Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

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For the last couple of years, Covid-19 has made social separation a necessity for public health. But distance should not curb progress – as grantmakers continue to make shifts in philanthropic culture and practice, we too have seen our own changes here in the GEO team.

March 23, 2022

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Crosspost: In the Test Kitchen: Grantmaking Insights to Chew On

As a spend down foundation, how the Stupski Foundation shows up is critical to how they think about the kind of funder they want to be and the steps they take to live that vision.

March 2, 2022

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Language is a Key to Reducing Health Disparities

Language is powerful. Using clear and direct language to describe the populations we seek to serve is a small but critical step towards achieving health equity.

February 28, 2022

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Humility, Listening and Connectedness: How to Build Partner Relationships Rooted in Equity

In this second, follow-up piece of Humility, Listening and Connectedness: Building Partner Relationships that Drive Equitable Practice, we’ll explore how humility, listening and connectedness play key roles in building new partnerships that center equity.

February 17, 2022

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Creating a Race Equity Culture™ Together

Rebekah Gowler and Jaser Alsharhan explain that a crucial part of doing philanthropy differently is making room to think and act in transformational ways to embody a Race Equity Culture™.

January 20, 2022

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Equity in Event Planning: Lessons Learned in Creating an Access-Centered Virtual Environment

Allison Punch-Turner and Cassie Maxwell reflect on lessons they learned in creating an access-centered virtual environment for GEO's 2021 Learning Conference.

January 10, 2022

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Is Philanthropy Ready? End of Year Reflections from GEO President & CEO, Marcus Walton

GEO President & CEO Marcus Walton reflects on the past year and asks if philanthropy is ready to become who society is calling us to be.

December 10, 2021

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Philanthropy’s Next Stage Imperative: Meaningfully Moving Foundation Assets for the Common Good

Henry A. J. Ramos explores how grantmakers can meet the moment of recent racial reckonings and other forms of institutional exclusion.

December 3, 2021

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New GEO Publication Examines Culture, Systems and Power in Capacity Building Practices

Strengthening nonprofit organizations is not just a nice-to-have but an essential part of our work as grantmakers to ensure that nonprofits have the resources they need to address today’s most pressing social concerns.

November 17, 2021

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Five Principles to Advance Equity and Justice in Philanthropic Strategy

Anand Dholakia explores five principles that help grantmakers ensure their strategies and practices advance equity and justice.

November 2, 2021

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