Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

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Together, We Can Co-Create a Meaningful Set of Possibilities for 2023

GEO's CEO and President Marcus Walton contemplates a meaningful set of possibilities for a new year, while considering the progress we have made together over the previous 24 years.

November 28, 2022

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GEO 2023 Learning Conference: Session Proposal Frequently Asked Questions

GEO is seeking session proposals for our 2023 Learning Conference: Courageous Unlearning, which will take place in Washington, DC from May 22 to May 23. If you have questions about submitting session ideas, please take a look at our frequently asked questions.

October 11, 2022

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To Sustain Movements, Grantmakers Must Invest in Leadership

Leaders on the front lines need continued investment to continue the long-term fight for equity and justice. Miguel A. Santana explores how grantmakers can invest in leadership development.

August 22, 2022

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Exploring GEO’s Approach to Equitable Conference Planning

GEO's Allison Beck and Allison Punch-Turner share insights and lessons learned on how to apply equity-based practices for conference planning.

August 15, 2022

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Community in Philanthropy: What it is, why we need it, and how we can build it

Dr. Albertina Lopez explores why community matters in philanthropy and explains how we can build it within our own grantmaking practices.

August 1, 2022

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Meeting the Future with a New Approach to Readiness: Part II

The unpredictability of the future and overt inequities unmasked during the past two years are only the most recent impetus for TCC Group to articulate how we see the concept of “readiness” evolving in ways that can generate new solutions and ensure equitable outcomes.

June 29, 2022

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Centering Equity through Flexible, Reliable Funding: Resourcing BIPOC Leaders

GEO’s new publication, Centering Equity through Flexible, Reliable Funding provides grantmakers with actionable tools and insights to move toward an equity-centered approach to funding nonprofits and communities.

June 23, 2022

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Change Leaders in Philanthropy: A Conversation with Rebecca Cisek of Bainum Family Foundation

GEO’s Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellowship (CLIPF) launched in 2016 to offer an intensive, peer coaching-focused learning experience for senior leaders in philanthropy. This blog series features the perspectives and stories of several CLIPF fellows.

June 16, 2022

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Funding Movement Building is Critical to Criminal Justice Reform

A broad ecosystem of nonprofits, coalitions and leaders of color are working across the United States to transform the criminal legal system to one that is just and equitable.

June 6, 2022

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Conferences as Collective Capacity Building

Felisa Gonzales of The Colorado Trust, Laura Patterson of Metropolitan State University of Denver and Noelle Dorward of The North Face explain how conferences can be a form of collective capacity building for grantmakers and nonprofits alike.

May 23, 2022

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