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Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide
November 2011
GEO’s newest guide, co-published with Monitor Institute, explores what it takes for grantmakers to cultivate a network mindset, and offers recommendations for how funders can effectively build the capacity of networks and share what they’re learning with the broader field.
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Widespread Empathy: 5 Steps to Achieving Greater Impact in Philanthropy
September 2010
Co-published with Jump Associates, this guide builds on GEO’s stakeholder engagement work to look more deeply at how grantmakers can develop a more thorough, gut-level understanding of community needs and the work of grantees.
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Due Diligence Done Well: A Guide for Grantmakers
November 2010
Learn about effective due diligence and how to create a grantee-friendly approach to information gathering that enhances communication, trust and confidence.
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Do Nothing About Me Without Me: An Action Guide for Engaging Stakeholders
June 2010
Copublished with IISC, this guide argues the value of engaging diverse stakeholders, highlights grantmakers who are bringing stakeholders into the center of their work and offers a variety of tools to help grantmakers better engage grantees, community members and other partners.
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Coaching and Philanthropy, An Action Guide for Grantmakers
February 2010
GEO and its partners on the Coaching and Philanthropy Project took a deep dive into learning about the nonprofit sector’s support for and use of coaching, and consolidates that knowledge here into action guides and an online toolkit.
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Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field
December 2009
Released with the Council on Foundations, this publication explores how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).
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On the Money
September 2009
This publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem.
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Findings from the 2009 Member Survey
September 2009
The 2009 member survey reveals that participation in GEO leads to important changes in grantmaker practice that contribute to nonprofit success.
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Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times
May 2009
As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.
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+ Examples of Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times
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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter?
December 2008
Survey finds persistent gap between nonprofit needs and grantmaker practices. A comprehensive study of the attitudes and practices of staffed grantmaking foundations in the United States.
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Assessing the Impact:
General Operating Support Vol. 2
October 2008
A presentation of two approaches in assessing the impact of general operating support grants: one that emphasizes pre-grant assessment and one that relies more on assessment during and after the grant.
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Supporting Next-Generation Leadership
A GEO Action Guide
February 2008
An action guide that explores the role grantmakers can take in attracting, developing and retaining the next generation of nonprofit leadership.
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Imagine, Involve, Implement
A GEO Action Guide
January 2008
A report on phase 2 of GEO's Change Agent project describing how a diverse assortment of grantmakers are changing core practices and approaches.
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General Operating Support
A GEO Action Guide
July 2007
A report inspired by a spirited discussion on GEOList among GEO members about general operating support, its limitations and its advantages.
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Listen, Learn, Lead: Grantmaker Practices that Support Nonprofit Results
December 2006
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Investing in Leadership Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Last Frontier
February 2006
A publication that explores a sampling of the leadership development being utilized now in the nonprofit sector. Also contains case studies about leadership development.
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Investing in Leadership, Volume 1
A Grantmaker's Framework for Understanding Nonprofit Leadership Development
June 2005
Reviews current literature on the role of leadership development in philanthropy and serves grantmakers interested in leadership as an organizational development strategy.
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