.
Four Dating Tips to Sustain Strong Grantmaker-Grantee Relationships
Relationships take work—and those between grantees and grantmakers are no exception.
Ask Questions, First to Learn but Then to Act
Now, more than ever, grantmakers are asking questions and working to learn with and from their grantees, but the lessons matter only if they inform future action.