Collaboration

Grantee Inclusion: A Step Towards Mutual Accountability?

By Justin Laing 4

Grantee inclusion is not sufficiently powerful to transform grantee-funder relationships, but it might present a vision for a sector that more evenly shares power.

Leadership

The Gift of Grantee Inclusion

By Eric Martin & Tara Hickey 3

Grantee inclusion requires learning, risk-taking, and letting go of cherished behaviors and ways of working to make progress.

Philanthropy & Funding

How Grantmaking Can Create Adaptive Organizations

By Douglas Easterling 2

Philanthropists should create collaborative relationships with grantees that cultivate critical thinking, learning, and adaptation.

Collaboration

The Ripple Effect of Foundation Culture

By Kevin Bolduc 5

Foundations’ internal practices and culture ripple out to grantees in meaningful ways, and it directly accelerates or impedes grantees’ effectiveness.

Collaboration

Walking a Different Kind of Grantmaker Walk

By Elizabeth Cushing 1

By actively moving into the roles of advocate and partner for grantees, grantmakers can cultivate trusting, transparent relationships that ultimately translate into social impact.

Collaboration

Four Ways to Bridge the Grantee-Grantmaker Power Gap in Collective Impact

By Robert Albright 2

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.

Collaboration

Four Dating Tips to Sustain Strong Grantmaker-Grantee Relationships

By Kierra Johnson 3

Relationships take work—and those between grantees and grantmakers are no exception.

Collaboration

Ask Questions, First to Learn but Then to Act

By Sean Thomas-Breitfeld

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.

Philanthropy & Funding

Staying the Course in Funding Climate Change Solutions

By Jigar V. Shah 6

Frequent changes in grantmaking strategies can undermine the resilience of nonprofit organizations and their progress on addressing urgent global issues.

Collaboration

Who’s Getting Paid to Advance Grantee Inclusion?

By Chris Cardona 1

It’s time to recognize how inequity shapes funders’ choice of partners.