Philanthropy & Funding
The Vertical Integration of Philanthropy
Why social impact organizations are acquiring mission-aligned nonprofits.
Tag: Grantmaking
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Shrewd Awakening
After many years of excluding the disability community, philanthropy is starting to make changes. The Ford Foundation’s awakening on disability inclusion offers a model for the rest of the sector.
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Participatory Grantmaking Is Your Future
Funders must abandon top-down, one-sided funding approaches in favor of partnerships with the disability community.
Webinar
Leadership
How to Power up Your Communications Strategy With the Science of Systems Thinking
In this two-part 180-minute live e-certification series, you will learn to supercharge your communications strategy with systems thinking and human-centered design. Using interactive online activities, case studies, and illustrative examples, we will help you concentrate your efforts where they can have the greatest effect, by identifying a narrow, specific, and actionable theory of change. With that, you can then chart a path to get the buy-in, support, and resources you will need to bring that idea to life.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Strengthening the Philanthropic Supply Chain
Optimizing the path from funder to fundee isn’t something philanthropy has thought about systematically, but the sector should take this moment to build some muscle into it, with an eye toward racial and economic justice.
Webinar
Philanthropy & Funding
How to Get (More of) What You Want: Mastering Influence and Negotiation Strategies
Too many people avoid negotiating altogether, or come to agreement too quickly. Learning to reframe and redesign your negotiations as collaborative problem-solving changes the conversation. This two-part, 180-minute SSIR Live! webinar series is developed, facilitated, and presented by Margaret A. Neale, the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Relying on decades of empirical research, Professor Neale will introduce the collaborative, problem-solving approach to reframing your negotiations, exploring the power of the ask and how justifications can enhance your ability to get (more of) what you want.
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Webinar
Philanthropy & Funding
How to ‘Super-Power’ Your Board in an Increasingly Virtual World
This 90-minute SSIR Live! interactive program will explore “super tactics” that your board and your leadership can use to make the most of the board experience in an ever-more virtual world, helping prime your nonprofit for success.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
Nonprofits in the Era of Stakeholder Capitalism
The growth of double bottom line and impact investing can give nonprofits new ways to raise funds and opportunities to grow their influence.
Philanthropy & Funding
How Funders Can Make Disability Visible
Disability is a relatively untapped area of investment for philanthropy, but one that offers promise of change and multiple avenues for donor impact.
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Trust the People
Centering equity in funding relationships requires trust. It also takes time, resources, and a willingness to shift power to the people closest to the problem.