Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

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How can I bring a DEI lens to my organization?

The Race Matters Toolkit provides a comprehensive look at how race and equity directly impact foundation officials and program staff, community members and policymakers and advocates.

April 5, 2017

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Focus and Hope

Now is the opportunity for foundations to gain a clarity that has the potential to spark progress that will serve both philanthropy and the organizations that we support well into the future.

March 22, 2017

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Grantmaking with a racial equity lens

A racial equity lens focuses on how race and ethnicity impact experiences with access to opportunities, outcomes and power.

March 6, 2017

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Recognize privilege and confront it to do philanthropy well

We all have blind spots. Our blind spots may cause us to change lanes when it isn’t safe to do so or ignore a pattern of negative behavior from a loved one that is obvious to others. Regardless, blind spots impair our judgment in meaningful ways.

March 1, 2017

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What is diversity, equity and inclusion?

The D5 coalition has created a series of tools to help grantmakers understand, identify and communicate advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their individual work and throughout their organizations.

January 27, 2017

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Protecting Progress in the Trump Era

What will the Trump Administration mean for the nonprofit organizations who serve our communities? What will it mean for the grantmakers who make up the GEO community?

January 5, 2017

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Privilege is a blind spot that we need to recognize and confront to do philanthropy well

We all have blind spots. They impair our judgment in meaningful ways. For many in philanthropy, privilege is a blind spot.

August 11, 2016

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Putting Grantees at the Center of Philanthropy

This series, produced in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, tells the story of why and how grantee inclusion is key to effective philanthropy, from both the funder and nonprofit perspectives.

July 26, 2016

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A Watershed Moment for Philanthropy Infrastructure

For far too long, the relationships between infrastructure organizations have been fraught with territoriality and competition. However, it’s a brand new day.

July 25, 2016

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Funders and nonprofit leaders need to get on the same side of the table…and share a beverage

Many trustees, program officers and nonprofit leaders are pretty terrible at having real conversations with each other. Imagine how powerful it would be if we could sit together over a beer and discuss the real challenges at hand.

June 29, 2016

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