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A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance

This publication from Movement Tapestries offers insights and guidance for organizations navigating equity-embedded transformations, and the challenges that can come with embarking on such journeys.
  • January 16, 2023
  • Sheryl Petty, Ed.D.

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    GEOList Summary: RFP for Building Cross-Cultural Connections

    Has anyone put out an RFP for a community forum/ work on how to bring together diverse opinions, build community and cross-cultural connection, work with people with whom we don’t agree? Considering the current political climate, we thought it might be interesting to learn what people are doing in this space, but we would like to see samples of RFPs. This could be for a community forum, workshops, etc. on the topic.
    • October 16, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Job Description Templates for Director of Learning & Impact

    Borealis Philanthropy is a philanthropic intermediary that is creating a new position “director of learning and impact”. We are seeking to assess both the impact of our grantees on their respective communities as well as the impact we are having on our own funders. This is a new position for us and we would welcome similar job descriptions from other GEO members.
    • October 16, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Grantee Usage of Foundation Logo

    Does your organization have any policies — formal or informal — that guide how these decisions are made, who is responsible for making them, and any considerations you pay attention to? Do you have any policies on how you consider or weigh repetitional or brand risk in these decisions?
    • October 9, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Using Evaluation Advisory Committees

    We are interested in hearing from GEO members that use advisory committees to help inform their evaluation work, and in particular their structure and experiences – both positive and negative – with them to date.
    • October 9, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Fundraising Event Attendance Policy

    When board and staff are invited to our grantee partners events such as luncheons, speaking engagements or galas that suggest a minimum donation, do you cover cost for the staff member to make that suggested donation? What do you do if a ticket price is attached to the event and an organization offers a free table for the foundation because you are a “major donor”?
    • October 2, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Making Shift from Responsive to Targeted/Strategic Grantmaking

    We are considering if and how to shift this annual grantmaking portfolio to a more targeted/strategic/proactive approach (without change focus areas), and we are looking to learn from foundations that have successfully done this.
    • October 2, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Strategic Planning

    We would like to learn how other foundations handled their strategic planning process.
    • October 2, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Grants Applications - Targeted Questions for Specific Focus Areas

    We are currently looking to revamp our applications and reports with more targeted questions for our specific focus areas.
    • September 29, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Grantee Capacity Building

    We are interested in obtaining names of entities who could partner with us to identify gaps and opportunities to increase the capacity of our sector to work with their communities and serve their audiences.
    • September 29, 2017
    • Aerial Reese
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    GEOList Summary: Program Budget Allocation Question

    How have you approached allocating your organization’s grantmaking budget across funding priorities? What information (legacy considerations, maturity of each program area, Board engagement, externalities, etc.) have you used in arriving at allocation decisions? To what degree did you seek program staff input in the decision-making process? And, how did you communicate your final decisions to the program staff/manage fallout or disappointment, if any?
    • September 29, 2017
    • Aerial Reese