Phil Buchanan continues his blog series with a third installment defending the nonprofit label and discussing why “nonprofitness” matters.
Wearing it Proudly: Clarity on Being Nonprofit
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Funder/Grantee Relationships
Moving Beyond Business as Usual
Guest author Antony Bugg-Levine discusses results from Nonprofit Finance Center’s State of the Sector Survey and suggests steps funders can take to ease the financial burdens of their grantees.
Are Funders and Their Grantees Discussing Racial Diversity?
Ellie Buteau presents findings drawn from our Grantee Perception Report on the level of communication funders and their grantees are having related to racial diversity.
CEP’s Work to Date on the Topic of Racial Diversity in Philanthropy
Ellie Buteau and Kevin Bolduc introduce the ways in which CEP has begun to study racial diversity in the philanthropic sector.
Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?
Guest author Joel Orosz examines the sometimes frustrating experience of applying for a grant — and what that means for practitioners of philanthropy.
Data Point: Finding Out Whether Your Assistance to Grantees Makes a Difference
Ellie Buteau is back with a data point on how frequently foundations follow up with their grantees after providing them with assistance beyond the grant to understand its effects.
Stupid Funder Tricks
Paul Beaudet finishes his series on the funder/grantee relationship by calling on the philanthropic sector to take a critical look at collective bad habits and offering advice on how to maximize the potential of the partnerships all funders forge with their grantees.
Putting Grantees In the Center of Your Map
Paul Beaudet’s second guest post further explores the funder/grantee relationship, focusing on the effect of using strategy to shape funders’ work with grantees.
Doing Less With Less
Paul Beaudet challenges the notion that ‘doing more with less’ is the answer for philanthropy in an era of limited resources.
Data Point: How Can Foundations Help Grantees Secure Funding from Other Sources?
In a recent data point post, we shared that the most significant factor program staff consider when determining what type of assistance beyond the grant to provide is specific requests from grantees. In our research, program staff also told us that the most frequent...